Newman, William Gould

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Newman_(politician)
  • Wiki Biography:
    • 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.
    • Newman started as a councillor for Pickering Township and eventually became reeve of Ontario County.
    • 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. He was re-elected in 1971. 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.
    • In February 1974 he was appointed as Minister of Environment. 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. In October 1975, he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Food. 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.
    • He resigned from Cabinet in 1979 due to high blood pressure and did not run in 1981.
  • Third Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=477
  • Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261619612/william_gould-newman