John Newell (Canadian politician)

John Ainslie Newell (born October 6, 1935) is a Canadian former politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1983 to 1988. He was a Progressive Conservative.[2]

John A. Newell
MLA for Cape Breton The Lakes
In office
1983–1988
Preceded byOssie Fraser
Succeeded byBernie Boudreau
Personal details
Born (1935-10-06) October 6, 1935
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ResidenceWestmount, Nova Scotia
OccupationGrocery store official[1]

Born in 1935 at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Newell served on Cape Breton County Council from 1976 to 1982.[1] He first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1981 election, but was defeated by Liberal Ossie Fraser by 120 votes.[3] Fraser died in October 1982,[4] and Newell was elected the new MLA for the riding in a byelection on February 22, 1983.[5][6][7] He was re-elected in the 1984 election,[8] but was defeated by Liberal Bernie Boudreau in the 1988 election.[9]

References
  1. Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 166. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. "Electoral History for Cape Breton-The Lakes" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  3. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
  4. "Liberal MLA dies in Sydney". The Globe and Mail. October 30, 1982.
  5. "Newell wins Cape Breton byelection". The Chronicle Herald. February 23, 1983.
  6. "Tory wins by-election". The Globe and Mail. February 23, 1983.
  7. "Return of By-Election for the House of Assembly 1983" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1983. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  8. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1984. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  9. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
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