John Hugill
| John Hugill | |
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| Attorney General of Alberta | |
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In office September 3, 1935 – August 6, 1937 |
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| Preceded by | John Lymburn |
| Succeeded by | William Aberhart |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
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In office August 22, 1935 – March 21, 1940 Serving with Fred Anderson John J. Bowlen Edith Gostick John Irwin Ernest Manning |
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| Preceded by |
John J. Bowlen Hugh Farthing Norman Hindsley John Irwin William Henry Ross Fred J. White |
| Succeeded by |
William Aberhart Fred Anderson John J. Bowlen Andrew Davison James Mahaffey |
| Constituency | Calgary |
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| Born |
John William Hugill October 3, 1881 West Hartlepool, England |
| Died | January 13, 1971 (aged 89) Victoria, British Columbia |
| Political party |
Social Credit Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Eelen Cameron Templeton |
| Children | John, Eelen, and Jean |
| Alma mater |
University of King's College University of Manitoba |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Anglican |
John William Hugill (October 3, 1881 – January 13, 1971) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of the province of Alberta from 1935 until 1937. Born in England, he came to Canada and studied law before setting up a practice in Calgary. He became a prominent resident of that city, and served two years on its city council. In the early 1930s, he was one of the few prominent and respectable Calgarians to support William Aberhart's Social Credit League. He ran as a candidate for it in the 1935 provincial election and, when it won, was named Attorney General by Aberhart.
Hugill's time as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) was dominated by differences of opinion with Aberhart. Hugill did not believe that social credit could be legally implemented by a provincial government and did not support the government's attempts to do so. When asked by Lieutenant Governor John Campbell Bowen whether he considered three of the government's acts to be constitutional, he replied honestly that he did not; this prompted Aberhart to request his resignation. Thereafter Hugill was an outspoken opponent of the Aberhart government, though he did not seek re-election in the 1940 election. He retired from the practice of law in 1949, and died in 1971.
John Hugill was born in West Hartlepool, Yorkshire, October 3, 1881. He studied at the City of London School before immigrating to Canada in 1896. Settling in Nova Scotia, he attended King's Collegiate School to complete his matriculation, after which he attended King's College, from which he earned a Bachelor of Civil Law and later a Doctor of Civil Law. Beginning in 1898, he worked for Furness-Withy & Company, Limited, a steamship operator, in Canada and England. From 1904 until 1907 he was a political agent in London, after which he returned to Canada to read law in the Calgary office of future Prime Minister of Canada R. B. Bennett. He was called to the bars of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1910, and subsequently earned a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Manitoba.
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