Robert Taylor Shillington, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Robert Taylor Shillington
- Robert "Bob" Taylor Shillington (October 3, 1867 – January 11, 1934) was a Canadian politician, mine owner, druggist and ice hockey executive.
- Shillington was a member of the provincial legislature in the province of Ontario, representing the Timiskaming riding, first elected in 1908. Born in Merivale, a rural village now located within the city limits of Ottawa, in 1867, Shillington was one of ten children of Thomas and Elizabeth Shillington.
- Shillington attended the Ottawa Model School and Collegiate.
- He then attended the University of Toronto, graduating in pharmacy. He returned to Ottawa and opened a druggist business on Sparks Street.
- His business was successful and he invested in mining in the Haileybury area.
- He also became an executive with the Ottawa Hockey Club.
- In 1903, after the Ottawas had won their first Stanley Cup Canadian championship, he gave each player a silver nugget.
- That donation led to the nickname Silver Seven.
- He would manage the club through its 1903–1906 championship run.
- In 1905, he sold his druggist business.
- In 1906, he moved to Haileybury full-time.
- He ran for a seat in the 1908 Ontario election and won in the district of Timiskaming. In 1890, he married Harriet Cortie Score (1870–1939) and the couple had one child, Clarissa, in 1891.
- Shillington died in Toronto in 1934 and Harriet in 1939.
- He and his wife are interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. Shillington Avenue, an east-west road in Ottawa is named after the Shillington family which at one time owned the property.
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