J. Eric Hammill (August 25, 1932 – September 28, 2023) was a Canadian farmer and politician from

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1996 to 2003 as a Progressive Conservative.

Life and career

J. Eric Hammill was born in Lower Freetown, Prince Edward Island on August 25, 1932. He purchased the family farm in 1954 and, in 1955, married Helen McIsaac. Hammill was president of the Kinkora Dairy Cooperative, Atlantic representative on the National Farm Products Marketing Council for nine years and Secretary-Manager for the Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture for twelve years. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry and Minister responsible for the P.E.I. Grain Elevators Corporation. Hammill lived in Kinkora. He died in Summerside on September 28, 2023, at the age of 91.Former MLA Eric Hammill passes away at age 91
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