Francis Winton (ca 1829 – 1908) was a

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, publisher and politician in

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. He represented Bonavista in the

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from 1869 to 1873 as an

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. 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

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, where he owned a newspaper called the ''Morning Chronicle''. Winton and his wife both died there in 1908.

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Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly Year of birth uncertain 1908 deaths Canadian newspaper publishers (people) Newfoundland Colony people British emigrants to the United States {{Newfoundland-politician-stub