Newton Rowell | |
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| Chief Justice of Ontario | |
| In office 1936–1938 | |
| Preceded by | Sir William Mulock |
| Succeeded by | Robert Spelman Robertson |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Durham | |
| In office 1917–1920 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Jonas Thornton |
| Succeeded by | Fred Wellington Bowen |
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1911–1918 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew MacKay |
| Succeeded by | John Alexander Calder |
| Constituency | Oxford North |
| President of the Canadian Bar Association | |
| In office 1932–1934 | |
| Preceded by | Louis St. Laurent |
| Succeeded by | Isaac Pitblado |
| President of the Ontario Bar Association | |
| In office 1927–1930 | |
| Preceded by | Wallace Nesbitt, K.C. |
| Succeeded by | Dalton Lally McCarthy, K.C. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Newton Wesley Rowell November 1, 1867 London Township, Ontario |
| Died | November 22, 1941 (aged 74) Toronto, Ontario |
| Resting place | Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto |
| Political party | Ontario Liberal Party Unionist Party (federal) |
| Spouse | Nellie Langford |
| Children | 4 |
| Profession | Lawyer, judge |
Newton Wesley Rowell, PC KC (November 1, 1867 – November 22, 1941) 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. 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.