Kenneth M. Dye (born 1936) was the

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from 1981 to 1991, under both the Trudeau and

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administrations.

Early life

Trained as a chartered accountant at

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, and articled as a

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with the firm of

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Chartered Accountants, of

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. He graduated with his

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in 1971. During his term as

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, Dye reorganized the office to take advantage of new technologies, assisted the governments of

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and

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in developing their own government

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bodies. Upon leaving office in 1991, Dye served as president of the Worker's Compensation Board of BC. From 2004 to 2013, Dye was senior vice-president of the Cowater Accountability Group, a subsidiary of Cowater International Inc. Dye is also the Secretary/Treasurer of

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(CCSH).

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