Hollis Steeves is a farmer and former political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada. He represented Petitcodiac

Petitcodiac (electoral district)

Petitcodiac is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.-MLAs:*Hollis Steeves, Liberal *Dennis Cochrane, Prog. Cons. *Hollis Steeves, Liberal...

 in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...

 from 1987 to 1991 and from 1995 to 1999 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick

Moncton, New Brunswick

Moncton is a Canadian city, located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The city is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, within the Petitcodiac River Valley, and lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces...

, the son of Stanley Steeves, and educated at the Ontario Police College. Steeves was a police office in Ontario

Ontario

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for several years. 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.