Lee M. Newgard
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Lee M. Newgard was the first mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 of Houston, British Columbia
Houston, British Columbia
Houston is a forestry, mining and tourism town in the Bulkley Valley of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its urban population is approximately 3600 people, with approximately 2000 in the surrounding rural area. It is known as the "Steelhead Capital" and it has the world's largest...

, from the year 1957 to 1964. The town of Noralee in British Columbia is named after him and his wife, Nora Middleton. They opened the first post office
Post office
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there in 1937.
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