William James "Bill" Hartley (born June 12, 1945) was a child care worker, restaurant owner and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2001 as a member of the

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. He served as

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of the assembly from 2000 to 2001. He was born in

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, the son of Fred Hartley and Betty MacPherson, and was educated at

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. He served on the town council for Maple Ridge from 1983 to 1987 and was mayor from 1987 to 1990. In 1992, he married Alice Arnot Muir and became a father to Wallis Hartley.

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