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34th Legislative Assembly Of British Columbia
The 34th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia sat from 1987 to 1991. The members were elected in the British Columbia general election held in October 1986. The Social Credit Party led by Bill Vander Zalm formed the government. Vander Zalm resigned in 1991 after he was found to have put himself into a conflict of interest; Rita Johnston then became Premier. The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Bob Skelly formed the official opposition. John Douglas Reynolds served as speaker for the assembly until 1989. Stephen Rogers succeeded Reynolds as speaker. Members of the 34th General Assembly The following members were elected to the assembly in 1986: Party standings By-elections By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons: Other changes * Jack Joseph Kempf left the Social Credit caucus and became an independent on March 30, 1987. He rejoined on June 25, 1990. * On October 3, 1989 Graham Bruce, Duane Delton Crandall, David Maurice Mercier, and Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 British Columbia General Election
The 1986 British Columbia general election was the 34th general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The sitting Social Credit government was re-elected. The election was called on September 24, 1986. The election was held on October 22, 1986, and the new legislature met for the first time on March 9, 1987. The governing British Columbia Social Credit Party (Socreds) had seen a leadership change just months before the election, with Bill Bennett standing down in favour of Bill Vander Zalm. Promising a fresh start after the Bennett years, Vander Zalm led the Socreds to a fourth consecutive majority government, although with winning less than half of the popular vote. 12 new seats had been created in the legislature for this election. Social Credit coincidentally won 12 additional seats, while the social democratic New Democratic Party, led by Bob Skelly, won the same number it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Barlee
Neville Langrell "Bill" Barlee (October 6, 1932 – June 14, 2012) was a Canadian politician who was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a New Democrat in 1988 (after unsuccessfully running in the 1969 and 1972 provincial elections). He served as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1991 until 1993 and then as Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture from 1993 until his defeat in the 1996 provincial election. Barlee was also well known for his popular TV show on the history of Canada West which he co-hosted with Mike Roberts. This award-winning television series '' Gold Trails and Ghost Towns'', ran from 1986 to 1996 on five different networks nationwide. The show is still seen in reruns. Work He had a varied career as a high school teacher, writer, publisher, and placer miner. He left teaching to write, publish and become a small businessman. His history magazine "Canada West" had faithful subscribers and his books incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Albert Dueck
Peter Albert Dueck (July 5, 1923 – February 19, 2015) was a politician and cabinet minister in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1993 for the ridings of Central Fraser Valley and Matsqui, as a member of the Social Credit Party and later as an independent. Dueck served as a cabinet minister under premiers Bill Vander Zalm and Rita Johnston. Early life and career Dueck was born in Aliessovo, Orenburg, USSR to Susanna (Dueck) Dueck and Jacob P. Dueck. He moved to a farm at Coaldale, Alberta at three years of age when his parents immigrated to Canada in 1926. He and his wife Helen moved to Abbotsford, BC where he co-founded MSA Motors car dealership in 1951. He later operated real estate and insurance firms. Political career Dueck began his political career in 1978 as an alderman and deputy mayor for the Municipality of Matsqui. He turned to provincial politics in October 1986, when he was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Fraser Valley (electoral District)
Central Fraser Valley was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1979 to 1986. Electoral history ''Note: Winners in each election are in'' bold. , Progressive Conservative , Eva Viola Barton , align="right", 1,362 , align="right", 7.57% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 17,982 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 279 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , New Democrat , Harry Wilfred Fontaine , align="right", 6,628 , align="right", 25.05% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , James Alexander McNeil , align="right", 3,399 , align="right", 12.85% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry De Jong
Harry may refer to: Television * ''Harry'' (American TV series), 1987 comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (New Zealand TV series), 2013 crime drama starring Oscar Kightley * ''Harry'' (talk show), 2016 American daytime talk show hosted by Harry Connick Jr. People and fictional characters *Harry (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name, including **Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (born 1984) *Harry (surname), a list of people with the surname Other uses *"Harry", the tunnel used in the Stalag Luft III escape ("The Great Escape") of World War II * ''Harry'' (album), a 1969 album by Harry Nilsson *Harry (derogatory term) Harry is a Norwegian derogatory term used in slang, derived from the English name Harry. The best English translation may be "cheesy" or "tacky". '' Norsk ordbok'' defines "harry" as "tasteless, vulgar". The term "harry" was first used by upper ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Zirnhelt
David Zirnhelt (born 1947) is a Canadian politician, businessman and rancher from British Columbia. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Cariboo and Cariboo South from 1989 to 2001, and served in the cabinets of premiers Mike Harcourt, Glen Clark, Dan Miller and Ujjal Dosanjh. Early life and career Zirnhelt was born in Williams Lake, British Columbia, located in the Cariboo region of the province's central interior. He studied political science and public administration at the University of British Columbia, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in 1970 and a Master of Arts in 1976. After graduation, Zirnhelt worked as a civil servant in the federal government of Pierre Trudeau as a member of the cabinet secretariat, and later became the British Columbia head of Opportunities for Youth. He later returned to the Williams Lake area, where he became a cattle rancher and a practitioner of horse logging. He was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Vant
Thomas Neil Vant (born July 11, 1944) is an Anglican clergyman, prospector, businessman and former political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo from 1986 to 1991 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Social Credit member. He was born in Nelson, British Columbia, the son of Thomas E. Vant and Helen Isabel Simpson, and was educated in Quesnel, at the B.C. Vocational School, at the University of British Columbia and at the Vancouver School of Theology The Vancouver School of Theology is a Christian ecumenical divinity school located on the campus of and affiliated with the University of British Columbia. Faculty * Mari Joerstad, Dean, Professor of Hebrew Bible * Joni Sancken, Professor of H .... In 1970, he married Jeanne Stanton Parmucker. In 1988 and 1989, Vant served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Transportation and Highways. References 1944 births British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs Canadian Anglican priests Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cariboo (provincial Electoral District)
Cariboo was one of the twelve original electoral districts created when British Columbia became a Canadian province in 1871. Roughly corresponding to the old colonial electoral administrative district of the same name, it was a three-member riding until the 1894 election, when it was reduced through reapportionment and became a two-member riding until the 1916 election, after which it has been a single-member riding. It produced many notable members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), including George Anthony Boomer Walkem, third and fifth holder of the office of premier of British Columbia and who was one of the first representatives elected from the riding; John Robson, ninth premier of British Columbia; and Robert Bonner, a powerful minister in the W.A.C. Bennett cabinet, and later CEO of MacMillan Bloedel and BC Hydro. Demographics Political geography When the riding was created, the bulk of its population was in the Cariboo goldfields district around Barkerville, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Fraser (politician)
Alexander Vaughan Fraser (June 22, 1916 – May 9, 1989) was a Canadian politician. Fraser began his career as a businessman in the central British Columbia town of Quesnel, located in the Cariboo region. During World War II, he enlisted and served in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in British Columbia and Ontario from 1942 until his discharge in March 1946. Fraser came from a political family. His father, John, served in both the provincial legislature and federal parliament. Fraser himself began his own political career in 1949, when he was elected as commissioner of Quesnel. In 1950 Fraser was elected reeve (later mayor) of Quesnel, a position he held for the next twenty years. During that time he served both as president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities and chairman of the Cariboo Regional District. Fraser moved from local to provincial politics in 1969, winning the Cariboo riding for the British Columbia Social Credit Party. In 1986, Fraser became ill and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnaby-Willingdon
Burnaby-Willingdon was a provincial electoral district for 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 ..., Canada from 1966 to 2009. Demographics Election results , - , - External links BC Stats [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elwood Veitch
Elwood Neal Veitch (July 21, 1929 – September 18, 1993) was a financial administrator and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Burnaby-Willingdon in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991 as a Social Credit member. Veitch was born in Monck Township, Ontario, the son of Wellington Veitch and Alice Alma Brott, and was educated in Bracebridge, Ajax and at the University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada .... In 1953, he married Sheila Gertrude Boyce. At various times, Veitch served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations, Minister of Regional Development, Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Provincial Secretary, Minister of Tourism and Small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnaby North
Burnaby North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. History MLAs Election results , - , - , - , NDP , Pietro Calendino , align="right", 5,992 , align="right", 29.45% , align="right", , align="right", $32,684 , - , NDP , Pietro Calendino , align="right", 8,926 , align="right", 45.47% , align="right", , align="right", $43,634 , - , Natural Law , Derek Nadeau , align="right", 62 , align="right", 0.32% , align="right", , align="right", $122 , - , NDP , Barry Jones , align="right", 9,809 , align="right", 48.43% , align="right", , align="right", $28,085 , - See also * List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
