John Joseph Hawkins (1840 – June 2, 1916) was a grocer and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the

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from 1882 to 1884 as a

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member. He was born in

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, the son of John Hawkins and Mary Macdougall, and was educated there. In 1862, Hawkins married Ellen M. Harrington. He served as a member of the first Brantford city council and of the council for

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. Hawkins ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Ontario legislative assembly in 1873 and was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1878 federal election. His election in 1882 was overturned after an appeal and David Mills was declared elected in 1884.

References

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''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891''
JA Gemmill

External links

''The History of the County of Brant, Ontario: Containing a History of the County: Its Township, Cities, Towns, Schools ...'' (1883)
JH Beers pp. 514–5 1840 births 1916 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Brantford city councillors {{HistoricalConservative-Ontario-MP-stub