- Harlan Carey Brewster
Harlan Carey Brewster (
November 10 ,1870 –March 1 ,1918 ) was a politician inBritish Columbia ,Canada . Brewster arrived in British Columbia in 1893, and had various careers working on a ship and then in acannery . He eventually became owner of his own canning company. He was elected to the provinciallegislature in the 1907 election, and was one of only two Liberals elected to the legislature in the 1909 election.Brewster became leader of the opposition, and was elected party leader in March 1912. He lost his seat a few weeks later in the 1912 election, which returned no Liberals at all. In 1916, he won election to the legislature again through a
by-election , and led his party to victory in a general election later that year by campaigning on a reform platform. Brewster promised to endpatronage in the civil service, end political machines, improve workmen's compensation and labour laws, bring in votes for women, and other progressive reforms.In government, Cary brought in
women's suffrage , institutedprohibition , and combatted political corruption before his unexpected death in 1918. He is interred in theRoss Bay Cemetery inVictoria, British Columbia .External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7243 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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