Abel James Hindle

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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Abel James Hindle (1870–1954) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan.{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Membership-of-Legislatures.pdf |title=Members of the Legislative Assembly, Saskatchewan |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board |accessdate=2012-03-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227192150/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Membership-of-Legislatures.pdf |archivedate=2013-12-27 }} He represented Willow Bunch in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1917 to 1925 as a Liberal.

He was born in Churchill, Ontario, the son of Abel James Hindle and Mary Ann McKay, and was educated in Owen Sound. His grandparents had come to Canada from Lancashire, England. In 1898, Hindle married Minnie Sinclair. He operated a large farm west of Owen Sound until 1911, when the Hindles moved to Saskatchewan. They settled on a homestead west of Moose Jaw.{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=1041804 |title=Prairie Trails and Pioneer Tales : R.M. of Stonehenge #73 |last=Mehain |first=Anne |pages=358–9 |year=1982 |accessdate=2012-03-30}} Hindle was reeve of the rural municipality of Stonehenge from 1914 and 1915.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |last=Chambers |first=Ernest J |year=1920}} He resigned his seat in 1925 to allow James Albert Cross to be elected to the provincial assembly.{{cite news |url=http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/PDW/1925/08/19/1/Ar00101.html |newspaper=Le patriote de l'Ouest |date=August 19, 1925 |page=1 |title=Le deputé de Willow-Bunch démissionne en faveur de l'Hon. J. A. Cross |accessdate=2012-03-16|language=fr}} He later moved to Regina.