Arthur Hill Gillmor
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Liberal Party of Canada
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politician from New Brunswick
New Brunswick
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. He was the son of Daniel and Purmelia Gillmor, both native of New Brunswick. He was educated at the St. Andrews Grammar School, St. Andrews, New Brunswick and later engaged in the local lumber and farming business. Mr. Gillmor married Hannah Dawes Howe, of Maine, in January 1846. They had four children: Daniel, Henry, Percy and Delia.
Mr. Gillmor sat in New Brunswick's House of Assembly for five terms, and gained a reputation for integrity. The last of these mandates was as provincial secretary in Albert James Smith
Albert James Smith
Sir Albert James Smith, PC, KCMG, QC was a New Brunswick politician and opponent of Canadian confederation...
's government, which had run on a platform opposing Confederation. When the Smith government was defeated in the 1866 election, Gillmor left politics for a time to concentrate on business.
After Confederation, he represented the riding of Charlotte, New Brunswick
New Brunswick
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in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
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from 1874 to 1896. He was a strong candidate for the office of Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick in 1899, being strongly endorsed by his former political opponents as well as supporters, but did not secure the appointment. He was subsequently appointed Canadian commissioner to the World’s Fair at Paris. He was appointed to the Senate by Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....
in 1900, where he served until his death in 1903, when he died on a train while en route to Ottawa after a return trip to his hometown of St. George. Mr. Gillmor is buried in the St. George Rural Cemetery, in St. George, New Brunswick.
His son Daniel
Daniel Gillmor
Daniel Gillmor was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He sat for St. George division in the Senate of Canada from 1907 to 1918 as a Liberal....
also served in the Senate from 1907 to 1918.