Henry R. L. Bill Explained

Henry R. L. Bill
Birth Date:27 March 1870
Birth Place:Lockeport, Nova Scotia
Death Place:Lockeport, Nova Scotia
Office:MLA for Shelburne
Term Start:1928
Term End:1941
Predecessor:Ernest Reginald Nickerson
Norman Emmons Smith
Successor:Wilfred Dauphinee
Party:Nova Scotia Liberal Party
Occupation:wholesale 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral History for Shelburne. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2015-05-09.
  2. Book: Elliott. Shirley B.. The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. 2018-05-15. 1984. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. 0-88871-050-X. 14.
  3. Web site: Royal Commission investigating the fisheries of the Maritime Provinces and the Magdalen Islands. Council of Nova Scotia Archives. 2015-05-09.
  4. Web site: Summary Results from 1867 to 2011. Elections Nova Scotia. 46. 2015-05-09. 2013-10-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20131003090711/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections%20from%201867-2011.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1933. Elections Nova Scotia. 58. 2015-05-09.
  6. Web site: Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1937. Elections Nova Scotia. 68. 2015-05-09.