John Ainslie Newell (born October 6, 1935) is a former Canadian politician.
He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1983 to 1988.
[2] Born in 1935 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Newell served on the Cape Breton County Council from 1976 to 1982.
[1] He first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1981 election, but was defeated by Liberal Ossie Fraser by 120 votes.
[3] Fraser died in October 1982[4] and Newell was elected the new MLA for the riding in a by-election on February 22, 1983.