Samuel Bacon Hillocks (February 11, 1869 – 1937) was a politician, Presbyterian minister and inventor of the Grain Door. From

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, he was born in

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Religion

Hillocks was one of the two ministers who presided over the Union Service in

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, after the death of

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on May 20, 1910. He resigned from his congregation on August 1, 1912

Political career

Hillocks ran for the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the

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in the electoral district of

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. He defeated Liberal candidate

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to win a term in office. Hillocks would run for re-election in the

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. This time he would go down to defeat by Liberal candidate

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. Hillock would run again in the

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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.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Canadian inventors 1869 births 1937 deaths {{Alberta-politician-stub