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Samuel Thomas Newton
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Educator.
Born in Dufferin County, Ontario on 27 January 1873, he taught school for five years before coming to Winnipeg in 1901. He was a member of the Winnipeg School Board (1902) before serving as Superintendent and later Director of the Department of Agriculture’s Extension Service (1915-1921).
He was Principal of Foxwarren School (1924-1925) and Lord Nelson School (1926-1927) then he succeeded William John Warters as Provincial Director of Technical Education (1925-1939), being replaced in the latter year by Richard James Johns.
He and wife Annie Blanche Borden (c1882-1976) had two children: Vera Newton (?-1964, wife of Gordon Ritchie) and Merlin Victor Borden Newton. He lived at 437 Victor Street (c1911) and 195 Niagara Street (1943). He was a member of the Manitoba Museum Association, the Schoolmasters’ Club and other teaching organizations.
He died at the Misericordia Hospital on 5 April 1943 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Birth registration [Merlin Victor Borden Newton], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Youth trainer is promoted,” Winnipeg Tribune, 31 March 1939, page 25.
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“S. T. Newton, well-known educationalist, dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 April 1943, page 11. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9, page 130]
Winnipeg School Days, 1871-1950 by W. G. Pearce, Winnipeg School Division, Education Resource Centre.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 December 2024
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