Charles Edgar Edgett

Colonel Edgett was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, and briefly served in the North-West Mounted Police before receiving training as a veterinarian (giving him the nickname "Doc").

He enlisted in 1914 and served in the First World War as part of the Royal Canadian Army Veterinary Corps, winning a DSO for distinguished service at Vimy Ridge in 1917.

During his tenure as chief, he oversaw a degree of modernization of the police force, including the introduction of radio-equipped patrol cars.

[3] Edgett unsuccessfully challenged this move in court[4] before becoming the spokesman for the Shipping Federation of British Columbia's new "Citizens League" in 1935.

The Citizens' League was established as a propaganda vehicle to combat Communist organizing that was leading a movement of militancy in BC, particularly amongst the unemployed and longshoremen.