John Burpee Mills
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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, 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.
He was a member from 1882 until 1887 of the municipal council of Annapolis, Nova Scotia. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons 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.
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- Parliament of Canada biography
- Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23, 1896. Internet Archive (1898).
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