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About Frederic Newton
- Frederic Young Newton (April 7, 1870–May 17, 1959) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1911 to 1917, and again from 1922 to 1932.
- He was a member of the Conservative Party. Newton was born in Cobourg, Ontario, the son of John White Newton and Mary McCullough, and was educated at Winnipeg Collegiate.
- In 1910, he served as reeve of the Rural Municipality of Shell River.
- In 1904, Newton married C.I.
- Gilchrist.
- He was mayor of the village of Roblin from 1920 to 1922 and from 1940 to 1943.
- He worked as a broker and was president of the Roblin Loan & Investment Co.He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in a by-election held on February 4, 1911 in the constituency of Russell, defeating Liberal William Valens by 265 votes.
- He was re-elected by 231 votes in the 1914 provincial election, in the constituency of Roblin.
- During this period, Newton served as a backbench supporter of Rodmond Roblin's government. The Roblin government was forced to resign amid scandal in 1915, and the Conservatives were badly defeated in that year's provincial election.
- Newton was one of only five Conservatives to retain his seat, and was the only Conservative elected in an anglophone riding.
- He resigned his seat in 1917, after a report of the province's Paterson Commission found evidence of road frauds in his constituency.Newton sought a return to the legislature in the 1920 provincial election, but lost to Farmer candidate Henry Robson Richardson by 104 votes.
- He tried again in the 1922 election, and this time defeated Richardson by nine votes.
- The election was won by the United Farmers of Manitoba, and Newton served on the opposition benches. He was re-elected in the 1927 election, and again served as an opposition member.
- In the 1932 election, he lost to independent Progressive William Westwood by 609 votes. Newton died in Roblin at the age of 89.
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