Harold Alexander Lilly (April 3, 1885 – 1936) was a farmer, car dealer and political figure in

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. He represented Thunder Creek in the

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from 1929 to 1934 as a

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. He was born in

Beeton, Ontario Beeton is a small community located in southern Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada between Tottenham and Alliston; all three were amalgamated in 1991 into the single Town of New Tecumseth. Beeton was named for a local apiary. Formerly known as Cl ...

, the son of William Lilly and Eleanor Beatty, and was educated in Beeton and

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. He came to Saskatchewan in 1905. In 1910, Lilly married Olivia Johnston. He lived in

Caron, Saskatchewan Caron is a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada, located on the south side of the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Moose Jaw along the course of Thunder Creek. Caron was originally a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) siding in 1882, named after Sir Adolp ...

. Lilly was defeated by

Robert Scott Donaldson Robert Scott Donaldson (1875–1944) was a Canadian politician who represented Lumsden on the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan during the 9th sitting. He also represented Thunder Creek from 1925 to 1929, and 1934 to 1938. ...

when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1934. He married Margaret MacKay following the death of his first wife. His son Alexander John Lilly was inducted into

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in 1984.

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Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs 1885 births 1936 deaths People from New Tecumseth 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{ProgressiveConservative-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub