William Leonard Hartley (December 12, 1916[1] – May 4, 2003[2]) was an electrician, insurance salesman and political figure in British Columbia.

He was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan, the son of Leonard Hartley and Sarah Ann Lee, both natives of England,[1] and grew up in Clayburn, British Columbia.

[3] Hartley ran unsuccessfully a number of times as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation candidate for a seat in federal and provincial elections, before he was elected provincially for the New Democratic Party in 1963.

He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Public Works, in the New Democratic Party government from 1972 to 1975[4] Hartley was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1975.

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