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Daniel Hilliard

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Daniel Hilliard
Ontario MPP
In office
1886–1888
Preceded byWilliam Clyde Caldwell
Succeeded byWilliam Clyde Caldwell
ConstituencyLanark North
Personal details
Born1824 (1824)
Prescott, Canada West
DiedJune 23, 1888(1888-06-23) (aged 63)
Toronto, Ontario
Political partyLiberal
SpouseJane Dickson
OccupationLumber merchant

Daniel Hilliard (1824 – June 23, 1888) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Lanark North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1886 to 1888.

He was born in Prescott and was educated in local schools there and in Toronto. Hilliard was a timber merchant in Pakenham. He married Jane Dickson, the sister of his partner, William Dickson. He supported the prohibition of alcohol. Hilliard died in office in 1888.

The Township of Hilliard, Ontario, was named after him.[1]

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