Henry R. L. Bill
Canadian politician
About Henry R. L. Bill
Lived 1870 – 1942 (aged 72). Henry R. L. Bill was a Canadian.
Henry Ryder Locke Bill (March 27, 1870 – December 16, 1942) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Shelburne in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1928 to 1941. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Born in 1870 at Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Bill was a wholesale fish merchant by career. He married Ida L. Silver in 1895.
Bill entered provincial politics in 1928, when he was elected in the dual-member Shelburne riding with Liberal Wishart McLea Robertson. He was re-elected in the now single-member Shelburne riding in the 1933 election. In the 1937 election, Bill was re-elected, defeating former Conservative MLA Norman Emmons Smith by 926 votes. He did not reoffer in the 1941 election. Bill died on December 16, 1942, at Lockeport.
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Who was Henry R. L. Bill?
Canadian politician
When was Henry R. L. Bill born?
Henry R. L. Bill was born on 27 March 1870 in Lockeport.
When did Henry R. L. Bill die?
Henry R. L. Bill died on 16 December 1942 in Lockeport.
What nationality was Henry R. L. Bill?
Henry R. L. Bill was Canadian.
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