Born in
Toronto,
Ontario, New was educated at
Upper Canada College and the
University of Toronto. In 1913, following the death of his father, Jacob Herbert New (1859-1913), he took over the family-owned Hamilton and Toronto Sewer Pipe Company (Limited). He eventually merged his successful business with two other Ontario companies to create the National Sewer Pipe Company Limited. A resident of
Oakville, Ontario, New was active in church and community affairs. During the
Great Depression, he served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Federal Home Improvement Plan, established by the
Government of Canada in 1937 to provide subsidized interest rates on rehabilitation loans for housing. His wife Helen Isabel was named national president of the
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire in 1944, was made a
Commander of the British Empire for her wartime charitable activities in 1946, and served on the 1950 Royal Commission On Education In Ontario. A member of the
United Church of Canada, New donated funds in 1954 that helped build the
Halton Region presbytery. The owner of a number of thoroughbred racehorses, New maintained a racing stable in Oakville. He won the 1927 Kings' Plate with
Troutlet and the 1930 running with
Aymond. He had bought Troutlet from
Charles Millar's estate only a few months before. He served as vice-president of the
Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (CTHS) for a time, and for many years remained on its
Board of Directors. In 2002, he was inducted into the
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in the Builders category. New died in 1979 at the age of ninety-one, and he was buried in the New family's mausoleum at
Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. ==References==