Famous People with Name Steeves

O. Wayne Steeves            Origin/Culture/Country: American

O. Wayne Steeves: is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.He has been a candidate for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the electoral district of Albert in every election since 1991. Defeated in 1991 and 1995, Steeves was finally elected in 1999.

William Henry Steeves            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Henry Steeves: was a merchant, lumberman, politician and Father of Canadian Confederation. Steeves was elected to New Brunswick's colonial House of Assembly in 1846 and was an advocate of governmental reform and the election of all members of the Legislative Council. He was appointed to the Legislative Council (the upper house) in 1851. In 1855, Steeves became the first chairman of the Department of Public Works. He left government in 1856 when the reform administration of Samuel Leonard Tilley was defeated over prohibition, but he returned to office with Tilley in 1857 and remained commissioner of public works until 1861. He continued in Tilley's government as minister without portfolio until 1865 when the government fell due to its support for Canadian Confederation. He was appointed to the Canadian Senate as a Liberal when the chamber was created in 1867. In that body, he acted as an advocate for the better care of the mentally ill. He served in the Senate until his death in 1873. He is interred in the Fernhill Cemetery in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Hollis Steeves            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hollis Steeves: is a farmer and former political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Petitcodiac in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1991 and from 1995 to 1999 as a Liberal member. He returned to New Brunswick, where he became a cattle farmer, also raising horses. He married Ilse Klingenhoff. Steeves ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1982. He retired from politics in 1999.