John Burpee Mills, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, Canada
About John Burpee Mills
- John Burpee Mills, (July 24, 1850 – December 28, 1913) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia, the son of John Mills and Jane McCormick, Mills received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1871 and a Master of Arts degree in 1877 from Acadia College.
- He also attended Harvard Law School and was called to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1875.
- He was created a Queen's Counsel in 1890.
- In 1905, he was called to the British Columbia Bar.
- Miller began the practice of law in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia and later practised in Vancouver.
- He was editor of the Annapolis Spectator.He was a member from 1882 until 1887 of the municipal council of Annapolis, Nova Scotia.
- He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Annapolis in the 1887 election.
- A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1891 and 1896.
- He was defeated in the 1900 election.Mills was married twice: first to Bessie B.
- Corbitt in 1878 and then to Agnes K.
- Rose in 1896.
- He died in Providence, Rhode Island at the age of 63.
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