# Howard Dirks

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{{short description|Canadian politician (1938–2018)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Howard Leroy Dirks
| image            =
| caption          = 
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1938|8|7}}
| birth_place      = [Waldheim](/source/Waldheim%2C_Saskatchewan), [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan)
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2018|10|26|1938|8|7}}
| death_place      = [Alberta](/source/Alberta), Canada
| constituency_AM1 = [Nelson-Creston](/source/Nelson-Creston)
| assembly1        = British Columbia Legislative
| term_start1      = October 22, 1986
| term_end1        = October 17, 1991
| predecessor1     = [Lorne Nicolson](/source/Lorne_Nicolson)
| successor1       = [Corky Evans](/source/Corky_Evans)
| predecessor      = 
| successor        = 
| party            = [Social Credit Party of British Columbia](/source/Social_Credit_Party_of_British_Columbia)
| profession       = Oil Field Technologist, Restaurateur
| alma_mater       = [University of Saskatchewan](/source/University_of_Saskatchewan)
| occupation       = 
| spouse           = Lorna Mary Logan
| children         =  
}}

'''Howard Leroy Dirks''' (August 7, 1938 –  October 26, 2018)<ref name="flanagan"/> was an American oil field technologist, restaurant owner and political figure in [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia). After being defeated in the 1983 provincial election, he represented [Nelson-Creston](/source/Nelson-Creston) in the [Legislative Assembly of British Columbia](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_British_Columbia) from 1986 to 1991 as a [Social Credit](/source/British_Columbia_Social_Credit_Party) member.

He was born in [Waldheim, Saskatchewan](/source/Waldheim%2C_Saskatchewan) and educated at the [University of Saskatchewan](/source/University_of_Saskatchewan). In 1961 Dirks married Lorna Mary Logan. He was an alderman for [Nelson](/source/Nelson%2C_British_Columbia). Dirks served in the provincial cabinet as Provincial Secretary and as Minister of Development, Trade and Tourism.<ref name="flanagan">{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |date=Spring 1991 |last=Flanagan |first=Kathryn M |author2=Miller, Katherine J}}</ref> He was defeated by [Corky Evans](/source/Corky_Evans) when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1991 and 1996; in 1996, Dirks ran as a [Liberal](/source/British_Columbia_Liberal_Party) candidate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs/354968/electhistvol2.pdf |title=Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987–2001 |publisher=Elections BC |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref>

Dirks died on October 26, 2018, at the age of 80.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Howard Leroy Dirks |url=https://www.nelsonstar.com/obituaries/howard-leroy-dirks-4867177 |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=Nelson Star |language=en}}</ref>

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Category:BC United candidates in British Columbia provincial elections
Category:British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs
Category:1938 births
Category:Canadian businesspeople in the oil industry
Category:Canadian restaurateurs
Category:Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia
Category:People from Nelson, British Columbia
Category:People from the Rural Municipality of Laird No. 404
Category:University of Saskatchewan alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Category:2018 deaths

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