Background
He was born in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia and became a lumberman.
politician Member of the Senate of Canada
He was born in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia and became a lumberman.
The son of George Gerald Hawkins and Edith Peppard, he was educated in Lawrencetown and entered the lumber trade at Milford Station, Nova Scotia. He was appointed to the Senate for the Milford-Hampshire, Nova Scotia division on 2 May 1950 following nomination by Prime Minister Louis Saint Laurent. Hawkins remained a Senator until his death on 14 August 1958.