Bill Newton | |
Constituency Am1: | Caboolture |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 22 October 1983 |
Term End1: | 1 November 1986 |
Predecessor1: | Des Frawley |
Successor1: | Ken Hayward |
Constituency Am2: | Glass House |
Assembly2: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start2: | 1 November 1986 |
Term End2: | 2 December 1989 |
Predecessor2: | New seat |
Successor2: | Jon Sullivan |
Birth Date: | 29 July 1935 |
Birth Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Death Place: | Caboolture, Queensland, Australia |
Birthname: | Lyell Edward Newton |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | National Party |
Spouse: | Margaret Anne Goymer |
Occupation: | Grazier, Fruit farmer |
Lyell Edward "Bill" Newton (29 July 1935 – 2 August 2015) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Newton was born in Brisbane to Edward Charles Newton and Lily Alice, née Zanow. He attended state school at Morayfield before becoming a fruit farmer and grazier in Rocksberg.
Newton was a member of the National Party, and served as Chairman of the Caboolture branch from 1963 to 1983. In that year he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Caboolture; at the following election in 1986 he transferred to Glass House, but in 1989 he was defeated.[2]
Newton died on 2 August 2015 at Caboolture.