Wilson Henry Mills was a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Sparta, Ontario and became a farmer and apple grower by career.

Mills attended schools in Elgin

Elgin County, Ontario

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. He served for eight years as a municipal councillor in Sparta, Ontario and for four years as a regional councillor for Elgin County, Ontario

Elgin County, Ontario

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, becoming that county's warden in 1920.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Elgin West

Elgin West

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 riding in a by-election on 24 September 1934, replacing Mitchell Hepburn

Mitchell Hepburn

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 who resigned to run in the 1934 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1934

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 becoming Premier of Ontario

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. Mills was re-elected at Elgin in the 1935 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1935

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 and again in 1940

Canadian federal election, 1940

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. After completing his term in the 19th Canadian Parliament

19th Canadian Parliament

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, Mills left federal politics and did not seek another term in the 1945 election

Canadian federal election, 1945

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