The son of James W. Hillhouse and Mary Brown, Hillhouse came to Winnipeg with his family in 1900 and was educated there, at the University of Manitoba and at the Manitoba Law School. He served in Europe with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. He was called to the Manitoba bar in 1923 and worked as a barrister-at-law in Selkirk.[2] Hillhouse served as a police magistrate for the province.[citation needed] In 1927, he married Irene McGregor. He was later named Queen's Counsel.[1]
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in a by-election on October 10, 1950.[3] Hillhouse defeated his CCF and Progressive Conservative opponents fairly easily in the riding of St. Andrews, and served as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell's government. He was re-elected in the 1953 election.[3] Notwithstanding their name, the Liberal-Progressives were considered the most right-wing party in Manitoba during this period; Hillhouse, however, was seen as a leading social liberal in the party's caucus. Some expressed surprise that he was never named to cabinet.
The Liberal-Progressives lost power following the 1958 provincial election, and Hillhouse was returned by a reduced majority in the redistributed riding of Selkirk.[3]
He defeated PC candidate Edward Foster by only 82 votes in the 1959 election, in which the Progressive Conservatives won a majority government. He won by a greater majority in the 1962 election,[3] but defeated PC candidate Sydney Sarbitt by only 40 votes in that of 1966. He retired from the legislature in 1969.[citation needed]
^ abMcCrea, Walter Jackson (1925). Pioneers and prominent people in Manitoba. p. 202. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
^ abcde. Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
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thomas, hillhouse, thomas, paterson, hillhouse, june, 1896, glasgow, scotland, october, 1991, politician, manitoba, canada, member, legislative, assembly, manitoba, from, 1950, 1969, initially, serving, liberal, progressive, subsequently, liberal, after, party. Thomas Paterson Hillhouse QC June 25 1896 1 in Glasgow Scotland 2 October 27 1991 was a politician in Manitoba Canada He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1950 to 1969 initially serving as a Liberal Progressive and subsequently as a Liberal after the party changed its name 3 The son of James W Hillhouse and Mary Brown Hillhouse came to Winnipeg with his family in 1900 and was educated there at the University of Manitoba and at the Manitoba Law School He served in Europe with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I He was called to the Manitoba bar in 1923 and worked as a barrister at law in Selkirk 2 Hillhouse served as a police magistrate for the province citation needed In 1927 he married Irene McGregor He was later named Queen s Counsel 1 He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in a by election on October 10 1950 3 Hillhouse defeated his CCF and Progressive Conservative opponents fairly easily in the riding of St Andrews and served as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell s government He was re elected in the 1953 election 3 Notwithstanding their name the Liberal Progressives were considered the most right wing party in Manitoba during this period Hillhouse however was seen as a leading social liberal in the party s caucus Some expressed surprise that he was never named to cabinet The Liberal Progressives lost power following the 1958 provincial election and Hillhouse was returned by a reduced majority in the redistributed riding of Selkirk 3 He defeated PC candidate Edward Foster by only 82 votes in the 1959 election in which the Progressive Conservatives won a majority government He won by a greater majority in the 1962 election 3 but defeated PC candidate Sydney Sarbitt by only 40 votes in that of 1966 He retired from the legislature in 1969 citation needed He died in Selkirk at the age of 95 1 References Edit a b c Thomas Paterson Hillhouse 1896 1991 Memorable Manitobans Manitoba Historical Society Retrieved 2013 09 02 a b McCrea Walter Jackson 1925 Pioneers and prominent people in Manitoba p 202 Retrieved 2013 09 02 a b c d e MLA Biographies Deceased Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Archived from the original on 2014 03 30 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas P Hillhouse amp oldid 1174312599, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
