1. Newton Rowell ran for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1900 federal election but was defeated in York East.
12 Facts About Newton Rowell
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Newton Rowell became senior partner in his law firm and had a prominent legal career.
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Newton Rowell spoke across Ontario to promote both Laurier's plan for a Canadian Navy and the trade reciprocity agreement that had been negotiated between the federal government and the United States against the opposition of prominent Liberal business leaders, who feared that free trade would be extended to manufacturing.
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Later that year, Newton Rowell was chosen to lead the Ontario Liberal Party, despite not having a seat in the legislature, after the incumbent leader, Alexander Grant MacKay, was forced to resign shortly before the beginning of that year's election campaign.
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Newton Rowell was elected to the legislature in the 1911 provincial election and became Leader of the Opposition.
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Newton Rowell was appointed to Borden's government as President of the Privy Council of Canada in October 1917 and was made vice-chairman of the government's War Committee, which gave him primary responsibility for organizing the war effort and enforcing conscription.
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Newton Rowell went on to win a seat in the House of Commons as the Unionist MP for Durham in the December 1917 federal election.
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Newton Rowell attended meetings of the Imperial War Cabinet in London, England, along with other senior Canadian ministers.
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Newton Rowell declined to join the government of Borden's successor, Arthur Meighen, in 1920, and he did not run for re-election to parliament in 1921.
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Newton Rowell helped lead the Methodists into a merger with Presbyterians to form the United Church of Canada.
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The Supreme Court of Canada said that they were not, but Newton Rowell successfully appealed the case to the Privy Council in London in a landmark decision for female equality in Canada.
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Newton Rowell served as president of the Ontario Bar Association from 1927 to 1930 and as national president of the Canadian Bar Association from 1932 to 1934.