Robert Hockin (1846 – May 1, 1925) was a Canadian politician in
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
. He represented
Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 43,657 people in 2021, a decline of 0.2 percent from 2016. Furthermo ...
in the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1882 to 1886 as a
Liberal-Conservative
Liberal conservatism is a political ideology combining conservative policies with liberal stances, especially on economic issues but also on social and ethical matters, representing a brand of political conservatism strongly influenced by libe ...
member.
He was born in
Pictou, Nova Scotia, the son of Daniel Hockin and Elizabeth Milnes, and educated at the
Pictou Academy. In 1873, he married Jean, the daughter of
Andrew McKinlay, former mayor of Halifax. Hockin served as a member of Pictou city council. After retiring from politics, he was a fisheries inspector. Hockin died in Pictou.
References
''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1885'' JA Gemmill* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)
1846 births
1925 deaths
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
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