Alexander Campbell Hope, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Alexander Campbell Hope
- Alexander Campbell "Alex" Hope (August 4, 1894 – August 25, 1978) was a farmer and political figure in British Columbia.
- He represented Delta in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1945 to 1952 as a Conservative. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1894, the son of Charles Edward Hope, a native of England, and grew up in Vancouver and Fort Langley.
- Hope's farm near Fort Langley produced sheep, cattle, vegetables and holly.
- He served on the local school board and as reeve for Langley township.
- Hope ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1941.
- He was a member of a Liberal-Conservative coalition which held a majority in the assembly.
- Hope was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1952.
- He served as a member of the provincial Agricultural Advisory Board, the B.C.
- Coast Vegetable Marketing Board, the B.C.
- Certified Seed Potatoes Growers Association and the provincial Federation of Agriculture.
- Hope was also president of the Fort Langley Restoration Society, the B.C.
- Farm Machinery Museum Association, the Fort Langley Improvement Society and the Fort Langley Board of Trade.
- In 1978, he died in Murrayville at the age of 84.
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