Henry Buckingham Witton

Henry Buckingham Witton (October 21, 1831 November 8, 1921) was an Ontario painter and political figure. He represented Hamilton in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1874. He ran as a Conservative Labour candidate, but took his seat as a straight Conservative member following his election in 1872.[1]

Witton was born in South Lopham, Norfolk, England[1] and educated there. In 1860, he married M.A. Palmer.[2] He worked as a master painter at the Great Western Railway Shops in Hamilton, Ontario.[3] Witton ran unsuccessfully for the federal seat in 1874 and 1875 as a Conservative Labour member.[1] Witton was appointed inspector of canals in 1879 and served in that post until 1890. He died in Hamilton at the age of 90.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Henry Buckingham Witton – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. The Canadian parliamentary companion, HJ Morgan (1873)
  3. 1 2 Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
Charles Magill
Member of Parliament for Hamilton
with Daniel Black Chisholm

1872–1874
Succeeded by
Andrew Trew Wood
Aemilius Irving


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