{{short description|Newfoundland politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
'''Francis Winton''' (ca 1829 – 1908) was a printer, publisher and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Bonavista in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1869 to 1873 as an Anti-Confederate.<ref name=ne/>
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 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he owned a newspaper called the ''Morning Chronicle''. Winton and his wife both died there in 1908.<ref name=ne>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns_enl/id/2386 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador |page=600 |title=Winton, Francis}}</ref>
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