Wilson Mills Explained

Wilson Mills
Birthname:Wilson Henry Mills
Birth Date:1882 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Sparta, Ontario
Spouse:1. Dora Sowler
m. 25 January 1905
d. Dec 1918
2. Effie May Swayze
m. 26 August 1920[1] [2]
Riding:Elgin West
Predecessor:Mitchell Hepburn
Successor:riding dissolved
Term Start:September 1934
Term End:October 1935
Riding2:Elgin
Predecessor2:riding created
Successor2:Charles Delmer Coyle
Term Start2:October 1935
Term End2:April 1945
Profession:Farmer, fruit grower
Party:Liberal

Wilson Henry Mills (10 January 1882  - 27 March 1955) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Sparta, Ontario and became a farmer and apple grower by career.

Mills attended schools in Elgin. He served for eight years as a municipal councillor in Sparta, Ontario and for four years as a regional councillor for Elgin County, Ontario, becoming that county's warden in 1920.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Elgin West riding in a by-election on 24 September 1934, replacing Mitchell Hepburn who resigned to run in the 1934 provincial election becoming Premier of Ontario. Mills was re-elected at Elgin in the 1935 federal election and again in 1940. After completing his term in the 19th Canadian Parliament, Mills left federal politics and did not seek another term in the 1945 election.

References

  1. Book: Normandin, A. L. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1941 .
  2. News: Married - Effie May Swayze . 2 September 1920 . 10 . Aylmer Express . 2009-08-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090325014519/http://www.elginogs.ca/newsindexes/aylmerexpress/ae1920thru1924.htm . 25 March 2009 .