Robert Hamilton Butts

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Robert Hamilton Butts

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| constituency_MP = Cape Breton South and Richmond

| parliament = Canadian

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| predecessor = Riding created in 1914 from Cape Breton South and Richmond

| successor = William F. Carroll

| term_start = 1917

| term_end = 1921

| birth_date = August 4, 1871

| birth_place = Port Morien, Nova Scotia, Canada

| death_date = November 29, 1943

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| nationality = British subject

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| party = Unionist Party

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| occupation = barrister, lawyer

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Robert Hamilton Butts (August 4, 1871, in Port Morien, Nova Scotia, Canada – November 29, 1943) was a politician, barrister and lawyer. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Unionist Party in the 1917 election to represent the riding of Cape Breton South and Richmond. He was defeated in the 1923 by-election for the riding of North Cape Breton and Victoria. Butts was also a Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1911–1917 and 1928–1933) representing the electoral district of Cape Breton County in two terms as a member of the Nova Scotia Conservative Party. He also served in the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia (1927–1928).