Andrew Mowat Whisker | |
Birth Date: | 14 March 1907 |
Birth Place: | Ladysmith, British Columbia |
Death Place: | Vernon, British Columbia |
Office: | MLA for Cowichan-Newcastle |
Term: | 1949 - 1952 |
Party: | British Columbia Liberal Party |
Andrew Mowatt Whisker (March 14, 1907 - April 4, 1992) was a lumberman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cowichan-Newcastle in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1949 to 1952 as a Liberal.
He was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, the son of Peter Whisker and Isabelle Mowat, both natives of Scotland. In 1931, he married Mary Dixon.[1] Whisker was a member of a Liberal-Conservative coalition in the provincial assembly. He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1952 and 1953.[2] In 1957, Whisker became a member of the British Columbia Social Credit Party.[3]
He died at a hospital in Vernon, British Columbia in 1992.[4]