Samuel Bacon Hillocks

Rev. Samuel Bacon Hillocks (born: - died: ) was a politician, reverend of the Presbyterian Church and inventor of the Grain Door. from Alberta, Canada.

Religion

Rev. Hillocks was 1 of 2 Reverends that presided over the Union Service in Calgary, Alberta after the death of King Edward VII on May 20, 1910. [cite web|url = http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/newspapr/np_page2.asp?code=n25p0333.jpg| title = Rev. S.B. Hillocks at the Union Services | publisher = Calgary Herald | date = May 20, 1910 | accessdate = 2007-08-10]

He resigned from his congregation on August 1, 1912cite book|title=Rev S.B. Hillocks to resign at St. Pauls | publisher = Calgary Herald | date=May 17, 1912]

Political career

Hillocks ran for the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1913 Alberta general election in the electoral district of Calgary North. He defeated Liberal candidate George Henry Ross to win a term in office.

Hillocks would run for re-election in the 1917 Alberta general election. This time he would go down to defeat by Liberal candidate William McCartney Davidson.

Hillock would run again in the 1921 Alberta general election attempting to regain a seat in the legislature, he would be badly defeated in the new block vote system and finish a disappointing 18 place out of 21 candidates.

Hillocks invented the Grain Door and was issued a patent by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office on May 24, 1938. [cite web|url = http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/details?patent_number=374042 | title = CIPO - Patent - 374042 | publisher = Canadian Intellectual Property Office | accessdate = 2007-08-10]

References

External links

* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]