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.
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]
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]
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]
William Darcy McKeough,is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1978 who represented the ridings of Kent West and Chatham—Kent. He was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Robarts and Bill Davis. Due to McKeough's senior position in cabinet as Treasurer,Minister of Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Municipal Affairs,he was often referred to as the 'Duke of Kent'.
Keith Calder Norton was a Canadian politician and public servant. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1985,and was until 2005 the chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
George Raymond McCague was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1990,and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller.
Bruce Robert McCaffrey was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1987 as a Progressive Conservative,and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis.
Eric Alfred Winkler was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1957 to 1967 who represented the riding of Grey—Bruce. He was also a member of provincial parliament from 1967 to 1975 who represented the riding of Grey South. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis.
Philip W. Andrewes is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987,and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller. Andrewes was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
George Lyle Ashe was a Canadian politician based in Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1987 who represented the Durham region riding of Durham West. He served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller.
Kenneth Ross Stevenson is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987,and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller. He later served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. Stevenson was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Leo Edward Bernier was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1966 to 1987,and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller. Bernier was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Bernier presided over a time in Northern Ontario when the economy was booming. He was also a personable and well-liked MPP who looked out for his constituents. He was known by his nickname as "Emperor of the North".
Milton Edward Charles "Bud" Gregory was a Canadian politician in Ontario. He served as a Progressive Conservative member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the riding of Mississauga East from 1975 to 1987. He served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller.
James Allan Taylor was a lawyer and politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1987 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis. Taylor was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Nicholas George Leluk was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1987,and was a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller.
George Albert Kerr was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1985,and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Robarts and Bill Davis. Kerr was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party and was the first person to hold the portfolio of environment minister in any provincial or federal cabinet in Canada.
Lorne Henderson was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1985,and was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis. Henderson was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Robert Gordon Eaton was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1985,and was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis.
Russell Harold Ramsay was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1978 to 1985,and was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis. Ramsay was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Thomas Leonard "Tom" Wells was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party from 1963 to 1985 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Robarts and William Davis. There is also a school in Scarborough,Ontario named after him.
Dalton Arthur Bales was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1975 who represented the riding of York Mills. He was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Robarts and Bill Davis.
Richard Thomas Potter was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1975 who represented the eastern Ontario riding of Quinte. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis.
Gordon Robert Carton was a Canadian politician from Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1975 who represented the riding of Armourdale. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis.