About Daniel Hilliard
Lived 1824 – 1888 (aged 63–64). Daniel Hilliard was a Canadian politician.
Daniel Hilliard (February 10, 1824 – June 23, 1888) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Lanark North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1886 to 1888.
He was born in Prescott and was educated in local schools there and in Toronto. Hilliard was a timber merchant in Pakenham. He married Jane Dickson, the sister of his partner, William Dickson. He supported the prohibition of alcohol. Hilliard died in office in 1888.
The Township of Hilliard, Ontario, was named after him.
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Canadian politician
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Daniel Hilliard was born in 1824 in Prescott.
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Daniel Hilliard died on 23 June 1888 in Toronto.
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