A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
Canada -- Biography
=Mills, Charles Henry, M.L.A.= (Kitchener), was born at Clinton, Ont.,
October 27, 1861; son of Rev. John Mills and his wife, Eliza Coleman.
Educated at the Grimsby High School. Was President of the Kitchener
Board of Trade, 1904-5, and Alderman for the City, 1911-12. Has been
member of the following boards in the City of Kitchener: Parks
Commissioner, Light and Power Commission, and Collegiate Institute. Was
first President of the Canadian Club in his home City in 1908. First
elected to the Ontario Legislature at a by-election, October 28, 1912,
as the Conservative representative for the constituency of North
Waterloo and again returned in the General Election of 1914 by a
majority of 1454, being the largest majority ever given a Conservative
candidate in the riding. In religion, the member for North Waterloo is a
Methodist. He married Bernice Mitton, daughter of William J. Mitton of
Dutton, September 7, 1898, and is a member of the Kitchener and Waterloo
Clubs and of the following societies: Masonic, Canadian Order of
Foresters, and Knights of Pythias.
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=Hazen, Hon. Sir John Douglas, K.C.M.G., K.C., LL.D., O.C.= (St. John
City and County). Descended from Edward Hazen, who moved from
Northumberland, Eng., to Massachusetts in 1648, and more immediately
from John Hazen, who, with his brother William, came from Haverhill,
Mass., and settled at Portland, New Brunswick, in 1775. Son of the late
James King Hazen, mother a daughter of the late Hon. John A. Beckwith.
Maternal grandfather was Provincial Secretary of New Brunswick and
member of the Legislative Council. Paternal grandfather was an officer
in H.M. Army, and Sheriff of Sunbury County for over 25 years. Born at
Oromocto, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, June 5, 1860. Educated at
Collegiate School, Fredericton, and University, New Brunswick; degrees,
B.A., B.C.L., LL.D., University New Brunswick. Married Sept. 22, 1884,
Ada C., daughter of James Tibbits, of Fredericton. Five children:
Douglas King, Katie Elizabeth, Frances Edith, James Murray (Lieutenant
C.E.F., died of wounds in France) and Ada A. A barrister-at-law.
Director of the Eastern Trust Co., Senator of the University, New
Brunswick and ex-President Alumni Society thereof. Ex-President of the
Barristers’ Society, New Brunswick. Was Alderman of Fredericton for
three years and Mayor too. Removed to St. John, 1890. President of
Horticultural Society. Returned to House of Commons, general election,
1891, for St. John city and county. In 1891, moved address in reply in
House of Commons; an unsuccessful candidate 1896; elected to House of
Assembly 1899-1903 and 1908 (Sunbury County). Chosen 1899 Leader of the
Opposition. The Opposition Party under his leadership administered a
crushing defeat to the Robinson Government at the general election,
March, 1908, and at the close of the polls he found himself at the head
of a contingent of 31 supporters, as against 12 adherents of the
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