Sainte-Justine-de-Newton () is a municipality located in the

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region of

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, Canada. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 947. The municipality is situated on Route 325 south of

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, just east of the

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border.

History

In 1805, the

geographic township The term township, in Canada, is generally the district or area associated with a town. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semirural government within the co ...

of Newton was created, likely named after

Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its 2011 population of 24,029 was estimated to reach 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the So ...

in England. In 1845, the Township Municipality of Newton was formed, but abolished in 1847. In 1855, it was reestablished as the Parish Municipality of Sainte-Justine-de-Newton, combining the names of the parish and the geographic township. In 1865, its post office opened. In 2008, the parish municipality changed its statutes to become a (regular) municipality.

Demographics

Language

Local government

List of former mayors: * Donald Morrisson (1845–1847, 1862–1868) * John Burke (1855–1860) * Murdock McCuaig (1860–1862, 1870) * Norman McCosham (1868–1870) * Alfrède Godard (1870–1876, 1881–1885, 1903) * François Xavier Legault (1876–1877, 1879–1880) * Honoré Sauvé (1877–1879, 1880–1881, 1886–1887) * Emmanuel Brunêt (1885–1886) * Joseph Marcoux (1887–1895) * Gabriël Legault (1895–1898) * James Barry (1898–1903, 1906–1908, 1917–1921) * George Napoléon Temins (1908–1909) * Léon Sauvé (1910–1911) * Joseph Guillaume Séguin (1911–1913) * Narcisse Sabourin (1913–1914) * Raphael Giroux (1914–1917, 1921–1922) * Joseph Philippe Ernest Deguire (1922–1933) * Joseph Oscar Boulais (1933–1939) * Joseph Donat Ludger Lévac (1939–1942) * Joseph Aléxandre Henry Lanthier (1942–1947) * Patrick William Barry (1947–1951) * Joseph Henri Adélard Bray (1951–1963) * Joseph-Antoine-Eugène Fex (1963–1973) * Joseph George Charlebois (1973–1981) * Joseph Napoléon Raymond Menard (1981–1987) * Claude Fournier (1987–1992) * Joseph Maurice Gérard André Lanthier (1992–2005) * Carol Lazare Dubé (2005–2009) * Patricia Domingos (2009–2013) * Gisèle Fournier (2013–2017) * Denis Ranger (2017–2021) * Shawn Campbell (2021–present)

Education

Commission Scolaire des Trois-Lacs operates Francophone schools. * École du Val-des-Prés Sainte-Justine Lester B. Pearson School Board operates Anglophone schools.School Board Map
" Lester B. Pearson School Board. Retrieved on 28 September 2017. * Soulanges Elementary School in

Saint-Télesphore Saint-Télesphore is a municipality located in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec (Canada). The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 754. The municipality is situated west of Saint-Polycarpe, south of Sainte-Jus ...

or Evergreen Elementary and Forest Hill Elementary (Junior Campus and Senior campus) in Saint-Lazare

References

External links

*
Official website
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