Gerald Hill (politician)

Gerald Irvine Hill (February 1, 1919 – February 22, 1997) was an insurance company executive and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Labrador South from 1962 to 1971 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly.[1]

The son of Captain Sidney and Sophie Hill, he was born in Wesleyville and was educated at Prince of Wales College and Acadia University.[2] He joined Confederation Life in 1942; in 1961, he became manager for the Newfoundland division. He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly by acclamation in a 1962 by-election held following the death of George Sellars. He was reelected in 1962 and 1966 and served in the Newfoundland cabinet as a minister without portfolio from 1968 to 1971. After he retired from Confederation Life in 1975, Hill continued to work as a self-employed insurance and business consultant.[1]

He died in 1997.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hill, Gerald Irvine". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. p. 956.
  2. ↑ Newfoundland who's who : Centennial edition 1967-1968. p. 116.
  3. ↑ "Mt. Pleasant Protestant Cemetery, St. John's".
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