Memorable Manitobans: Merlin Victor Borden Newton (1909-1987)

Merlin Victor Borden Newton Click to enlarge

Educator, civil servant.

Born at Winnipeg on 31 October 1909, son of Samuel Thomas Newton and Annie Blanche Borden, he received BSc degree at the University of Manitoba. He taught at Robert H. Smith School (1939-1942) before enlisting in June 1942 in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. Returning from military duty, he was the Civil Service Commissioner for the Province of Manitoba and Chairman of the Manitoba Film Censor Board (1950-?) until retirement around 1972. On 27 June 1936, he married Dorothy Jane MacEachern (1910-1989) at Winnipeg and they had a daughter and a son. He died at White Rock, British Columbia on 20 June 1987.

Sources:

Marriage registration [Merlin Borden Newton, Dorothy Jane MacEachern], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Around the town,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 February 1943, page 11.

“Lieut. M. V. B. Newton receives promotion,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 March 1943, page 13.

Death registrations [Merlin Victor Borden Newton, Dorothy Jane Newton], British Columbia Vital Statistics.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 23 June 1987, page 38.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 May 2024

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