Robert Hill Myers | |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1856 |
Birth Place: | Oxford County, Canada West |
Death Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Minnedosa |
Term Start: | 1892 |
Term End: | 1903 |
Robert Hill Myers (March 30, 1856 - November 16, 1921) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Minnedosa from 1892 to 1903 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal.
He was born in Oxford County, Canada West, the son of Robert Myers, a native of England, and Margaret Hill, a native of Scotland. Myers was educated at the Collegiate Institute in Stratford and at Osgoode Hall.[1] He was called to the Ontario bar in 1880, then moved to Manitoba in 1882 and was called to the Manitoba bar the following year. In 1885, Myers married Annie McLeod.[2] He practised law briefly in Winnipeg and Brandon before settling in Minnedosa, where he was in practice for 21 years.[1]
In January 1903, he was named county court judge for Winnipeg.[1] Myers died in Winnipeg at the age of 65.[3]
His former home in Minnedosa was designated a Manitoba Municipal Heritage site in 1986.[4]