George Hillmer Explained

George Hillmer
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1923
Term End1:1929
Predecessor1:Ernest Charles Drury
Successor1:Thomas Aston Blakelock
Constituency1:Halton
Office2:Mayor of Oakville
Term Start2:1910
Term End2:1912
Predecessor2:W.S. Davis
Successor2:I.T. Madden
Birth Date:5 December 1866
Birth Place:Oakville, Canada West
Death Place:Hamilton, Ontario
Party:Conservative
Spouse:Pauline Bradbury
Profession:Businessman

George Hillmer (1866  - 1935) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Halton in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1929 as a Conservative member.

He was born on December 5, 1866, in Oakville, Canada West the son of Edward Hillmer and Jean Titherington. Hillmer originally operated a delivery service and livery stable but later became the proprietor of a Ford agency. In 1894, he married Pauline Bradbury. Hillmer was a member of the town council for Oakville, serving as mayor from 1910 to 1912 and serving eight years as reeve. He defeated Ernest Charles Drury to win a seat in the provincial assembly in 1923. Hillmer was a Master Mason.

He died on January 30, 1935.

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