Bill Hartley | |
Birth Name: | William James Hartley |
Birth Date: | 12 June 1945 |
Birth Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Office: | 34th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
Term Start: | March 15, 2000 |
Term End: | May 15, 2001 |
Premier: | Ujjal Dosanjh |
Lieutenant Governor: | Garde Gardom |
Predecessor: | Gretchen Brewin |
Successor: | Claude Richmond |
Assembly1: | British Columbia Legislative |
Constituency Am1: | Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows |
Term Start1: | October 7, 1991 |
Term End1: | May 16, 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Riding Established |
Successor1: | Ken Stewart |
Party: | New Democratic Party |
William James "Bill" Hartley (born June 12, 1945) was a child care worker, restaurant owner and political figure in British Columbia, Canada.[1] After being defeated in the riding of Dewdney in the 1986 provincial election, he represented Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2001 as a member of the NDP.[2] He served as Speaker of the assembly from 2000 to 2001. He previously served as deputy speaker from 1998 to 2000.
He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of Fred Hartley and Betty MacPherson, and was educated at Simon Fraser University. 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.[1]