Alfred Kingcome Newman (27 April 1849 – 3 April 1924) was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand in 1909, and a Member of Parliament.
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Newman was born in Madras, India, in 1849. The family migrated to New Zealand in 1853 and farmed at Waipukurau. He received his primary education in the Hawke's Bay Region and Auckland, and travelled in 1863 to receive his secondary education in Bath, England. Newman became a Doctor of Medicine and returned to New Zealand in 1975.[1]
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| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1884 | 8th | Thorndon | Independent | |
| 1884–1887 | 9th | Thorndon | Independent | |
| 1887–1890 | 10th | Thorndon | Independent | |
| 1890–1893 | 11th | Hutt | Independent | |
| 1893–1896 | 12th | Wellington Suburbs | Independent | |
| 1911–1914 | 18th | Wellington East | Reform | |
| 1914–1919 | 19th | Wellington East | Reform | |
| 1919–1922 | 20th | Wellington East | Reform | |
Newman was a Wellington City Councillor from 1881 to 1885. He was Mayor of Wellington in 1909–1910.[1]
He was the Member of Parliament for Thorndon 1884–1890, Hutt 1890–1893, then Wellington Suburbs 1893–1896 when he was defeated (standing for Otaki).[2] Later he was MP for Wellington East, from 1911 to 1922, when he retired.[2] He is sometimes counted as a Reform Party MP.
He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1 June 1923 to when he died on 3 April 1924,[3] and for many years was on the Wellington Education Board, the Wellington College Board of Governors and the Senate of the University of New Zealand.[1]