Cyril Shelford | |
Birth Date: | 8 April 1921 |
Birth Place: | Southbank, British Columbia |
Death Place: | Victoria, British Columbia |
Constituency Am: | Skeena |
Assembly: | British Columbia Legislative |
Term Start: | December 11, 1975 |
Term End: | May 10, 1979 |
Predecessor: | Hartley Douglas Dent |
Successor: | Frank Howard |
Constituency Am1: | Omineca |
Assembly1: | British Columbia Legislative |
Term Start1: | June 12, 1952 |
Term End1: | August 30, 1972 |
Predecessor1: | Robert Cecil Steele |
Successor1: | Douglas Tynwald Kelly |
Party: | Social Credit |
Spouse: | Barbara Cassidy (1948-2001) |
Occupation: | Rancher |
Allegiance: | Canada |
Battles: | World War II |
Unit: | 1st Canadian Division |
Cyril Morley Shelford (April 8, 1921 - November 8, 2001[1]) was a rancher, author and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Omineca from 1952 to 1972 and Skeena from 1975 to 1979 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Social Credit member.
He was born in Southbank, British Columbia, the son of Jack Shelford.[2] Shelford served as an anti-aircraft gunner during World War II. After the war, he married Barbara Cassidy. Shelford was a member of the provincial cabinet, serving as Minister of Agriculture from 1968 to 1972 and then again in 1978 and 1979.[3] He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1972 and 1979.[4] He died in 2001.[3]
Shelford published a number of books: