Burton Hill
Burton Hill | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Charlotte | |
| In office October 1935 – April 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur D. Ganong |
| Succeeded by | A. Wesley Stuart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Burton Maxwell Hill 21 June 1883 St. Stephen, New Brunswick |
| Died | 7 January 1963 (aged 79) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Leah Violet Beveridge m. 20 June 1911[1] |
| Profession | civil engineer |
Burton Maxwell Hill (21 June 1883 – 7 January 1963) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and became a civil engineer by career.
Hill attended school in St. Stephen then the University of New Brunswick where he received a Bachelor of Science for engineering. From 1918 to 1925, he was the New Brunswick provincial Deputy Minister of Public Works. In 1925, Hill became a full provincial minister of Public Works under Premier Peter Veniot, but resigned later that year after the government was defeated in an election where Hill did not win a seat.[1]
In 1929 and 1930, he was commissioner for the Saint John Harbour Board.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament at the Charlotte riding in the 1935 general election and re-elected there in 1940. After completing his second term, the 19th Canadian Parliament, Hill did not seek further re-election and left federal office at the 1945 election.
Electoral history[]
| 1940 Canadian federal election: New Brunswick Southwest | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Burton M. Hill | 6,099 | 58.1 | +6.6 | ||||
| Conservative | Walter DeWolfe | 4,391 | 41.9 | +9.8 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,490 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election: New Brunswick Southwest | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Burton M. Hill | 5,436 | 51.5 | +9.3 | ||||
| Conservative | Chauncey Randall Pollard | 3,386 | 32.1 | -25.7 | ||||
| Reconstruction | Walter Quartermain | 1,732 | 16.4 | * | ||||
| Total valid votes | 10,554 | 100.0 | ||||||
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