| Hamnett Pinhey Hill | |
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| MPP for Ottawa West | |
| In office October 20, 1919 – May 10, 1923 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1876-12-18)December 18, 1876 Ottawa, Ontario |
| Died | December 15, 1942(1942-12-15) (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.
Biography
He was born in Ottawa, the son of Hamnett Pinhey Hill (1845-1879) and Margaret Christie, and the grandson 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). Hill was educated in Ottawa and at Toronto University In 1907, he married Beatrice Sara Lindsay. He was a lieutenant in the Army Service Corps. Hill was the author of Robert Randall and the Le Breton Flats, which described the controversy around the sale of the Lebreton Flats property formerly owned by Robert Randal. He died in 1942 in Ottawa.
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.
- "Samuel Armstrong". Canadian Orange Historical Site. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- Encyclopedia Canadiana. Vol. 5. Grolier of Canada. 1970. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- Hamnett Pinhey Hill Fonds, Library and Archives Canada
- Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1920, EJ Chambers