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Comox—Alberni
Comox—Alberni was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1979, and again from 1988 to 1993. History This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Comox—Atlin riding. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Comox—Powell River and Nanaimo—Alberni ridings. It was recreated in 1987 from parts of those two ridings. The new riding consisted of: * the Town of Comox; * the City of Courtenay; * Electoral Areas A, B and C of Comox-Strathcona Regional District; * the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District; * Electoral Areas E, F, G and H of Nanaimo Regional District; * that part of Electoral Area C of Nanaimo Regional District lying west of the east boundary of Dunsmuir Land District; * Electoral Area E of Powell River Regional District; * the Village of Cumberland; and * the Towns of Parksville and Qualicum Beach. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanaimo—Alberni
Nanaimo—Alberni was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. It was subsequently recreated and was represented in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2015. Demographics Nanaimo—Alberni has the highest median age of all federal electoral districts in Canada (50.1 years of age). Geography From 1979 to 1988, it consisted of: * the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, * the Nanaimo Regional District, * (Lasqueti Island and the adjacent smaller islands in the Powell River Regional District, * the northwest part of Electoral Area H of the Cowichan Valley Regional District. The present district includes Lasqueti Island, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, British Columbia, Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot, and all of the Nanaimo Regional District, British Columbia, Regional District of Nanaimo except the extreme southeastern part, including but the ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comox—Powell River
Comox—Powell River was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Coast Chilcotin, Comox–Alberni and Skeena ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Comox—Alberni and North Island—Powell River ridings. It consisted of * the Mount Waddington Regional District; * the Powell River Regional District, except Lasqueti Island and the adjacent smaller islands; * the Comox–Strathcona Regional District; * the Central Coast Regional District; * the southern part of the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, i.e., the part lying south of a line drawn from east to west along Finlayson Channel, Sarah Passage, Tolmie Channel, Meyers Passage and Laredo Sound; and * the Sunshine Coast Regional District. Members of Parliament Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comox—Alberni (electoral District)
Comox—Alberni was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1979, and again from 1988 to 1993. History This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Comox—Atlin riding. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Comox—Powell River and Nanaimo—Alberni ridings. It was recreated in 1987 from parts of those two ridings. The new riding consisted of: * the Town of Comox; * the City of Courtenay; * Electoral Areas A, B and C of Comox-Strathcona Regional District; * the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District; * Electoral Areas E, F, G and H of Nanaimo Regional District; * that part of Electoral Area C of Nanaimo Regional District lying west of the east boundary of Dunsmuir Land District; * Electoral Area E of Powell River Regional District; * the Village of Cumberland; and * the Towns of Parksville and Qualicum Beach. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Skelly
Robert Evan Skelly (14 April 1943 – 6 August 2022) was a Canadian politician from British Columbia. Skelly was born 14 April 1943, at New Westminster, British Columbia. The son of Robert Daniel Skelly and Dorothy Graham, he was educated at the University of British Columbia. In 1965, he married Sonia Alexandra Shewchuk. He had a daughter, Susan Kathleen Skelly, born 1973; and a son, Robert Mark William Skelly, born 1975. Susan married Michael Ramsay, and they have three children: Rebecca Ruth, born 2001; Sarah-Grace Victoria, born 2002; and Maria Anne Heather, born 2010. He served in the BC Legislature from 1972 to 1987. The longest-serving member for Alberni constituency in history, he was elected five times. Skelly began his career as MLA by making his maiden speech in the Legislature on recognizing aboriginal rights in British Columbia. He became environment critic for the NDP. He was opposed to uranium mining and worked with the Skagit Valley committee against using nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comox—Atlin
Comox—Atlin was a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1917. This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Burrard and Vancouver ridings. The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Comox—Alberni and Skeena ridings. Members of Parliament Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts External linksRiding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Comox-Atlin Defunct British Columbia federal electoral districts on Vancouver Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lambert Gibson
John Lambert Gibson (7 March 1906 – 17 December 1986) was an independent member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a logger and lumber merchant by career. Gibson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. With his brother, Gordon Gibson, Sr., he was involved with the logging-based company Gibson Brothers Industries. John Gibson served as the company's president at one point. He was first elected to Parliament at the Comox—Alberni riding in the 1945 general election at which he was classified as an Independent Liberal. He was re-elected for a second term in 1949 as a purely independent member. Gibson left federal office in 1953 and returned to Gibson Brothers Industries. Gibson died on 17 December 1986 at 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 . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry McQuillan
Henry Carwithen McQuillan (30 September 1906 – 28 April 1979) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Courtenay, British Columbia, he was a contractor and logger by career. He made an unsuccessful attempt to defeat CCF incumbent Thomas Speakman Barnett at the Comox—Alberni Comox—Alberni was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1979, and again from 1988 to 1993. History This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Comox— ... riding in the 1957 federal election. McQuillan succeeded in the 1958 election, serving in the 24th Parliament before Barnett retook the riding in the 1962 election. McQuillan also served as a school trustee at one time. References External links * 1906 births 1979 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Durante
Richard John Joseph Durante (born 17 August 1930 at New Westminster, British Columbia - 11 September 2003) was a Liberal Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a supervising principal by career. In the 1968 general election, Tom Barnett was initially declared the winner of the Comox—Alberni riding over Durante by a three-vote margin. But the Liberals demanded a recount whose result gave Durante a nine-vote lead, therefore giving Durante the seat in Parliament. However, Barnett and his party's riding association filed a court challenge that concluded on 3 February 1969 when two British Columbia Supreme Court judges ruled that twelve Canadian Forces } The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; french: Forces armées canadiennes, ''FAC'') are the unified military forces of Canada, including sea, land, and air elements referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Forc ... members had voted despite being ineligible. The result was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Alan Anderson
Hugh Alan Anderson (September 25, 1933 – April 22, 2015) was a Canadian politician. An insurance broker by trade, Anderson was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1974 federal election representing the riding of Comox—Alberni, British Columbia. The Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ... MP served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and the Environment from 1977 to 1978 and then as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development until the 1979 federal election in which he was defeated. Anderson has remained active in public life, serving since the 1990s as Chair of the Port Alberni Port Authority. He died on April 22, 2015. References External links * 1933 births 2015 deaths L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Gilmour (politician)
William Douglas Gilmour (born December 29, 1942 in Powell River, British Columbia) is a Canadian politician. A Registered Professional Forester, he was elected as an opposition Member of Parliament for the Comox Alberni riding in the 1993 election. He was re-elected in the Nanaimo-Alberni constituency in the 1997 election. In both elections he ran as a member of the Reform Party. At the end of his second term, the Reform Party folded into the Canadian Alliance The Canadian Alliance (french: Alliance canadienne), formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (french: Alliance réformiste-conservatrice canadienne), was a centre-right to right-wing federal political party in Canada that existed u .... He did not run in the 2000 general election. References * 1942 births Canadian Alliance MPs 20th-century Canadian politicians Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia People from Powell River, British Columbia Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Sylvester Clements
Herbert Sylvester Clements (November 8, 1865 – November 30, 1939) was a Canadian politician. Born in Dover Township, Canada West, a manufacturer and farmer, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1904 federal election for the Ontario electoral district of Kent West. A Conservative, he was defeated in 1908. He was elected in the 1911 elections for the British Columbia riding of Comox—Atlin. He was re-elected in 1917 to the redistributed seat, then named Comox-Alberni, where he was defeated in 1921. Legacy The Village of Port Clements, British Columbia, in the Queen Charlotte Islands Haida Gwaii (; hai, X̱aaydag̱a Gwaay.yaay / , literally "Islands of the Haida people") is an archipelago located between off the northern Pacific coast of Canada. The islands are separated from the mainland to the east by the shallow Heca ..., is named for him (the islands were part of Comox-Atlin). References * The Canadian Parliament; biographical sket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Webster Neill
Alan Webster Neill (October 6, 1868 - July 7, 1960) was a Canadian politician. He was elected as MLA for the riding of Alberni in 1889 and 1900 serving until 1903. He was Alderman on the first Council of the newly incorporated Town of Alberni (1912) and Mayor from 1916 to 1917. Neill was MP for the riding of Comox—Alberni from December 6, 1921, to June 10, 1945. He arrived in the Alberni Valley in 1891 as a farmer and business owner of Pioneer Feed Store. From about 1908 to 1911 Neill was the Indian Agent for the West Coast of Vancouver Island enforcing federal government policies of assimilation and the residential school system. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada during the 1921 Election as the Progressive member for Comox-Alberni, British Columbia. Though in his maiden speech in the House during the Address in Reply to the Governor General's Speech on March 16, 1922, he referred to himself as "the only Independent elected to this House... elected by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |