Hugh Charles Hillrich (1889-1952)
Hugh Charles Hillrich had his summer resident built in 1923 at 10 Saint-Louis Avenue before moving in it on a permanent basis in 1925. A Charter member of the Beaconsfield Citizens’ Association, he has been president of the Quebec Drug Salesmen’s Association. He was elected Mayor of Beaconsfield from 1936 to 1940. During the Great Depression, he gave free medicine and cod liver oil to the needy families. He was active in the conversion of a residence into the Manresa Retreat House.