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Newton Rowell

Canadian politician, religious leader, Supreme Court judge (1867-1941) · Canada · On the map · Politicians · Died at 74

Newton Wesley Rowell, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, and lay leader in the Methodist Church. Rowell led the Ontario Liberal Party from 1911 to 1917 and put forward a platform advocating temperance.

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Rowell's Liberals failed to oppose the Whitney government's passage of Regulation 17 which restricted the teaching of the French language in schools and alienated the province's French-Canadian minority.

Country
Canada
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1867 to 1941 · aged 74