Barrie Aird Clark (November 27, 1932 – March 16, 2018) was a Canadian politician and broadcaster.
He began his broadcasting career in 1949 in Kelowna, and served brief stints in Ontario and London, England before settling in Vancouver. He was a popular radio personality and parlayed his popularity into politics, beginning in 1963 as an alderman in the
District of North Vancouver
The District of North Vancouver is a district municipality in British Columbia, Canada, and is part of Metro Vancouver. It surrounds the North Vancouver (city), City of North Vancouver on three sides. As of 2016, the District stands as the se ...
.
In
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
Clark was elected to the
B.C. Legislative Assembly as a
Liberal
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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 ...
in the riding of
North Vancouver-Seymour
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Ge ...
, and was re-elected in
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
. He was defeated by
Colin Gabelmann
Colin Stuart Gabelmann (born February 11, 1944) is a former politician in British Columbia. He represented North Vancouver-Seymour from 1972 to 1975 and North Island from 1979 to 1996 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a New Dem ...
in the
1972 election.
The following year he was appointed B.C.'s first Rentalsman by Premier
Dave Barrett; he served in that position until 1976.
Clark then returned to radio as a talk show host in Vancouver, and in 1988 he returned to Kelowna to host a show on radio station
CKOV. In 1999 he was elected to Kelowna city council and served there until his retirement in 2008.
References
British Columbia Liberal Party MLAs
1932 births
2018 deaths
People from New Westminster
Canadian radio personalities
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