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Henry R. L. Bill

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Henry R. L. Bill
MLA for Shelburne
In office
1928–1941
Preceded byErnest Reginald Nickerson
Norman Emmons Smith
Succeeded byWilfred Dauphinee
Personal details
Born(1870-03-27)March 27, 1870
Lockeport, Nova Scotia
DiedDecember 16, 1942(1942-12-16) (aged 72)
Lockeport, Nova Scotia
Political partyNova Scotia Liberal Party
Occupationwholesale fish merchant

Henry Ryder Locke Bill (March 27, 1870 – December 16, 1942) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Shelburne in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1928 to 1941. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Born in 1870 at Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Bill was a wholesale fish merchant by career.[2] He married Ida L. Silver in 1895.[2] Bill served as mayor of Lockeport from 1905 to 1912 and 1919–1924.[2] Bill also served as a member of the Royal Fisheries Commission from 1927 to 1928.[3]

Bill entered provincial politics in 1928, when he was elected in the dual-member Shelburne riding with Liberal Wishart McLea Robertson.[4] He was re-elected in the now single-member Shelburne riding in the 1933 election.[5] In the 1937 election, Bill was re-elected, defeating former Conservative MLA Norman Emmons Smith by 926 votes.[6] He did not reoffer in the 1941 election.[1] Bill died on December 16, 1942, at Lockeport.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  2. ^ a b c d Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 14. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  3. ^ "Royal Commission investigating the fisheries of the Maritime Provinces and the Magdalen Islands". Council of Nova Scotia Archives. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  4. ^ "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  5. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1933" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 58. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  6. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1937" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 68. Retrieved 2015-05-09.