Elwood Neal Veitch (July 21, 1929 – September 18, 1993) was a financial administrator and political figure in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1975 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1991 as a

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member. Veitch was born in

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, the son of Wellington Veitch and Alice Alma Brott, and was educated in Bracebridge,

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and at the

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. In 1953, he married Sheila Gertrude Boyce. Veitch served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations, Minister of Regional Development, Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Provincial Secretary. He died in 1993 at the age of 64.

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1929 births 1993 deaths British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs Canadian financial businesspeople Finance ministers of British Columbia Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia People from Wellington County, Ontario University of British Columbia alumni {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub