Background
He was born in Ontario in 1878 and came to Vancouver to expand his bakery business.
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William Shelly
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He represented Vancouver City from 1924 to 1928 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative. Shelly"s bakery was known for its "Four-X bread". During the 1920s, he helped create a conglomerate known as Canadian Bakeries Limited. 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 Company Limited., Canada Grain Export Company
Limited., Guaranty Savings and Loan, Crescent Beach Development Company Limited., Grouse Mountain Highway and Scenic Resort Limited. 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 Company Limited. 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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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative