Burton Hill
Member of Parliament
for Charlotte
In office
October 1935 – April 1945
Preceded byArthur D. Ganong
Succeeded byA. Wesley Stuart
Personal details
Born
Burton Maxwell Hill

(1883-06-21)21 June 1883
St. Stephen, New Brunswick
Died7 January 1963(1963-01-07) (aged 79)
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Leah Violet Beveridge
m. 20 June 1911[1]
Professioncivil 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%±%
LiberalBurton M. Hill6,09958.1+6.6
ConservativeWalter DeWolfe4,39141.9+9.8
Total valid votes 10,490100.0
1935 Canadian federal election: New Brunswick Southwest
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBurton M. Hill5,43651.5+9.3
ConservativeChauncey Randall Pollard3,38632.1-25.7
ReconstructionWalter Quartermain1,73216.4*
Total valid votes 10,554100.0

References

  1. 1 2 3 Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.


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