George Hillmer
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George Hillmer was an Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 merchant and political figure. He represented Halton
Halton (provincial electoral district)
Halton is a provincial electoral district in Central Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.It was created in 1999 from all of Halton North and part of Halton Centre...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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 from 1923 to 1929 as a Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
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 member.

He was born in Oakville, Ontario
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road...

, the son of Edward Hillmer. Hillmer originally operated a delivery service and livery stable but later became the proprietor of a Ford
Ford Motor Company of Canada
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 agency. In 1894, he married Pauline Bradbury. Hillmer was a member of the town council for Oakville, serving as mayor from 1910 to 1912 and serving eight years as reeve. He defeated Ernest Charles Drury
Ernest Charles Drury
Ernest Charles Drury was a farmer, politician and writer who served as the eighth Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1919 to 1923 as the head of a United Farmers of Ontario - Labour coalition government.-Family:...

 to win a seat in the provincial assembly in 1923. Hillmer was a Master Mason.

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