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Newton G. Munro

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Newton G. Munro
MLA for Pictou
In office
1937–1941
Preceded byDonald F. Fraser
Succeeded byErnest G. Irish
Personal details
Born(1870-06-13)June 13, 1870
Hopewell, Nova Scotia
DiedJuly 21, 1949(1949-07-21) (aged 79)
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Political partyLiberal

Newton Goodwill Munro (June 13, 1870 – July 21, 1949) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1937 to 1941. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Born in 1870 in Hopewell, Nova Scotia, Munro was a railway agent and stationmaster by career.[2] He married Mary E. Shaw in 1895, and then Sylvia Keith.[2] Munro served as mayor of Stellarton, Nova Scotia, from 1923 to 1931.[2] Munro entered provincial politics in 1937 when he was elected in the dual-member Pictou County riding with Liberal Josiah H. MacQuarrie.[3] In the 1941 election, Munro was defeated by MacQuarrie and Conservative Ernest G. Irish.[4] Munro died in Wolfville on July 21, 1949.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Electoral History for Pictou County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  2. ^ a b c d Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 163. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  3. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1937" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 59. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  4. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1941" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 66. Retrieved 2015-05-09.