Harvey Schroeder | |
Birth Date: | 16 June 1933 |
Birth Place: | Main Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Office: | 26th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
Premier: | Bill Bennett |
Lieutenant Governor: | Walter Stewart Owen Henry Pybus Bell-Irving |
Term Start: | March 30, 1978 |
Term End: | August 10, 1982 |
Predecessor: | Ed Smith |
Successor: | Kenneth Walter Davidson |
Constituency Am1: | Chilliwack |
Assembly1: | British Columbia Legislative |
Term Start1: | August 30, 1972 |
Term End1: | October 22, 1986 |
Predecessor1: | William Kenneth Kiernan |
Successor1: | John Jansen |
Party: | British Columbia Social Credit Party |
Spouse: | [1] |
Children: | three |
Occupation: | accountant |
Harvey Wilfred Schroeder (born June 16, 1933) 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.[3]
In 1973, he ran for the leadership of the Social Credit party.[4] After serving as deputy speaker for the British Columbia assembly from 1976 to 1978, Schroeder was speaker for the British Columbia assembly from 1978 to 1982. Schroeder resigned as speaker in August 1982[5] and subsequently served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Agriculture.[6]