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Hamilton was educated at Dominion Business College, and worked as a grain farmer. He was appointed Drainage Maintenance Superintendant of Dufferin in 1946 , and became a trustee on the Sperling Cons. School in 1951 . He retained the latter position while serving in the Manitoba legislature.

He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1958 Provincial Election , but lost to Liberal-Progressive incumbent Walter McDonald by 73 votes in the riding of Dufferin . The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the 1959 Provincial Election , and Hamilton defeated McDonald by 154 votes to take the seat on his second try. He was re-elected by greater margins in the elections of 1962 and 1966 , and served as a backbench supporter of the governments of Dufferin Roblin and Walter Weir . He did not run for re-election in 1969 .