Bill Newman (politician)
Bill Newman | |
|---|---|
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1977–1981 | |
| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Ross Stevenson |
| Constituency | Durham—York |
| In office 1975–1977 | |
| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Durham North |
| In office 1967–1975 | |
| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Ontario South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1928 Toronto, Ontario |
| Died | (aged 60) Ajax, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | Molly Mitchell |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Farmer |
William Gould Newman (1928 – October 12, 1988) was a politician from Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1981. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis.
Background[edit]
Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Harry and Margaret Newman, Newman received his degree from the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph. He worked as a farmer in the Pickering area. He was married to Molly Mitchell with whom he had three children.[1]
Politics[edit]
Newman started as a councillor for Pickering Township and eventually became reeve of Ontario County.[2]
In 1967, he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the new riding of Ontario South. He defeated New Democrat candidate Tom Edwards by 1,240 votes.[3] He was re-elected in 1971.[4] In 1975 he was re-elected in the redistributed riding of Durham North and in 1977 he was re-elected in the riding of Durham—York.[5][6]
In February 1974 he was appointed as Minister of Environment.[7] During his time as Environment Minister he was criticized for failing to ban non-returnable bottles and for refusing to place restrictions on the use of snowmobiles.[2] In October 1975, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Food.[8] In this capacity Newman was responsible for the creation of the Foodland Ontario program, which continues to today, designed to promote the sale of Ontario-grown agricultural products.[9]
He resigned from Cabinet in 1979 due to high blood pressure and did not run in 1981.[2]
Cabinet positions[edit]
Later life[edit]
In 1981, he was appointed to the board of the LCBO. He was also a member of a committee appointed to study the best use of the Pickering Airport lands.[2] A supporter of a wide range of community groups, Newman had a particularly strong association with the Ajax-Pickering Hospital and St. Paul's Church-On-The-Hill, Dunbarton.
Newman died October 12, 1988, at Ajax-Pickering Hospital following an illness of almost two years. He was 60.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "William Newman Obituary". Stouffville Times. October 1988. Archived from the original on 2014-11-04.
- ^ a b c d "Pickering-area farmer held posts in Davis government". The Globe and Mail. October 14, 1988. p. A16.
- ^ Canadian Press (October 18, 1967). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2.
- ^ "Riding-by-riding returns in provincial election". The Globe and Mail. October 23, 1971. p. 10.
- ^ "Table of vote results for all Ontario ridings". The Globe and Mail. September 19, 1975. p. C12.
- ^ "Ontario provincial election results riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. June 10, 1977. p. D9.
- ^ Dunlop, Marilyn (February 27, 1974). "The new cabinet lines up like this". The Toronto Star. p. A3.
- ^ "Davis rebuffs Rhodes after appointing him housing portfolio". The Globe and Mail. October 8, 1975. pp. 1, 2.
- ^ "Food promotion Agriculture Ministry to be reorganized". The Globe and Mail. September 8, 1978. p. 5.
