Ernest Bakewell

Ernest Bakewell (1898[1]–1983[2]) was an English-born chemical engineer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Mackenzie in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1933 to 1937 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and then Social Constructive member.

He was born in Leicester and was educated in Nottingham. He came to British Columbia around 1924, settling in Ocean Falls, where he worked for a pulp and paper company. Bakewell left the CCF in 1936 to join Robert Connell's Social Constructives.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Webster, Daisy (1970). Growth of the N.D.P. in B.C., 1900-1970: 81 political biographies.
  2. ↑ "Evans, Hubert (1892-1986)". ABC Bookworld. Retrieved 2011-01-19.