Hamnett Pinhey Hill
| Hamnett Pinhey Hill | |
|---|---|
| MPP for Ottawa West | |
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In office October 20, 1919 – May 10, 1923 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 18, 1876 Ottawa, Ontario |
| Died |
December 15, 1942 (aged 65) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario |
Hamnett Pinhey Hill (December 18, 1876 – December 15, 1942) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Ottawa West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1923 as a Conservative member.
He was born in Ottawa, the son of Dr. Hamnett Hill, M.R.C.S.(b.1811,England-d.1898, Ottawa) and Mary Anne Pinhey, second daughter of Hon. Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey (b.England, 1784,-d. Ontario, 1857).[1] Hill was educated in Ottawa and at Toronto University. In 1907, he married Beatrice Sara Lindsay. He served as a lieutenant in the Army Service Corps. Hill was the author of Robert Randall and the Le Breton Flats,[2] which described the controversy around the sale of the Lebreton Flats property formerly owned by Robert Randal. He died in 1942 in Ottawa.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Valerie Knowles, Capital Lives, Volume I, Book Coach Press, 2005.
- ↑ Hill, Hamnett Pinhey (1919). Robert Randall and the Le Breton Flats; An Account of the Early Legal and Political Controversies Respecting the Ownership of a Large Portion of the Present City of Ottawa. Ottawa: James Hope & Son.
- ↑ "SamuelArmstrong". canadianorangehistoricalsite.com. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
- ↑ Encyclopedia Canadiana 5. Grolier of Canada. 1970. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
- Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1920, EJ Chambers