John Claude Campbell Hamilton | |
Birth Date: | 1854 2, df=y |
Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Office: | Member of the Council of the Northwest Territories for Broadview |
Term Start: | 31 August 1883 |
Term End: | 16 September 1885 |
Successor: | Charles Marshallsay |
Party: | Independent |
Occupation: | farmer |
John Claude Campbell Hamilton (born 17 February 1854) was a Canadian politician. He served on the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories for Broadview from 1883 to 1885.[1]
Hamilton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. After receiving education at Merchiston Castle School, and in Godesberg, Germany, he later lived in Sundrum, Ayr, Scotland. He was a justice of the peace and farmer in County Ayr. Hamilton was also a lieutenant in the Ayrshire Yeomanry.
He was elected in 1883 to the Council of the North West Territories, and retired at the next election, in 1885.
31 August 1883 by-election | |||||||||
Name | Vote | % | John Claude Hamilton | 91 | 55.82% | John Leckie | 72 | 44.18% | |
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Total Votes | 163 | 100% |