Thomas Manville Waterland (born December 15, 1933) was a mining engineer and political figure in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1975 to 1986 as a

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member. He was born in Anyox, British Columbia, the son of Tilmer Manville Waterland and Jessica Kelley. In 1956, he married Donelda Catherine Stewart. Waterland lived in Saanichton. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resource, as Minister of Forests and as Minister of Agriculture. Waterland resigned as Minister of Forests in 1986 after it was disclosed that he had invested in a tax shelter associated with a pulp mill company. He served as president of the Mining Association of B.C. from 1986 to 1993.

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1933 births Living people British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs Canadian mining engineers Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia People from the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub