Wilf Hurd

Wilf Hurd (born July 22, 1950) is a Canadian politician from British Columbia. He represented the riding of Surrey-White Rock for the Liberal Party as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1997 federal election.

Hurd has a degree in political science from the University of British Columbia, and was a communications consultant who worked in public relations for two British Columbia forest companies. He was acclaimed Liberal candidate in the 1991 provincial election for the riding of Surrey-White Rock. He was also a White Rock alderman for a time. After the Liberals' breakthrough in the election, Hurd was appointed opposition critic for forestry. As shadow forests minister, Hurd was often opposed to Dan Miller. At times, he was in agreement, such as when both urged the federal government to make tree spiking a criminal offense. He was also a proponent of the idea of White Rock's annexing parts of the neighbouring municipality of Surrey south of 40th Avenue. His proposal for a study was rejected by Surrey Mayor Bob Bose.

On June 23, 1992, he called NDP MLA David Schreck a "lap dog of the government" after Schreck rejected a proposal to refer a matter to the select standing committee on health. When NDP MLA's Ujjal Dosanjh and Barry Jones objected to the term, speaker Joan Sawicki asked Hurd to withdraw his words. When he refused, Sawicki ordered him out for the rest of the day. In the aftermath, Hurd promised to make better word choices in the future.

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