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30th Legislative Assembly Of British Columbia
The 30th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1972 to 1975. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in August 1972. The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Dave Barrett formed the government. The Social Credit Party led by W. A. C. Bennett formed the official opposition. Bill Bennett was elected Social Credit party leader in November 1973 after his father resigned his seat in the assembly in June 1973. Gordon Dowding served as speaker for the assembly. Members of the 30th General Assembly The following members were elected to the assembly in 1972: Notes: Party standings By-elections By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons: Notes: Other changes * Hugh Austin Curtis joins Social Credit October 25, 1974. *Patrick McGeer Patrick Lucey McGeer (June 29, 1927 – August 29, 2022) was a Canadian physician, professor and medical researcher. He was regarded as a leading authority on the causes and preve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 British Columbia General Election
The 1972 British Columbia general election for the Canadian province of British Columbia was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on July 24, 1972, and held on August 30, 1972. The new legislature met for the first time on October 17, 1972. David Barrett led the social democratic New Democratic Party to victory, winning a majority government. The Social Credit Party, led by Premier W.A.C. Bennett, was defeated after governing British Columbia since the 1952 election. Social Credit's share of the popular vote fell by over 15 percentage points, and the party lost 28 of the seats it had won in the previous election. The Liberal Party held onto its five seats, while the Progressive Conservative Party, under the leadership of Derrill Warren, returned to the legislature for the first time since the 1953 election by winning two seats. In four ridings and part of a fifth, a referendum was held on the question of daylight sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gibson Lorimer
James Gibson "Jim" Lorimer (June 3, 1923 – October 25, 2012) was a lawyer and politician in British Columbia. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1969 to 1975 and from 1979 to 1983 as a member of the New Democratic Party. Lorimer was born in Victoria, British Columbia and served overseas with The Canadian Scottish Regiment during World War II. After the war, Lorimer worked as a longshoreman, fisherman, and shipyard worker while studying law at the University of British Columbia. He practised in Grand Forks and Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the .... Lorimer was an unsuccessful candidate in the riding of Vancouver Quadra in the 1957 federal election. He served on the municipal council of Burnaby from 1966 to 1968. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Liden
Carl Oswald Liden (February 3, 1929 – March 21, 2010) was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented Delta in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1972 to 1975 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member. He was born in Govan, Saskatchewan, the son of Carl Ragnar Liden, and was educated in Surrey, British Columbia. Liden married Beverley Anne Hill in 1950. He worked for Delta Insurance. Liden was a member of the board of the Delta Credit Union, also serving as chair. He served on the municipal council for Delta Delta commonly refers to: * Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet * River delta, at a river mouth * D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta") * Delta Air Lines, US * Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 Delta may also re ... from 1958 to 1963. Liden was also an administrator for the Laborers Medical and Benefit Plan. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1969. Liden was defeated when he ran f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowichan-Malahat
Cowichan-Malahat was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared in the general election of 1966. In the 1991 general election, it was succeeded by Cowichan-Ladysmith Cowichan-Ladysmith was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1991, and was eliminated when the legislature dissolved in ... and Malahat-Juan de Fuca. Demographics Geography History 1999 redistribution Member of Legislative Assembly Election results ''Note: Winners of each election are in'' bold. , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,841 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 81 !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Martin Strachan
Robert Martin Strachan (December 1, 1913 – July 21, 1981) was a trade unionist and politician. He was the longest serving Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia history.Canadian Press, "Robert Strachan Led CCF-NDP in opposition for 13 years in B.C. House", ''Globe and Mail'', July 22, 1981 Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Strachan was a carpenter by trade. He immigrated to Canada after quitting a 10-shilling-a-week job as messenger boy in Glasgow to go to Nova Scotia on a $10-a-week farm labor scheme. He moved west, in 1931, to the northern B.C. copper-smelting town of Anyox and then to Powell River, where he became a carpenter and an active unionist eventually becoming British Columbia head of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. In 1952, he was elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as an MLA for the socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. In 1956, he was elected CCF leader thus becoming Leader of the Opposition to the Social Credit go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coquitlam (electoral District)
Coquitlam was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1975. The riding's successor was the Coquitlam-Moody riding. For other Greater Vancouver area ridings please see New Westminster (electoral districts) and/or Vancouver (electoral districts). Demographics Political geography Notable elections Notable MLAs Electoral history , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 17,240 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 155 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , New Democrat , Dave Barrett , align="right", 12,948 , align="right", 47.67% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 27,161 !align="right", 100. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comox (electoral District)
Comox may refer to: * Comox, British Columbia, a town on Vancouver Island on the Comox Peninsula * CFB Comox, a Canadian Forces base near the above town * Comox (electoral district), a provincial electoral district 1871–1986 * ''Comox'' (steamboat), a steamship built in 1891 in British Columbia which served until 1920 * HMCS ''Comox'', several naval vessels *Comox people, an indigenous group of Coast Salishan-speaking peoples in British Columbia **the Comox language, a Coast Salish language of the areas of Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia flanking the northern part of the Strait of Georgia ** K'ómoks First Nation, a.k.a. the Comox Indian Band, the band government of the K'omoks a.k.a. the Island Comox **the Mainland Comox, referring to three groups: the Sliammon, Klahoose, and Homalco See also *Comox Land District, one of the 59 cadastral subdivisions of British Columbia * Comox Valley, a region of British Columbia * Comox Valley Regional District, a regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Sanford
Karen Elizabeth Sanford (May 31, 1932 – November 15, 2010) was a Canadian politician. She served as MLA for the Comox riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1972 to 1986, as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) is a social-democratic provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. As of 2017, it governs the province. It is the British Columbia provincial arm of the federal New Democrati .... She died of cancer in 2010. References 1932 births People from Drumheller British Columbia New Democratic Party MLAs Women MLAs in British Columbia 2010 deaths {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia River (electoral District)
Columbia River was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986. The riding's predecessor, which was named Columbia, appeared on the hustings from 1903 to 1963. The successor riding in this region is the current Columbia River-Revelstoke riding. For other historical and current ridings in the region see Kootenay (electoral districts) and Okanagan (electoral districts). Demographics Political geography Notable elections Notable MLAs Electoral history ''Note: Winners in each election are in'' bold. , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,674 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 21 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , New Democrat , Ian David Jack , align="right", 687 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Roland Chabot
James Roland "Jim" Chabot (May 8, 1927 – October 9, 1989) was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada for the riding of Columbia and its successor Columbia River from 1963 to 1986. He was born in Farnham, Quebec, and moved to British Columbia during the 1950s. He was employed as a railway supervisor. In 1973, he ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Social Credit party. Chabot served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Minister of Lands, Parks and Housing and Provincial Secretary. He did not run for reelection in 1986. Chabot died at home in Invermere at the age of 62. James Chabot Provincial Park on Windermere Lake in the Columbia Valley The Columbia Valley is the name used for a region in the Rocky Mountain Trench near the headwaters of the Columbia River between the town of Golden and the Canal Flats. The main hub of the valley is the town of Invermere. Other towns include ... region, which wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilliwack (electoral District)
Chilliwack has been a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia since 1916. Incorporating slightly different boundaries, it was the successor riding to the Chilliwhack riding the name of which was based on the older spelling of the name. Political geography and history Chilliwack was the successor riding to Westminster-Chilliwhack, which was one of four subdivisions of the old rural Westminster riding, the others being the ridings that became, after similar name-changes, Delta, Dewdney and Richmond, which are the parent ridings of all current Fraser Valley electoral districts. Chilliwack riding lasted until the 1996 election. In 2001 the area became represented by Chilliwack-Kent and Chilliwack-Sumas. The latter takes in part of the City of Chilliwack and Sumas Prairie (part of the City of Abbotsford), while the other includes Agassiz, the municipality of Kent, and the Village of Harrison Hot Springs, as well as a certain amount of lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Schroeder
Harvey Wilfred Schroeder (born June 16, 1933) is a former businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Chilliwack in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Legislative Assembly meets in Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria. Members ar ... from 1972 to 1986 as a Social Credit member. He worked as an accountant for Canada Packers, later opening his own business in Chilliwack. In 1973, he ran for the leadership of the Social Credit party. Schroeder was speaker for the British Columbia assembly from 1979 to 1982. Schroeder resigned as speaker in August 1982 and subsequently served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Agriculture. References 1933 births Living people British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs Canadian accountants Canadian Mennonites Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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