Bill Hartley (politician)
| William Leonard (Bill) Hartley | |
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| MLA for Yale | |
| In office 1963–1966 |
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| Preceded by | Irvine Corbett |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| MLA for Yale-Lillooet | |
| In office 1966–1975 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Waterland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 12, 1916 Estevan, Saskatchewan |
| Died | May 5, 2003 |
| Political party | New Democrat |
William Leonard Hartley (December 12, 1916[1] – May 5, 2003[2]) was an electrician, insurance salesman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale from 1963 to 1966 and Yale-Lillooet from 1966 to 1975 as a New Democrat.
He was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan, the son of Leonard Hartley and Sarah Ann Lee, both natives of England,[1] and grew up in Clayburn, British Columbia. Hartley settled in Mission, B.C. He was president of the North Fraser Co-operative Association and served on the board of C.U. & C. Health Services.[3] Hartley ran unsuccessfully a number of times as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation candidate for a seat in federal elections, before he was elected provincially for the New Democratic Party in 1963. He was subsequently re-elected three times. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Public Works, in the New Democratic Party government from 1972-75[4] Hartley was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1975.[5] He retired from the insurance business in 1986.[2]
Hartley help found Co-op Fire and Casualty, later The Co-operators.[2]
In 1955, he married Marianne Martha Mueller a nurse from Lumsden, Saskatchewan.[1] He had three children, Gretchen, Eric and Lisa.
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