Susan Brice (born July 7, 1943) is a

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politician who represented the electoral district of

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in the

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from 2001 to 2005. She sat as a member of the

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, and served in the cabinet of

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Gordon Campbell. She has served as a member of the Saanich District Council since 2005, and was previously mayor and councillor in

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Biography

Born and raised in

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, she attended the

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and worked as an elementary school teacher in

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and

. She served as an elected trustee to the Greater Victoria School Board from 1975 to 1980, including as chair of the board from 1978 to 1979. She was elected councillor to the Municipality of Oak Bay in 1980, then served as mayor from 1985 to 1990. She represented Oak Bay as a director on the

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board during that time, and chaired the board from 1988 to 1989. She ran as a candidate for the Social Credit Party in a 1989 by-election for the provincial riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head, but lost to

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Elizabeth Cull by 377 votes. She contested the riding again at the 1991 provincial election, this time placing third behind Cull and Liberal Paul McKivett. She was a host on

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AM1070 from 1990 to 1992, then became executive director of the

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. She represented the BC Liberals in the riding of

at the 2001 provincial election, and defeated New Democrat David Cubberley to become member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). She was appointed to the cabinet in January 2004 as Minister of State for Mental Health and Addiction Services, before being re-assigned as Minister of Human Resources that September. She was also a member of the Government Caucus Committee on Education, and chair of the Government Caucus Committee on Health. After losing re-election as MLA in

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by 429 votes against Cubberley, Brice instead ran for Saanich District Council at that year's municipal election, and has served as councillor since then. She has been married to husband George since 1965; they have two sons together.

Electoral record

References

External links

Profile at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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