Hunter Vogel
Hunter Bertram August Vogel was a Canadian politician. He served in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly from 1966 to 1972, as a Social Credit member for the constituency of Langley. He was born in 1903 to Hans Broder Anton Vogel, a German immigrant, and Anne Georgia Hunter, originally from Canada. He completed a business course from the University of Toronto via correspondence. In 1929, he married Margaret Isabel Gunn. In 1946, Vogel purchased a paint company, Cloverdale Paint. When he was elected to the legislature, he turned over the leadership of it to his son, Wink. Sons Dick Vogel and Wink were also the owners of Mushroom Records.
By 2005 Cloverdale Paint had 65 franchises across Canada. Another son, William was a former mayor of Langley. Hunter Vogel died of respiratory failure from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 1990, aged 86.
