John Newell (Canadian politician) explained

John A. Newell
Birth Date:6 October 1935
Birth Place:Sydney, Nova Scotia
Residence:Westmount, Nova Scotia
Office:MLA for Cape Breton The Lakes
Term Start:1983
Term End:1988
Predecessor:Ossie Fraser
Successor:Bernie Boudreau
Occupation:Grocery store official

John Ainslie Newell (born October 6, 1935) is a former Canadian 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.[1]

Born in 1935 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Newell served on the Cape Breton County Council from 1976 to 1982.[2] 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 by-election 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral History for Cape Breton-The Lakes. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2018-04-02.
  2. Book: Elliott. Shirley B.. The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. 2018-04-06. 1984. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. 0-88871-050-X. 166.
  3. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981 . Elections Nova Scotia . 1981 . 2014-11-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140310212300/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201981.pdf . 2014-03-10 .
  4. News: Liberal MLA dies in Sydney. The Globe and Mail. October 30, 1982.
  5. News: Newell wins Cape Breton byelection. The Chronicle Herald. February 23, 1983.
  6. News: Tory wins by-election. The Globe and Mail. February 23, 1983.
  7. Web site: Return of By-Election for the House of Assembly 1983. Elections Nova Scotia. 1983. 2014-06-19.
  8. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984 . Elections Nova Scotia . 1984 . 2014-06-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005021932/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201984.pdf . 2013-10-05 .
  9. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988 . Elections Nova Scotia . 1988 . 2014-06-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225642/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf . 2014-05-12 .

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