Francis Edwin Kilvert (December 17, 1838 – August 21, 1910) was a lawyer and mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1877 to 1878.

Born in Hamilton Township, Northumberland County, Upper Canada, the son of Richard Kilvert, he was educated in Cobourg. In 1863, he married Fanny Young Cory. Kilvert was called to the bar in 1867 and set up practice in Hamilton.[1] After he retired from politics in 1887, Kilvert served as customs collector at Hamilton.[2]

References

  1. ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1898). The Canadian Men and Women of the Time: A Handbook of Canadian Biography (first ed.). Toronto: William Briggs.
  2. ^ Francis Edwin Kilvert Archived 2013-01-15 at archive.today, Hamilton Public Library
Parliament of Canada Preceded byAemilius IrvingAndrew Trew Wood Member of Parliament for Hamiltonwith Thomas Robertson 1878–1887 Succeeded byAdam BrownAlexander McKay


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