Steve Orcherton (born 1952) is a

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

politician, who represented the electoral district of

Victoria-Hillside Victoria-Hillside was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009. Demographics Member of the Legislative Assemb ...

in the

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia () is the deliberative assembly of the Legislature of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The other component of the Legislature is the lieutenant governor of British Columbi ...

from 1996 to 2001. He sat as a member of the

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. He was defeated by only 82 votes in the 2001 provincial election by

Sheila Orr Sheila Orr (born 1949 or 1950) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Victoria-Hillside in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 until her defeat in the 2005 provincial election. She sat as a member ...

, the same candidate he had faced in the 1996 provincial election. In the 2005 provincial election, Orcherton again sought the New Democratic Party nomination in Victoria-Hillside, but lost to

Rob Fleming Rob Fleming (born November 11, 1971) is a Canadian politician who sat in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 provincial election, when he defeated one-term Liberal Party incumbent, Sheila Orr, until 2024. Initially represen ...

, who defeated Orr in the general election.

Electoral record

References

External links

Profile at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Orcherton, Steve British Columbia New Democratic Party MLAs Living people Politicians from Victoria, British Columbia 1952 births 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia