Henry Buckingham Witton

Henry Buckingham Witton (October 21, 1831 – November 8, 1921) was an Ontario painter and political figure. He represented Hamilton in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1874. He ran as a Conservative Labour candidate, but took his seat as a straight Conservative member following his election in 1872.^[1]

Witton was born in South Lopham, Norfolk, England^[1] and educated there. In 1860, he married M.A. Palmer.^[2] He worked as a master painter at the Great Western Railway Shops in Hamilton, Ontario.^[3] Witton ran unsuccessfully for the federal seat in 1874 and 1875 as a Conservative Labour member.^[1] Witton was appointed inspector of canals in 1879 and served in that post until 1890. He died in Hamilton at the age of 90.^[3]

References

1. Henry Buckingham Witton – Parliament of Canada biography
2. The Canadian parliamentary companion, HJ Morgan (1873)
3. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.