Harvey Schroeder
Harvey Schroeder | |
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26th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | |
In office March 30, 1978 – August 10, 1982 | |
Premier | Bill Bennett |
Lieutenant Governor |
Walter Stewart Owen Henry Pybus Bell-Irving |
Preceded by | Dean Smith |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Walter Davidson |
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Chilliwack | |
In office August 30, 1972 – October 22, 1986 | |
Preceded by | William Kenneth Kiernan |
Succeeded by | John Jansen |
Personal details | |
Born |
Main Centre, Saskatchewan | June 16, 1933
Political party | Social Credit |
Harvey Wilfred Schroeder (born in June 16, 1933[1]) is a former businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Chilliwack in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1972 to 1986 as a Social Credit member.[2]
He worked as an accountant for Canada Packers, later opening his own business in Chilliwack.[1]
In 1973, he ran for the leadership of the Social Credit party.[3] Schroeder was speaker for the British Columbia assembly from 1979 to 1982. Schroeder resigned as speaker in August 1982[4] and subsequently served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Agriculture.[5]
References
- 1 2 "CPA Activities: The Canadian Scene". Canadian Parliamentary Review. 1978. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ↑ "Chilliwack-Sumas". British Columbia Votes 2005. CBC News. 2005. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ↑ Nichols, Marjorie (November 22, 1973). "Six Socreds in the corridor". Vancouver Sun. p. 6. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
- ↑ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ↑ "Farmers laud Schroeder appointment as 'positive'". Vancouver Sun. August 11, 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
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