Hunter Vogel Explained

Hunter Vogel
Birth Date:4 August 1903
Birth Place:Vancouver, British Columbia
Death Place:Langley, British Columbia
Assembly:British Columbia Legislative
Constituency Am:Delta & Langley
Term Start:1963
Term End:1972
Predecessor:New Riding
Successor:Robert Howard McClelland
Office1:Mayor of the City of Langley
Term Start1:March 15, 1955
Term End1:May 29, 1955
Successor1:Ernest Edward Sendell
Party:British Columbia Social Credit Party
Spouse:Margaret Isabel Gunn
Children:3, including William Vogel

Hunter Bertram August Vogel (August 4, 1903 – April 25, 1990) was a Canadian politician. He served in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly from 1963 to 1972, as a Social Credit member for the constituency of Delta (1963-1966), and then Langley (1966-1972).

Vogel was born to Hans Broder Anton Vogel, a German (Danish?) immigrant, and Anne Georgia Hunter, originally from Canada. He completed a business course from the University of Toronto via correspondence. In 1929, he married Margaret Isabel Gunn.

Vogel was the first mayor of the City of Langley, serving from March 15, 1955 to May 29, 1955.[1]

Son William (Bill) (born 1931) was a mayor of Surrey.[2] Sons Richard (Dick) Vogel and Walter (Wink), born 1934)[3] also founded Mushroom Records in 1974.[4]

In 1946, Vogel purchased a paint company, Cloverdale Paint. When he was elected to the legislature, he turned over the leadership of Cloverdale Paint to his son, Walter (Wink). By 2005, Cloverdale Paint had 65 franchises across Canada.[5]

Hunter Vogel died of respiratory failure from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 1990, aged 86.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/practices_innovations/getting%20to%20know%20-%20summary%20report.pdf Getting to Know the City of Langley
  2. Web site: Colourful history of Cloverdale Paint . 6 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160105044032/https://climatesmartbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/5-BFV-May-2013-ebook.pdf . 2016-01-05 . Business Examiner Fraser Valley . May 2013.
  3. Web site: Wink (Walter) Vogel.
  4. http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/chronology1974.htm The History of Metropolitan Vancouver 1974
  5. Web site: Cloverdale Paint Inc -- KnowBC - the leading source of BC information . 2014-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170804005519/http://knowbc.com/limited/Books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/C/Cloverdale-Paint-Inc . 2017-08-04 . dead .