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Jean Newman was born on 1905 in Canada, is an A Toronto city councillors. Discover Jean Newman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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1905

Jean Dorothy Newman was born in 1905 at El Paso, Texas.

Her father, W. G. Reading was a chief dispatcher for the Southern Pacific Railway.

Her mother, Mrs. W. G. Reading, was a business woman who specialized in real estate.

Newman's maternal grandfather, Donald Mackay Gordon, emigrated to Canada from Scotland.

He served as Mayor of Wingham and built the first brick house in Listowel.

When Newman was three months old, the family relocated to Toronto, where they resided on Rushmore Road.

She attended Oakwood Collegiate Institute as her secondary school, and the University of Toronto for post secondary education, where she majored in arts.

She had always been interested in religious and charity organizations.

She had presided over multiple associations within the university, such as the Home and School Association, the University College Alumnae, St. George’s United Church WMS, and she was on the board of the United Church of Training School.

1925

In 1925, she married T. Campbell Newman, who was majoring in chemistry at University of Toronto.

They went on to have two kids, George and Margaret.

In her free time, she made oil paintings.

She had multiple exhibitions, and her house is home to a collection of both her own work and that of other Canadian artists.

She had always been a very proficient public speaker, winning gold and silver medals in public speaking competitions.

Newman had always been interested in public service.

1951

She was a trustee of the Board of Education from 1951 to 1954.

1954

In 1954, she moved to city council where she served in Ward 9 in 1955 and 1956.

1956

In 1956, Newman was elected to the Board of Control as the budget chief, she was the first woman to do so.

1958

In the 1958 Toronto municipal election; she announced her intention to run for mayor of Toronto, challenging, then incumbent, Nathan Phillips.

1960

In 1960 mayoral election, Newman placed third behind Phillips and former mayor of Toronto Allan Lamport.

1962

In 1962, she ran as a Liberal candidate in by-election for the riding of Eglinton.

The riding leaned towards the tory party, and Newman lost to Progressive Conservative Leonard Mackenzie Reilly

After the loss of the By election, Newman retired from politics and focused her attention on charitable work.

1968

In 1968, her husband died and in 1970, she got remarried to Ian Urquhart, taking on the name Jean Newman-Urquhart.

1971

Jean Dorothy Newman (1905 in Née Reading – October 4, 1971) was a municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

She was the vice-chairman of the Toronto Board of Control and president of the Toronto City Council.

She was the first woman elected to Toronto’s Board of Control and the first woman to run for Mayor of Toronto.

Newman died a year later, in 1971 from a stroke.

She was 66.