Aylmer Byron Hunt

Who was Aylmer Byron Hunt?

Aylmer Byron Hunt was a Canadian politician.

Born in Bury, Canada East, the son of James Hunt and Jane Stokes, Hunt was educated at the Bury Model School. He was by occupation a trader and lumber merchant. He unsuccessfully contested Compton as the Liberal Party of Quebec candidate for the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the general elections of 1900. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for Compton in the general elections of 1904. He was unseated on petition but elected again in the by-election that followed. He was re-elected in 1908 but was defeated in 1911. A Liberal, he was elected again in 1917 and 1921.