Irwin Foster Hilliard
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Irwin Foster Hilliard (born February 2, 1863, date of death unknown) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Dundas in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1914 to 1919 as a Conservative member.
He was born in Osnabruck Township, Canada West, the son of Thomas Foster Hilliard, and was educated in Morrisburg. He articled in law in the office of James Pliny Whitney and was called to the bar in 1885. Hilliard set up practice in Iroquois and then Morrisburg. In 1893, he married Anna Caroline McAmmond. He served on the Board of Education and the village council. In 1910, he was named King's Counsel. He was elected in an 1914 by-election held after the death of J.P. Whitney and was defeated in the 1919 general election. He was Master in Chambers at Osgoode Hall until he returned to practice in Morrisburg in 1935. In 1945, he retired from his practice and moved to Toronto.
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- Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry : a history, 1784-1945, JG Harkness (1946)
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