Newton G. Munro | |
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MLA for Pictou | |
In office 1937–1941 | |
Preceded by | Donald F. Fraser |
Succeeded by | Ernest G. Irish |
Personal details | |
Born | Hopewell, Nova Scotia | June 13, 1870
Died | July 21, 1949 Wolfville, Nova Scotia | (aged 79)
Political party | Liberal |
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 at 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 at Wolfville on July 21, 1949.[2]