William Curtis Shelly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Ontario, Canada
About William Curtis Shelly
- William Curtis Shelly (September 17, 1878 – August 13, 1951) was a businessman and political figure in British Columbia.
- He represented Vancouver City from 1928 to 1933 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative finance minister .
- He was also a Park Board Commissioner and Board Chairman (1920-1927).He was born in Ontario in 1878 and came to Vancouver to expand his bakery business.
- Shelly's bakery was known for its "Four-X bread".
- During the 1920s, he helped create a conglomerate known as Canadian Bakeries Ltd.
- to which he sold his business.
- Shelly became vice-president and general manager of the new company.
- He was also president of the Home Oil Co.
- Ltd., Canada Grain Export Co.
- Ltd., Guaranty Savings and Loan, Crescent Beach Development Co.
- Ltd., Grouse Mountain Highway and Scenic Resort Ltd.
- and the Shelly Building. Shelly served as finance minister in the provincial cabinet.
- In the fiscal year 1929/1930, the province suffered a fairly small deficit of $135,000.
- Shelly projected an increase of government revenues and a small surplus for the following fiscal year; instead, revenues decreased and expenditures were larger than projected, resulting in a then-record deficit of $4.8 million.
- Shelly was transferred to the position of president of the Executive Council in October 1930.
- He also suffered a large personal financial loss when share prices for Home Oil Co.
- Ltd.
- bottomed out in the years following the stock market crash.
- He retired from politics in 1933.
- Shelly died in Vancouver at the age of 72.
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