Hugh Austin Curtis (October 3, 1932 – May 27, 2014) was a sales manager 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

Saanich and the Islands Saanich and the Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. Most of the riding is now part of Saanich North and the Islands, while the southern part of the riding is now Saanich So ...

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 1972 to 1986 as a Progressive Conservative then Social Credit member.

Biography

He was born in

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...

, the son of Austin Ivor Curtis and Helen Shepherd, and was educated there. In 1957, he married Sheila Diane Halford. Curtis served on the municipal council for Saanich and was mayor from 1964 to 1973. He left the Progressive Conservatives to join the Social Credit party in 1974. Curtis served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, as Provincial Secretary and Minister of Government Services, and as Minister of Finance. In 2002, he was awarded the Freeman of Saanich distinction. He died of cancer on May 27, 2014, in a Victoria hospital.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Curtis, Hugh Austin 1932 births 2014 deaths British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs Deaths from cancer in British Columbia Finance ministers of British Columbia Mayors of places in British Columbia Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia Politicians from Victoria, British Columbia