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Hugh Alan Anderson

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Political party
  
Liberal

Party
  
Liberal Party of Canada

Died
  
April 22, 2015

Role
  
Canadian Politician

Name
  
Hugh Anderson


Preceded by
  
Thomas Speakman Barnett

Succeeded by
  
Electoral district was abolished in 1976.

Born
  
September 25, 1933 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (
1933-09-25
)

Portfolio
  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (1978-1979) Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and the Environment (1977-1978)

Hugh Alan Anderson (September 25, 1933 – April 22, 2015) was a Canadian politician.

An insurance broker by trade, Anderson was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1974 federal election representing the riding of Comox—Alberni, British Columbia. The Liberal MP served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and the Environment from 1977 to 1978 and then as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development until the 1979 federal election in which he was defeated.

Anderson has remained active in public life, serving since the 1990s as Chair of the Port Alberni Port Authority. He died on April 22, 2015.

References

Hugh Alan Anderson Wikipedia