John Robinson Hamilton was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Bonaventure from 1832 to 1834 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 and from 1841 to 1844 in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

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.

He was born in Quebec City

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, the son of Gavin Major Hamilton and Mary Robinson. Hamilton studied law with Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal

Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal

Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born Joseph-Rémi Vallières in Carleton in 1787, the son of a blacksmith, and moved to Windham Township in Upper Canada with his family in 1799...

 and then Andrew Stuart

Andrew Stuart (Canadian politician)

Andrew Stuart was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born at Cataraqui in 1785, the son of Anglican priest John Stuart, a United Empire Loyalist, and studied with the Reverend John Strachan and then at Union College in New York...

 and Henry Black

Henry Black (Quebec judge)

Henry Black was a Quebec lawyer, judge and political figure.He was born in Quebec City in 1798, studied there and was admitted to the bar in 1820. He joined the law practice of Andrew Stuart at Quebec City. In 1836, he was appointed judge in the Court of Vice-Admiralty for the Quebec district,...

 and was called to the bar in 1830. In 1831, he married Elisa Racey. He was elected to the legislative assembly in an 1832 by-election held after John Gosset resigned his seat. Hamilton voted against the Ninety-Two Resolutions

Ninety-Two Resolutions

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. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1834 and was also an unsuccessful candidate in 1844, 1848 and 1851. Hamilton ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Legislative Council in 1858. He died at New Carlisle

New Carlisle, Quebec

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 at the age of 62.

His son Clarence

Clarence Hamilton

Clarence Hamilton was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Bonaventure in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1871 as a Liberal....

also served in the provincial assembly.