Steve Orcherton (born 1952) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) 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 ...

politician, who represented the electoral district of

Victoria-Hillside Victoria-Hillside was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009. Demographics Geography History Member of Legislative Assembly Its final MLA was Rob Fleming, a form ...

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 1996 to 2001. He sat as a member of the

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. He was defeated in the 2001 provincial election by Sheila Orr, 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 is a Canadian politician who represents the riding of Victoria-Swan Lake in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. From July 2017 to November 2020, during the 41st Parliament, he was the Minister of Education. Fleming is a ...

, 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 Year of birth uncertain 1952 births