Augustus Oldford

William Augustus Oldford (born 1925) is a former social worker, magistrate and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Fortune Bay in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1971 to 1972 as a Liberal.[1]

Personal Life

The son of Augustus Oldford and Hilda Rose, he was born in Burnside. Oldford married Mabel Caines.[1]

Education and Career

and was educated there and at Memorial University College. He taught school for four years and then worked as a welfare officer at Jackson's Arm from 1951 to 1958. He then served as a magistrate until 1971, when he stepped down from the bench to enter provincial politics. He served in the Newfoundland cabinet as a minister without portfolio and as Minister of Supply and Services.[1]

Oldford resigned his seat in the assembly in January 1972, which gave the Progressive Conservative party a majority of seats. He was named a magistrate in March 1972 and served in Grand Falls and Wabush-Labrador City. He was a named a provincial court judge in Springdale in 1977, retiring from the bench in 1990.[1]

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References
  1. "Oldford, William Augustus". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. p. 166.


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