Francis Winton

Francis Winton
Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
for Bonavista Bay
In office
November 9, 1878 (1878-11-09) – October 31, 1885 (1885-10-31)
Serving with
James Saint (1878–1882)
George Skelton (1878–1885)
Walter B. Grieve (1882–1883)
James L. Noonan (1883–1885)
Preceded byCharles R. Bowring
A. J. W. McNeilly
John H. Warren
Succeeded byAbram Kean
Frederick White
In office
November 13, 1869 (1869-11-13) – November 8, 1873 (1873-11-08)
Serving with William M. Barnes and James L. Noonan
Preceded byJohn T. Burton
John T. Oakley
John H. Warren
Succeeded byCharles R. Bowring
John T. Burton
A. J. W. McNeilly
Personal details
Born(1829-06-04)June 4, 1829
DiedJanuary 11, 1908(1908-01-11) (aged 78)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
PartyAnti-Confederation (1869–1873)
Conservative (1878–1885)
RelativesHenry D. Winton (father)
OccupationJournalist, newspaper owner

Francis Winton (June 4, 1829 – January 11, 1908) was a printer, publisher and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Bonavista in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1869 to 1873 as an Anti-Confederate supporter of premier Charles Fox Bennett and from 1878 to 1885 as a Conservative supporter of premier William Whiteway.

The son of Henry D. Winton and Elizabeth Nicholson, he was born in St. John's. In 1860, he was publishing the St. John's Daily News in partnership with his brother. In 1866, he began publishing the Day Book, later the Morning Chronicle. By 1894, Winton had moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he owned a newspaper called the Morning Chronicle. Winton and his wife both died there in 1908.

References

  1. 1 2 "Winton, Francis". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. p. 600.