Maurice Fenelon (1834 – January 31, 1897) was an Irish-born educator, merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1871 to 1878. His son, John J. Fenelon (1880-1934) was admitted to the bar in London, and then the Newfoundland Bar. He established a practice in St. John's and became a Bencher with the Law Society. William Joseph Browne, Member of the Canadian Parliament, began his legal career as a law clerk to John Fenelon.