Herbert Joseph Bruch (March 16, 1920 – May 26, 1993) was a fruit farmer, businessman, civil servant and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the

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from 1953 to 1972 as a

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member. He was born in

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, the son of Joseph F. Bruch and Elizabeth Engel. In 1944, Bruch married Alice C. Gaudet. Before being elected to the assembly, he was employed by the British Columbia hospital insurance service. Bruch was defeated by

James Henry Gorst James Henry Gorst (August 12, 1922 – December 15, 2020) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1972 to 1975, as a NDP member for the constituency of Esquimalt The Township of Esquimalt i ...

when he ran for re-election in 1972. He died in 1993 of a ruptured

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1920 births 1993 deaths British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub