Biographie
He was the brother of Sir Arthur Henry Talbot (7th Baronet Chetwynd).
In 1908 he was the Cattle Manager of the 111-Mile Ranch for the British Columbia Development Association.
In 1908 he was transferred to the Pennie Ranch to transform the grazing fields into orchards.
In 1919 he was appointed as the Manager of the Walchin properties for the Marquess of Angelsey.
He was a cattle rancher after the First World War until 1942, when he joined the staff of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
He was elected to the Provincial Legislature in June 1952 as Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Cariboo.
He was Minister of Fisheries, the Minister of Trade and Industry, the Minister of Railways, and the Minister of Agriculture.
He was he Minister of Fisheries for BC 1952 to 1957.
Service militaire
In 1911 he joined the 30th Regiment British Columbia Horse, Walachin Squadron.
He was a member of the Walhachin Regiment in World War One.
He was a Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery.
He was wounded in action on the Somme in 1918.
Lieux nommés
Chetwynd (BC)
Références
- Burke's Peerage and Baronatage (105th ed). (1975) London: Burke's Peerage Ltd.
- Weir, Joan (1995)
