Hunter Bertram August Vogel (August 4, 1903 – April 25, 1990) was a Canadian politician. He served in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly from 1963 to 1972, as a Social Credit member for the constituency of Delta (1963-1966), and then Langley (1966-1972).

Hunter Vogel
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Delta & Langley
In office
1963–1972
Preceded byNew Riding
Succeeded byRobert Howard McClelland
Mayor of the City of Langley
In office
March 15, 1955 – May 29, 1955
Succeeded byErnest Edward Sendell
Personal details
Born(1903-08-04)August 4, 1903
Vancouver, British Columbia
DiedApril 25, 1990(1990-04-25) (aged 86)
Langley, British Columbia
Political partyBritish Columbia Social Credit Party
SpouseMargaret Isabel Gunn
Children3, including William Vogel

Vogel was born to Hans Broder Anton Vogel, a German (Danish?) immigrant, and Anne Georgia Hunter, originally from Canada. He completed a business course from the University of Toronto via correspondence. In 1929, he married Margaret Isabel Gunn.

Vogel was the first mayor of the City of Langley, serving from March 15, 1955 to May 29, 1955.[1]

Son William (Bill) (born 1931) was a mayor of Surrey.[2] Sons Richard (Dick) Vogel and Walter (Wink), born 1934)[3] also founded Mushroom Records in 1974.[4]

In 1946, Vogel purchased a paint company, Cloverdale Paint. When he was elected to the legislature, he turned over the leadership of Cloverdale Paint to his son, Walter (Wink). By 2005, Cloverdale Paint had 65 franchises across Canada.[5]

Hunter Vogel died of respiratory failure from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 1990, aged 86.

References edit

  1. ^ Getting to Know the City of Langley (Summary Report), City of Langley, April 2006.
  2. ^ https://climatesmartbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/5-BFV-May-2013-ebook.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Wink (Walter) Vogel".
  4. ^ The History of Metropolitan Vancouver 1974 Archived 2019-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, Vancouverhistory.ca. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  5. ^ "Cloverdale Paint Inc -- KnowBC - the leading source of BC information". Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2014-12-24.