Charles McGill Hamilton, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Charles McGill Hamilton
- Charles McGill Hamilton (January 17, 1878 – May 3, 1952) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan.
- He represented Weyburn in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1919 to 1929 as a Liberal. He was born in Whitechurch, Ontario and came to Saskatchewan with his family in 1895.
- Hamilton taught school for four years and then, in 1901, he settled on a homestead near Weyburn.
- He was president of the local chapter of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association and of the Saskatchewan Association of Regional Municipalities.
- Hamilton was for a short time a director for the Canadian National Railway.He was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1919 by-election held after Robert Menzies Mitchell resigned his seat.
- Hamilton served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Municipal Affairs, Minister of Highways and Minister of the Child Welfare Act.
- He was defeated by Robert Sterritt Leslie when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1929.
- He then served on the Board of Grain Commissioners for 19 years, retiring in January 1948.
- He died in Winnipeg at the age of 74.
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