Hamnett Pinhey Hill

Hamnett Pinhey Hill
MPP for Ottawa West
In office October 20, 1919 – May 10, 1923
Personal details
Born	(1876-12-18)December 18, 1876 Ottawa, Ontario
Died	December 15, 1942(1942-12-15) (aged 65) Ottawa, Ontario
Political party	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Hamnett Pinhey Hill (December 18, 1876 – December 15, 1942) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Ottawa West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1923 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Ottawa, the son of Hamnett Pinhey Hill (1845-1879) and Margaret Christie, and the grandson of Dr. Hamnett Hill, M.R.C.S. (b.1811, England; d.1898, Ottawa)^[1] and Mary Anne Pinhey, second daughter of Hon. Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey (b. England, 1784; d. Ontario, 1857). Hill was educated in Ottawa and at Toronto University In 1907, he married Beatrice Sara Lindsay. He was a lieutenant in the Army Service Corps. Hill was the author of Robert Randall and the Le Breton Flats,^[2] which described the controversy around the sale of the Lebreton Flats property formerly owned by Robert Randal. He died in 1942 in Ottawa.^[3]

• Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1920, EJ Chambers

• Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario