Earle Cathers Westwood
Earle Cathers Westwood was a funeral home operator and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Nanaimo and the Islands in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1956 to 1963 as a Social Credit member.
He born in 1909, the son of Joseph A.H. Westwood and Mary Smith. In 1937, he married Dorothy Verna Humphrey. Westwood owned the Westwood Funeral Home. He was a member of the Nanaimo City Council, serving 5 years as mayor. He also served as chairman of the local school board.
Westwood ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1953. He was a member of the provincial cabinet, holding the positions of Minister of Trade and Industry, Minister of Recreation and Conservation and Minister of Commercial Transport. He was defeated by David Stupich when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1963.
After leaving politics, Westwood served as British Columbia's agent general in London. He retired from that post in October 1968. He died in Nanaimo at the age of 70 in 1980.
