Biografie
He married Annie Elizabeth May Richards on 11/07/1927.
He was a hardware merchant.
He came to Kelowna in 1930.
He servvedas a President of the Kelowna Board of Trade.
He purchased a hardware business in Kelowna which he operated for many years, later opening branches in Vernon (1931) and Penticton (1941).
He was elected as an Independent Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Okanagan 1941. he was appointed as a Director of the Bank of Canada.
He joined the Social Credit party and was elected MLA 1945, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1956, becoming its provincial leader.
He was defeated in 1946 running as leader of the BC Conservative party. Social Credit Premier of British Columbia and President of Council August 1952. Leader of minority government (19 out of 48 seats) 1952-3.
He was the Premier of British Columbia 1953-72.
Militärdienst
He served in the RCAF.
Referenzen
- Carter, S. Maurice (Ed.) (1945)
- Webber, Jean (1999)
