Jean Newman

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

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

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

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.

The riding leaned towards the tory party, and Newman lost to Progressive Conservative Leonard Mackenzie Reilly[2] After the loss of the By election, Newman retired from politics and focused her attention on charitable work.