Philip Carteret Hill

Philip Carteret Hill
Philip Carteret Hill
3rd Premier of Nova Scotia
	In office; May 11, 1875 – October 15, 1878
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant Governor	Adams George Archibald
Preceded by	William Annand
Succeeded by	Simon Hugh Holmes
17th Mayor of Halifax
	In office; 1861–1864
Preceded by	Samuel Richard Caldwell
Succeeded by	Matthew Henry Richey
MLA for Halifax County
	In office; November 17, 1870 – May 16, 1871 Serving with James Cochran, Henry Balcom, Hugh J. Cameron, Adam C. Bell
Preceded by	Jeremiah Northup
Succeeded by	William Garvie; John Taylor; John Flinn; Donald Archibald
	In office; December 17, 1874 – September 17, 1878 Serving with Donald Archibald, Edward Farrell
Preceded by	William Garvie; John Taylor; John Flinn; Donald Archibald
Succeeded by	Charles J. MacDonald; John Fitzwilliam Stairs; William D. Harrington; John Pugh
Personal details
Born	August 13, 1821; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	September 15, 1894 (aged 73); Tunbridge Wells, England, UK
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Margaretta Rhoda Collins (m. 1850)
Alma mater	King's College
Occupation	Lawyer and writer
Profession	Politician
Cabinet	Provincial Secretary (1867) (1874–1878)

Philip Carteret Hill (August 13, 1821 – September 15, 1894) was a Nova Scotia politician. Born in Halifax, he was mayor of Halifax from 1861 to 1864 before entering provincial politics as a supporter of Canadian confederation in 1867 serving as Provincial Secretary in the Conservative cabinet of Hiram Blanchard but lost his seat in the fall 1867 election that defeated the government.

Hill returned to the legislature in 1870 by winning a by-election as a Liberal-Conservative. He again lost his seat in 1871 but returned in 1874 and served in the Liberal government of William Annand as provincial secretary. Feelings against confederation had abated and Hill was well placed to put forward a compromise position that enabled him to succeed Annand as premier in 1875. However, Hill took over the Liberal government at a time that the federal Liberals were in power under Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie and becoming increasingly unpopular in Nova Scotia. That, and the failure of the Annand and Hill governments to make progress on railway construction, led to the Liberal's defeat in the 1878 election after which Hill retired from politics. He moved to England in 1882 and published a series theological pamphlets. He died in Tunbridge Wells.