Benno Friesen (27 June 1929 – 29 September 2021) was a
Canadian
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administrator, professor and politician. Friesen served as a
Progressive Conservative party member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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The House of Commo ...
.
Born in
Nelson, British Columbia
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, Canada, Friesen represented the British Columbia riding of
Surrey—White Rock where he was first elected in the
1974 federal election.
With the riding name changed to
Surrey—White Rock—North Delta, Friesen won re-election in the
1979
Events
January
* January 1
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,
1980
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, and
1984 federal elections. He also won in the
1988 election when the riding name reverted to
Surrey—White Rock. In all, he served in the
30th,
31st,
32nd,
33rd, and
34th Canadian Parliament
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s.
Friesen left federal politics in 1993 and was not a candidate for the federal election that year.
References
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1929 births
2021 deaths
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Canadian Mennonites
People from Nelson, British Columbia
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