Frederic Young Newton (1870-1959)

Financial agent, MLA (1911-1914), MLA (1914-1915), MLA (1916-1920), MLA (1923-1927), MLA (1927-1932).

Born at Cobourg, Ontario on 7 April 1870, son of John White Newton and Mary Young, he was educated in Winnipeg. He farmed near Carberry until 1897 when he moved to Dauphin, living there two years then moving to Grandview. He engaged in a number of businesses during this time, including hardware, private banking, lumber dealing and real estate. About 1904 he moved to Roblin where he opened a private bank, which was eventually taken over by the Union Bank. He was later President of the Roblin Loan and Investment Company.

On 24 February 1904, he married Catherine I. Gilchrist, daughter of John Gilchrist of Winnipeg. They had seven children: Bernice Mary Newton, Amy Newton, Irene Newton, Helen May Newton, Minnie Newton, Frederic Alexander Newton, and Frank G. Newton. He became Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Shell River in 1910. The next year, he was elected to the Manitoba Legislature, re-elected in 1914 and 1915, defeated in 1920 and re-elected in 1922 for the constituency of Roblin. From 1920 to 1922, and from 1940 to 1943, he served as Mayor of Roblin.

He died at Roblin on 17 May 1959.

Sources:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1914.

“F. Y. Newton pioneer MLA is dead”, Winnipeg Free Press, 22 May 1959, page 5.

Profile revised: 31 January 2010

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