Holton Luther Hamilton 1817-1880 Entered Public Life 1854 As One
of the members for Montreal; elected to Legislative Council, 1862;
resigned, 1863, and returned to the Assembly as member for Chateauguay,
which he represented to the time of his death; accepted portfolio of
commissioner of public works in the short-lived Brown-Dorion government,
1858; minister of finance in the Macdonald-Dorion administration,
1863-1864. =Index=: (Lord Elgin era) Signs Annexation Manifesto, 81; associated with
Parti Rouge, 108; adopts less radical views, 134. (George Brown Era) Enters George
life, 245-246. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Countenances annexation movement in 1849, 44-45.