Aylmer Byron Hunt

Aylmer Byron Hunt
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Compton
In office
1904–1911
Preceded by Rufus Henry Pope
Succeeded by Frederick Robert Cromwell
In office
1917–1925
Preceded by Frederick Robert Cromwell
Succeeded by Joseph Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just
Personal details
Born (1864-04-26)April 26, 1864
Bury, Canada East
Died May 4, 1925(1925-05-04) (aged 61)
Political party Liberal

Aylmer Byron Hunt (April 26, 1864 May 4, 1925) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Bury, Canada East, the son of James Hunt and Jane Stokes, Hunt was educated at the Bury Model School. He was by occupation a trader and lumber merchant. He unsuccessfully contested Compton as the Liberal Party of Quebec candidate for the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the general elections of 1900. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for Compton in the general elections of 1904. He was unseated on petition but elected again in the by-election that followed. He was re-elected in 1908 but was defeated in 1911. A Liberal, he was elected again in 1917 and 1921.

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