Angus Creelman Ree (August 28, 1929 – October 9, 2009) was a lawyer and political figure in

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

. He represented

North Vancouver-Capilano North Vancouver-Capilano was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1991. The riding's predecessor was North Vancouver, which first appeared on the hustings from 1903. For other historical and cu ...

in the

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Legislative Assembly meets in Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria. Members ar ...

from 1979 to 1991 as a

Social Credit Social credit is a distributive philosophy of political economy developed by C. H. Douglas. Douglas attributed economic downturns to discrepancies between the cost of goods and the compensation of the workers who made them. To combat what he ...

member.

Biography

He was born in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

, the son of Alex Ree and Carolyn Eleanor Creelman, and was educated at the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

. Ree served in the

Canadian Army The Canadian Army (french: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also respo ...

from 1952 to 1958. He was married twice, first to Anita Rose Schneeberger in 1957 and then to Cheri Ann Kingsland in 1973. Ree served in the provincial cabinet as the first Solicitor General of British Columbia.

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1929 births 2009 deaths Politicians from Vancouver British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs Canadian Army officers Canadian King's Counsel Corporate lawyers Lawyers in British Columbia Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia Peter A. Allard School of Law alumni 20th-century Canadian politicians Solicitors general of Canadian provinces {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub