Bill Hartley (politician)

William Leonard (Bill) Hartley
MLA for Yale
In office 1963–1966
Preceded by	Irvine Corbett
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
MLA for Yale-Lillooet
In office 1966–1975
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.

References

1. Normandin, P G (1965). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1965.
2. "All About Hartley Insurance". Bill Hartley Insurance. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
3. Webster, Daisy (1970). Growth of the N.D.P. in B.C., 1900-1970: 81 political biographies.
4. "5th Session, 30th Parliament". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
5. "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2011-07-27.