Lyle Benjamin James Kahl (June 27, 1939 – April 12, 2020) was an educator, businessman and political figure in

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. He represented

Esquimalt The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquim ...

in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1975 to 1979 as a

Social Credit Social credit is a distributive philosophy of political economy developed by C. H. Douglas. Douglas attributed economic downturns to discrepancies between the cost of goods and the compensation of the workers who made them. To combat what he ...

member. He was born in Rabbit Lake, Saskatchewan, the son of Henry and Clara Kahl, and was educated at the Saskatchewan Teacher's College, at the

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and at the

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...

. In 1961, he married Donna Marie Stewart. Kahl was defeated by Frank Mitchell when he ran for reelection to the assembly in the newly created riding of

Esquimalt-Port Renfrew Esquimalt-Port Renfrew was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1979 to 1986. Its predecessor riding was Esquimalt. Its principal successor-riding, which is the current riding, is Esquimalt-Metchosin. ...

in 1979. He died in Victoria, British Columbia on April 12, 2020.

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British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs 1939 births 2020 deaths {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub