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Ian Gardiner Waddell (November 21, 1942March 15, 2021) was a Canadian politician, author and filmmaker. He served in the
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from 1979 to 1993, and in the
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from 1996 to 2001.


Early life and career

Waddell was born in
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,
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, on November 21, 1942. His family immigrated to Canada when he was five. His father, Jack, worked as an electrician; his mother, Isabel, was employed as a waitress. The family moved to the suburbs of
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, initially staying in
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, and later moved to
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. He studied history at the
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(UT), graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1963. After receiving a teaching diploma from the
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that same year, he taught at Western Tech in Toronto. He then returned to UT to study law, graduating with an
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in 1967. Later he studied at the
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(LSE), from which he received a master's degree in
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. Critical of the
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, Waddell moved to
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,
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, where he articled at McTaggart, Ellis and Company. He worked as assistant city prosecutor for the City of Vancouver from 1971 to 1972, and then as a criminal defence lawyer. Later, as Legal Director at
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, he was counsel on the first successful consumer class action in Canada. He went on to be counsel to Justice Tom Berger's landmark
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(1974–1977), before becoming partner at DeCario & Waddell.


Political career

Waddell supported the
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in his youth; he joined the Liberal club during his time at UT, and chauffeured party leader
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during the 1962 federal election campaign. During his time at LSE, he became convinced of the merits of
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, and with the realization that the
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had a more conservative stance, he came to support the
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(BC NDP), canvassing for that party's candidates during the 1969 provincial election. Waddell won the nomination as a
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candidate in 1977, and ran for that party in the 1979 federal election, contesting the riding of
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. He won the seat with 45% of the vote, beating incumbent Liberal candidate
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, and was re-elected
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(MP) for that riding in the
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and 1984 federal elections. He served as NDP's energy critic at the time of the
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, before covering other portfolios such as economic development, employment, fisheries and communications. During the patriation of the
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, Waddell participated in drafting Section 35 of the ''
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'' and Section 92A of the ''
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''; the former provides constitutional protection to the indigenous and treaty rights of
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, while the latter gave provinces greater control over non-renewable natural resources.''The Constitution Act, 1867'', 30 & 31 Victoria (U.K.), c. 3, http://canlii.ca/t/ldsw retrieved on March 14, 2019. With the dissolution of Vancouver Kingsway, Waddell instead contested the newly established riding of
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in the 1988 federal election. He was elected MP for that riding, and served as NDP's justice critic in the
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. Following the resignation of
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as federal NDP leader in 1989, Waddell joined in the leadership race; he placed sixth in the first ballot before withdrawing. He sought re-election in Port Moody—Coquitlam in the 1993 federal election, but came in third with 21% of the vote, ending his 14-year career as MP. As a BC NDP candidate in the 1996 provincial election, Waddell was elected to the
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to represent the riding of
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, winning by 380 votes. He was appointed Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture in February 1998 by
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. As minister, Waddell was responsible for the first Olympic bid for the
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in Vancouver and Whistler, beating out well financed Calgary and political favourite Quebec City. He brought in a film tax credit, which created a billion dollar film industry in BC. He subsequently served as Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks under
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from November 2000 to April 2001. He lost the Vancouver-Fraserview seat to Liberal candidate Ken Johnston in the 2001 provincial election. In the 2004 federal election, Waddell ran for re-election to Parliament in the reconstituted district of Vancouver Kingsway, losing to Liberal candidate
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. At this time, Waddell
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as
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. In a rematch between the two in the 2006 federal election, Waddell once again lost to Emerson.


After politics

After leaving politics, Waddell worked as a consultant in environmental, governmental and aboriginal affairs. He was given the honorary title of
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in December 2013 for his exceptionally meritorious contribution to law. He also became a documentary film producer, winning the Best Producer Award in the 2016
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alongside Dylan Playfair and Robert Lang for their film ''The Drop: Why Young People Don't Vote''. Waddell released the political mystery novel ''A Thirst to Die For'' in 2002, and published his political memoir ''Take the Torch'' in 2018. He died on March 15, 2021, at his home in Vancouver from a heart condition at the age of 78.


See also

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Jack Woodward Jack Woodward (born 3 October 1951) is a Canadian lawyer. He specializes in Canadian Aboriginal law and is the author of ''Aboriginal Law in Canada'', which is considered the leading Canadian publication on Aboriginal Law. Woodward was named t'' ...


References


External links

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Ian Waddell's Website
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