Harry Mills (politician)

Henry Mills (October 11, 1873 – December 20, 1959), better known as Harry Mills, was a locomotive engineer before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Labour candidate for the riding of Fort William in the October 1919 election. He was appointed to the cabinet as its first Minister of Mines and served until his defeat in the general election of June 1923.

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Henry "Harry" Mills (1873–1959) was a locomotive engineer and politician who commenced work around 1893 as a wiper in the Canadian Pacific Railway roundhouse at Fort William, rising through the ranks to locomotive engineer. He was elected to the Fort William Board of Education, serving as its chairman during 1917–1919, and oversaw the start of construction of the Fort William Collegiate Institute in 1919. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Labour candidate for the riding of Fort William in 1919, serving until his defeat in 1923. On July 24, 1900, at Port Arthur, he married Mabel Elsie Mackenzie, with whom he had five children; he is buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Fort William.

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