William Herbert Connor was a salesman and political figure in Ontario

Ontario

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. He represented Hamilton East

Hamilton East (provincial electoral district)

Hamilton East is a former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 2007, when it was redistributed between the new ridings of Hamilton Centre and Hamilton East—Stoney Creek...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1943 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth member.

He was born in Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario

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, the son of John Connor and Helen Peters. In 1920, Connor married Lily May Broom. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Ontario assembly as a CCF candidate in 1935.