Burton Hill

Canadian politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCanadian politician
PlacesCanada
wasEngineer Civil engineer Politician
Work fieldEngineering Politics
Gender
Male
Birth21 June 1883, St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Saint Stephen Parish, New Brunswick, Charlotte County, New Brunswick
Death7 January 1963 (aged 79 years)
Politics:Liberal Party Of Canada
The details

Biography

Burton Maxwell Hill (21 June 1883 – 7 January 1963) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. 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.

In 1929 and 1930, he was commissioner for the Saint John Harbour Board.

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.

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