George Stilman Hill
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1794|4|10}}
| birth_place = Milltown, New Brunswick
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1858|4|13|1794|4|10}}
| death_place = Fredericton, New Brunswick
| office = MLA for Charlotte
| term= 1831 to 1846
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George Stilman Hill (April 10, 1794 – April 13, 1858) was a lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Charlotte in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1831 to 1846.
Born in Milltown, New Brunswick, the son of Abner Hill, an American-born emigrant to New Brunswick,{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.unb.ca/collections/loyalist/seeOne.php?id=435&string= |title=Hill Family |work=Loyalist Collection |publisher=University of New Brunswick |accessdate=2011-03-25}} and Mary Whitney,{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/sketchesofalumni00chaprich/sketchesofalumni00chaprich_djvu.txt |title=Sketches of the alumni of Dartmouth college, from the first graduation in 1771 to the present time, with a brief history of the institution |year=1867 |last=Chapman |first=George T |page=193|publisher=Cambridge, Riverside press }} he was educated at Dartmouth College in New England and went on to study law with Ward Chipman. Hill practised law in St. Stephen.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/judgesnewbrunsw00raymgoog/judgesnewbrunsw00raymgoog_djvu.txt |title=The judges of New Brunswick and their times |last=Lawrence |first=Joseph Wilson |year=1915 |pages=462–4|publisher=St. John, N.B. }} He married Sarah Upton.{{cite web|url=http://historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7652 |title=Hon. George Stillman Hill Home |work=Canada's Historic Places |publisher=Parks Canada |accessdate=2011-03-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817224044/http://historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7652 |archivedate=2011-08-17 }} Hill was named to the Legislative Council of New Brunswick in 1850. He died in office in Fredericton.
His former home is now designated as a local historic place in St. Stephen.
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Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
Category:Members of the Legislative Council of New Brunswick
Category:People from St. Stephen, New Brunswick
Category:Colony of New Brunswick people
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