Henry Mullins Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Henry Alfred Mullins
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Russell
Predecessor:James Fisher
Successor:W. J. Doig
Term Start:1899
Term End:1903
Constituency Mp2:Marquette
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:Thomas Crerar
Successor2:James Allison Glen
Term Start2:1926
Term End2:1930
Office3:Senator for Marquette, Manitoba
Appointed3:R. B. Bennett
Term Start3:1935
Term End3:1950
Birth Date:27 August 1861
Birth Place:Owestry, England
Party:Conservative
Otherparty:Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

Henry Alfred Mullins (August 27, 1861  - July 8, 1952) was a Canadian exporter, farmer, and politician.

Born in Oswestry, England, the son of James and Margaret Mullins, Mullins was educated in Lindsay, Ontario. In 1899, he was elected as the Conservative candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the electoral district of Russell. During World War I, he was a Colonel, Inspector of Supplies and Transport. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Manitoba electoral district of Marquette in the 1925 federal election. A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1926 federal election. He was elected again in the 1930 election. In 1935, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada for the senatorial division of Marquette, Manitoba on the advice of Prime Minister R. B. Bennett. He retired in 1950.

A Methodist, he married Annie M. Langrill in 1885. They had two daughters.

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