Samuel Bacon Hillocks
Samuel Bacon Hillocks was a politician, Presbyterian minister and inventor of the Grain Door. He lived in Calgary, Alberta, Canada as an adult but he was born in Bathurst, New Brunswick.
Religion
Hillocks was one of the two ministers who presided over the Union Service in Calgary, Alberta, after the death of King Edward VII on May 20, 1910.He resigned from his congregation on August 1, 1912.
Political career
Hillocks ran for the Alberta Legislature as a Conservative candidate in the 1913 [Alberta general election] in the electoral district of North Calgary. He defeated Liberal candidate George Henry Ross and a Socialist Party candidate to win the seat.Hillocks ran for re-election in the 1917 Alberta general election. This time he was defeated by Liberal candidate William McCartney Davidson.
Hillock ran again in the 1921 Alberta general election attempting to regain a seat in the legislature. He was badly defeated under the new block voting election system when he placed 18th out of 21 candidates and the Calgary district elected just five MLAs.