Biography
He was the son of Charles Henry Cates.
He married Caroline Cates.
He was a Quartermaster in the Ballena.
He was the Third Mate in the Canadian Aviator in 1919.
He was a tugboat skipper in Vancouver BC.
He was President of C.H. Cates & Sons Ltd.
He was elected a a Member the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for North Vancouver in the general election of 1945.
He served as the BC Minister of Labour in 1949-52 and Minister of Mines.
Military Service
He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman RNVR in British Columbia in 1915 and went to England for officer training.
He attended a pre-commissioning course at the Royal Hospital School Greenwich. (CFR) He was Commissioned as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNVR for World War One service.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Temp.) RNVR. (He was demobilized.)
References
- Bailey, Ruth Greene (1977)
- Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie. (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press.
- Howard, I. (1973)
