Elwood Veitch

Elwood Veitch
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Burnaby-Willingdon
In office
May 5, 1983 – October 17, 1991
Preceded byJames Gibson Lorimer
Succeeded byJoan Sawicki
In office
December 11, 1975 – May 10, 1979
Preceded byJames Gibson Lorimer
Succeeded byJames Gibson Lorimer
Personal details
Born(1929-07-21)July 21, 1929
Monck Township, Ontario
DiedSeptember 18, 1993(1993-09-18) (aged 64)
Political partySocial Credit
SpouseSheila Boyce
OccupationFinancial Administrator

Elwood Neal Veitch (July 21, 1929[1] – September 18, 1993[2]) was a financial administrator and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Burnaby-Willingdon in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991 as a Social Credit member.

Veitch was born in Monck Township, Ontario, the son of Wellington Veitch and Alice Alma Brott, and was educated in Bracebridge, Ajax and at the University of British Columbia. In 1953, he married Sheila Gertrude Boyce.[1] At various times, Veitch served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations,[3] Minister of Regional Development,[4] Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Provincial Secretary, Minister of Tourism and Small Business Development, Minister of Government Services, Minister of State for Mainland/Southwest, Attorney General, and Minister of International Business and Immigration.[5] He died in 1993 at the age of 64.[2]

  1. ^ a b Normandin, P G (1985). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1985.
  2. ^ a b Leyton-Brown, David (1999). Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs. p. 272. ISBN 0-8020-4701-7. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  3. ^ "Executive Council". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. 1990. Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  4. ^ "B.C. legislators spared non-stop bagpipe tunes". The Bulletin. May 21, 1989. p. 30. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  5. ^ "New faces added to leaner B.C. cabinet". Phoenix. Saskatoon. November 7, 1986. p. 48. Retrieved 2012-02-02.