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2011 British Columbia Liberal Party Leadership Election
The 2011 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election was held following Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician), Gordon Campbell's resignation as Premier of British Columbia and as leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party. The convention elected Christy Clark, who had served as Deputy Premier of British Columbia from 2001 to 2004, as the party's new leader on February 26, 2011. Clark ultimately won the leadership on the third ballot over former Ministry of Health (British Columbia), Minister of Health Kevin Falcon with 52% of the vote. Background Campbell, who had previously served as mayor of Vancouver from 1986 to 1993, had served as leader of the BC Liberal Party since 1993. Under Campbell, the party won a majority in the 2001 British Columbia general election, 2001 general election, and was reelected with smaller majorities in 2005 British Columbia general election, 2005 and 2009 British Columbia general election, 2009. Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician), Gordon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gordon Campbell (Canadian Politician)
Gordon Muir Campbell, (born January 12, 1948) is a retired Canadian diplomat and politician who was the 35th mayor of Vancouver from 1986 to 1993 and the 34th premier of British Columbia from 2001 to 2011. He was the leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party from 1993 to 2011. From 2011 to 2016, he served as Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Canada's representative to the Ismaili Imamat from 2014 to 2016. Early life Campbell was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father, Charles Gordon (Chargo) Campbell, was a physician and an assistant dean of medicine at the University of British Columbia, until his suicide in 1961, when Gordon was 13. His mother Peg was a kindergarten assistant at University Hill Elementary School. The couple had four children. Gordon grew up in the West Point Grey neighbourhood of Vancouver and went to Stride Elementary, and University Hill Secondary School where he was student council president. Upon graduation from high sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Randy Hawes
Randy Clifford Hawes (born 1947) is a Canadian politician from British Columbia. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of BC, representing the provincial riding of Maple Ridge-Mission from 2001 to 2009, and Abbotsford-Mission from 2009 to 2013. As part of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus, he served as Minister of State for Mining from 2009 to 2011 under Premier Gordon Campbell. He also served as mayor of Mission, British Columbia from 1993 to 2001, and from 2014 to 2018. Biography Hawes was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and joined Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) as a loans officer in 1972. He managed a number of bank locations around BC and Yukon, ending up in Mission in 1979. He left TD in 1986 to work in real estate and property development. He was first elected to the municipal council of the District of Mission in 1987, serving a one-year term as councillor in 1987. He was then elected mayor of Mission in 1993, and served three consecutive terms until 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Steve Thomson (politician)
Steve Thomson (born 1951 or 1952) is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Kelowna-Mission. Thomson was re-elected in 2013 and 2017 and elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on June 22, 2017. He had previously served as Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations since 2011. Thomson resigned as Speaker on June 29, 2017, after less than a week in office, immediately following the defeat of the minority Liberal government of Christy Clark on a confidence vote. Thomson joined the cabinet in 2009 as Minister of Agriculture and Lands and has also served as Minister of Natural Resource Operations, Minister of Energy, as chair to the Environment and Land Use Committee and as a member of the Treasury Board. In Opposition, he served as the Official Opposition Critic for Citizens' Services and for Trade. Prior to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Slater (Canadian Politician)
John Kelvin Slater (January 25, 1952 – May 10, 2015) was a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Boundary-Similkameen. On January 14, 2013, Slater quit the BC Liberals after losing the nomination as the party's candidate in the 2013 election. Although he did plan to run as an independent, he withdrew his candidacy shortly afterward. Prior to his election to the legislature, he was mayor of Osoyoos Osoyoos (, ) is the southernmost town in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia between Penticton and Omak. The town is north of the United States border in the Washington State and is adjacent to the Osoyoos Indian reserve. The origin of .... Slater died on May 10, 2015, at the age of 63. References BC United MLAs 1952 births 2015 deaths 21st-century mayors of places in British Columbia Politicians from Kelowna People from Osoyoos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ralph Sultan
Ralph Sultan (born June 6, 1933) is a Canadian politician, who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the community of West Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia from 2001 to 2020. A member of the British Columbia Liberal Party, he was first elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017. In the election of 2017, he became the oldest person to be elected in the history of B.C. politics at age 83. Sultan has served as Minister of State for Seniors (2012–13), Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism (2013), and Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology (2013). He was previously a member of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts. He decided to retire rather than run in the 2020 British Columbia general election The 2020 British Columbia general election was held on October 24, 2020, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Legislative Assembly to serve in the 42nd Parliament of British Columbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Moira Stilwell
Moira Stilwell (born 1953 or 1954) is a Canadians, Canadian politician and physician who served as the member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Vancouver-Langara from 2009 to 2017. As part of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus, she served in several Executive Council of British Columbia, cabinet posts under Premier of British Columbia, premiers Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician), Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark. Background Stilwell graduated from the University of Calgary Medical School, and received further training in nuclear medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and in radiology at the University of Toronto. After serving as staff radiologist and co-medical director of the Breast Health Program at B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre, BC Women's Hospital, she became the head of nuclear medicine at St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver), St. Paul's Hospital, Surrey Memorial Hospital, and Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Canc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Rustad
John Rustad (born August 18, 1963) is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Opposition in British Columbia since 2024 and as the leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia since 2023. He has served as the member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Nechako Lakes since 2009. A former BC Liberal before his expulsion from caucus in 2022, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2005, representing Prince George–Omineca. He served in Premier Christy Clark's cabinet as Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, and Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Early life Rustad was born and raised in Prince George, British Columbia. His father worked in forestry, and his mother was a homemaker. He has two older brothers. Prior to provincial politics, he had worked in the forest sector for two decades, founding a consulting firm named Western Geographic Information Systems Inc. in 1995. Between 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Don McRae (politician)
Don McRae (born 1969 or 1970) is a Former Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, and a member of the BC Liberal Party. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from the riding of Comox Valley in the 2009 provincial election. After serving nearly 2 years on the backbenches he was appointed Minister of Agriculture on March 14, 2011, in Premier Christy Clark's first cabinet. On September 5, 2012, he was appointed as the Minister of Education. In addition to his ministerial roles, he sat on the Environment and Land Use Committee and the Cabinet Committee on Open Government and Engagement. He introduced one piece of legislation, the ''Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act, 2011''. Prior to working in the provincial government, McRae worked as a secondary school teacher at Georges P. Vanier Secondary School. He spent seven years on Courtenay's city council, having successfully run in the 2002, 2005, and 2008 municipal elections. He was appointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mary McNeil
Mary McNeil is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Vancouver-False Creek. cbc.ca. She did not seek re-election in the 2013 provincial election. During her one-term in the Legislature, McNeil was initially appointed Minister of State for the Olympics and ActNow BC. She subsequently served as Minister of Citizens' Services and as Minister of Children and Family Developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Norm Letnick
Norm Letnick (born 1957) is a Canadian politician, who was first elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2020. During his terms in office, Letnick served over four years as British Columbia's minister of Agriculture, the longest period in this portfolio of any BC Liberal. He was elected as a member of the BC Liberal Party in the riding of Kelowna-Lake Country. While his party formed a majority government in the 39th Parliament, Letnick was not initially included in the cabinet but was appointed to several committees, including the Select Standing Committee on Health where he was chair and tasked to report on the impacts of baby boomers and alternative strategies on the health care system. Prior to being appointed assistant deputy speaker he served as opposition health critic for three years. During that time he worked in close collaboration with health minister Adrian Dix on many file ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Richard Lee (Canadian Politician)
Richard T. Lee ( zh, s=李灿明, t=李燦明; born 1954) is a Canadian politician. A city councillor in Burnaby, British Columbia since 2022, he previously represented the electoral district of Burnaby North in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2017, as part of the BC Liberal caucus. Background Born in Zhongshan, People's Republic of China in 1954, Lee lived in Hong Kong and Macau before moving to Canada in 1971 to join his grandfather, who entered the country in 1913 by paying the Chinese head tax. He studied physics and mathematics at the University of British Columbia, earning a bachelor of science degree in 1976 and a master of science degree in 1980; he also worked at the university as a programmer analyst at Triumf. He has lived in Burnaby since 1986 with his late wife Anne, with whom he raised three children. Political career A member of the BC Liberal Party since 1993, Lee first contested the riding of Burnaby North in the 1996 election, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Terry Lake
Terry Lake is a former Canadian politician, at the municipal and provincial levels, and veterinarian. Lake was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and a member of the BC Liberal Party. Lake announced September 1, 2016 that he would not seek re-election in 2017. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from the riding of Kamloops-North Thompson in the 2009 provincial election. In the 39th Parliament of British Columbia, Lake was not named to Premier Gordon Campbell's cabinet, but he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Ranching Task Force and, following that task force's work, Lake was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Health Promotion. Lake also chaired the Sled Dog Task Force. Once Christy Clark became premier she appointed Lake, on March 14, 2011, the Minister of Environment. Lake gained media attention when he chaired the Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives. When the provincial government announced the intention to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
