William Homer Hamilton(February 6, 1913[1]inCarman,Manitoba[2]– September 29, 1997) was apoliticianin Manitoba,Canada.He was aProgressive Conservativemember of theLegislative Assembly of Manitobafrom 1959 to 1969.[1]
The son of John Love Hamilton and Sadie Louise Kilpatrick, Hamilton was educated inSperlingand at Dominion Business College.[2]In 1932, he became manager of the Ogilvie Flour Mills elevator inSaltcoats, Saskatchewan,returning to Manitoba in 1936. Hamilton worked as a grain farmer until 1963.[3]He was appointed Drainage Maintenance Superintendent ofDufferinin 1946, and became a trustee on the Sperling Cons. School in 1951. He retained the latter position while serving in the Manitoba legislature. In 1940. Hamilton married Helen June Wickend.[2]
He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the1958 provincial election,but lost toLiberal-ProgressiveincumbentWalter McDonaldby 73 votes in the riding ofDufferin.[4]The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the1959 provincial election,and Hamilton defeated McDonald by 154 votes to take the seat on his second try. He was re-elected by greater margins in the elections of1962and1966,[1]and served as a backbench supporter of the governments ofDufferin RoblinandWalter Weir.He did not run for re-election in 1969.
After retiring from politics, he worked as constituency secretary for federal member of parliamentJack Murta.[3]
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- ^abc"William Homer Hamilton (1913-1997)".Memorable Manitobans.Manitoba Historical Society.Retrieved2013-10-19.
- ^abEidse, Lenore (1980).Furrows in the Valley(PDF).Rural Municipality of Morris. pp. 817–818. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2013-10-19.Retrieved2013-10-19.
- ^"Votes for Social Credit in last election may help".Leader-Post.Regina. May 7, 1959. p. 19.Retrieved2013-10-19.
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