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Earl Wilfred Winsor (1918 – April 10, 1989) was a master mariner and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Labrador North from 1956 to 1971 and Fogo from 1971 to 1979 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly .
The son of Joshua and Blanche Winsor, he was born in Wesleyville and was educated there and at Memorial University. He worked as a wireless operator and served in the merchant navy during World War II. After the war, he was captain of several ships in the Labrador area. He was also a director of the Winsor Trading Company.
Winsor served in the Newfoundland cabinet as Minister of Labrador Affairs and then as Minister of Fisheries. He was a member of the Masonic Order, the Orange Association, the St. John's Board of Trade and the Royal Canadian Legion.
A ferry operating in the Fogo area was renamed the MV Captain Earl W. Winsor in 1998.