predecessor parliament successor appointed constituency_mp birth_place death_date death_place party children office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
john mcadam canadian gilbert ganong wilfrid laurier charlotte saint george 13 april 1903 mattawamkeag , maine liberal daniel gillmor senator for new brunswick 12 march 1824 1872 1900 arthur hill gillmor.jpg arthur hill gillmor
 1896 1903 arthur hill gillmor
arthur hill gillmor

arthur hill gillmor -lrb- march 12 , 1824 -- april 13 , 1903 -rrb- was a canadian farmer , lumberman and liberal politician from new brunswick .
he was the son of daniel and purmelia gillmor , both native of new brunswick .
he was educated at the st. andrews grammar school , st. andrews and later engaged in the local lumber and farming business .
mr. gillmor married hannah dawes howe , of maine , in january 1846 .
they had four children : daniel , henry , percy and delia .
mr. gillmor sat in new brunswick 's house of assembly for five terms , and gained a reputation for integrity .
the last of these mandates was as provincial secretary in albert james smith 's government , which had run on a platform opposing confederation .
when the smith government was defeated in the 1866 election , gillmor left politics for a time to concentrate on business .
after confederation , he represented the riding of charlotte , new brunswick in the canadian house of commons from 1874 to 1896 .
he was a strong candidate for the office of lieutenant-governor of new brunswick in 1899 , being strongly endorsed by his former political opponents as well as supporters , but did not secure the appointment .
he was subsequently appointed canadian commissioner to the world 's fair at paris .
he was appointed to the senate by sir wilfrid laurier in 1900 , where he served until his death in 1903 , when he died on a train in mattawamkeag , maine while en route to ottawa after a return trip to his hometown of st. george .
mr. gillmor is buried in the st. george rural cemetery , in st. george , new brunswick .
his son daniel also served in the senate from 1907 to 1918 .
