Former MLA Helmut Giesbrecht Passes
CFTK
10/13/2020
Flags are flying at half mast at Terrace's city hall in honour of former mayor and Skeena MLA Helmut Giesbrecht.
Giesbrecht passed away on Friday at the age of 77.
He served as a New Democrat MLA between 1991 and 2001 and was a city councillor and then Mayor of Terrace in the late 1970s and early 80s.
Giesbrecht was also a teacher and served as president of the Terrace and District Teachers Association.