John "Jack" Charles Hillman | |
Birth Date: | 1893 10, mf=y |
Death Place: | Galahad, Alberta, Canada |
Birth Place: | Llydney, Gloucestershire, England |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
Constituency: | Sedgewick |
Term Start: | August 5, 1952 |
Term End: | June 17, 1963 |
Predecessor: | Albert Fee |
Constituency1: | Sedgewick-Coronation |
Term Start1: | June 17, 1963 |
Term End1: | August 30, 1971 |
Successor1: | Ralph Sorenson |
Party: | Social Credit |
Occupation: | politician |
John Charles Hillman (October 6, 1893 – December 13, 1977) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.
Hillman ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1952 Alberta general election. He stood as the Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Sedgewick. Hillman won the district with a landslide majority to hold the seat for his party.[1]
Hillman ran for a second term in the 1955 Alberta general election. He held his vote share from the last election and took the district easily, defeating two other candidates.[2]
The 1959 general election would see Hillman be returned to office with his largest majority to date. He easily defeated three other candidates.[3]
The 1963 boundary redistribution saw Sedgewick redistributed to become Sedgewick-Coronation. Hillman ran in the new district in the election held that year against former MLA James Sims. He defeated Sims in a landslide to earn his fourth term in office.[4]
Hillman ran for his fifth term in the 1967 general election. He was returned to office with a sizable majority easily defeating three other candidates.[5]
Hillman retired from the Assembly at dissolution in 1971.