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37th Parliament Of British Columbia
The 37th Parliament of British Columbia sat from 2001 to 2005. The members of the 37th Parliament were elected in the British Columbia general election held on May 16, 2001. Members of the 37th Parliament Members of the 37th Parliament who resigned * Gulzar Cheema, Liberal – Surrey-Panorama Ridge * Gary Farrell-Collins, Liberal – Vancouver-Fairview * Sandy Santori, Liberal – West Kootenay-Boundary Members of the 37th Parliament elected in byelections * Jagrup Brar Jagrup Brar is a Canadian politician. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in British Columbia, representing the riding of Surrey-Panorama Ridge from 2004 to 2009, then Surrey-Fleetwood from 2009 to 2013 and since 2017. A member o ..., N.D.P. – Surrey-Panorama Ridge Party standings of the 37th Parliament at investiture Party standings of the 37th Parliament at Dissolution Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Parliament of British Columbia, 37 37 2000s in Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Claude Richmond
Claude Harry Richmond (born August 3, 1935) is a former Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the riding of Kamloops from 1981 to 1991 as part of the British Columbia Social Credit Party (Socred), and from 2001 to 2009 as part of the British Columbia Liberal Party. He held various cabinet positions under premiers Bill Bennett, Bill Vander Zalm, Rita Johnston and Gordon Campbell, and served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2005. Background Born in Blue River, British Columbia, Richmond grew up in the Kamloops area and attended Kamloops Senior Secondary School. After serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force and working in small business, he served on the Kamloops City Council for two terms in the 1970s, then worked as manager of CHNL AM610 from 1978 to 1982. He married his wife Patricia in 1958; they have three children together. Provincial politics Social Credit Party Running for the Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Penticton-Okanagan Valley
Penticton-Summerland is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. Previously the district was named Okanagan-Penticton from 1991 to 2001, Penticton-Okanagan Valley from 2001 to 2009 and Penticton from 2009 to 2024. The riding adopted its current name and had modest boundary changes from the 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 redistribution. Geography As of the 2024 provincial election, Penticton comprises the northern portion of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. It is located in southern British Columbia. Communities in the electoral district consist of Penticton and Summerland. History Okanagan-Penticton was created for the 1991 election from parts of the dual member ridings of Boundary-Similkameen Boundary-Similkameen is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was formed in 2008 out of parts of Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet. The riding's name corr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gulzar Cheema
Gulzar Singh Cheema (born August 11, 1954) is an Indian-born Canadian physician and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1993, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2004, making him one of only a few Canadian politicians to have sat in two provincial legislatures since Confederation. He is the first Indian-born provincial legislator in Canada. He was also a cabinet minister in the government of Premier of British Columbia Gordon Campbell from 2001 to 2004, and was a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada in the federal election of 2004. Background The son of Ajinder Singh Cheema and Ajit Kaur Aulakh, he grew up in Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. He received a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery from Punjab University in 1977, then worked as a clinical instructor. He moved to Canada in 1979, and married Harinder Claire the same year; they have two children together. Following his intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Prince George-Mount Robson
Prince George-Mount Robson was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 1991 to 2009. Geography History The riding was created for the 1991 election from part of Prince George South. It was abolished before the 2009 election into Prince George-Valemount. MLAs # Lois Boone, NDP (1991–2001) # Shirley Bond, Liberal (2001–2009) Member of the Legislative Assembly Its last MLA was Shirley Bond who was first elected in 2001. She represented the British Columbia Liberal Party BC United (BCU), known from 1903 until 2023 as the British Columbia Liberal Party or BC Liberals, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party has been described as conservative, neoliberal, and occupying a centre-right .... Mrs. Bond was appointed Minister of Health Services and Deputy Premier in 2004. She had previously served as Minister of Advanced Education. Election results , - , - , NDP , Wayne Mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shirley Bond
Shirley Bond (born 1956 or 1957) is a Canadian politician who served as interim leader of the BC Liberal Party from 2020 to 2022, and also served as the Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia. She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2001 British Columbia general election. She was re-elected for a fifth term as MLA for the Prince George-Valemount riding in 2017. She did not run for re-election in 2024. She was appointed Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister responsible for Labour on June 10, 2013 serving in that capacity until the Liberal government was unseated in a non-confidence vote in 2017. As of May 1, 2024, Bond served as the Shadow Minister for Health, Senior Services & Long Term Care. She also served as vice-chair of the Treasury Board, chaired the Cabinet Committee on New Relationship Coordination, and sat as a member of the cabinet climate action committee. Before being elected to the legislative assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Burquitlam (provincial Electoral District)
Burquitlam was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009. Demographics Geography The area of the Burquitlam riding included parts of both Burnaby and Coquitlam in the eastern suburbs of Vancouver. The riding straddled the border between the two cities. History Member of the Legislative Assembly Its only MLA was Harry Bloy, a former president of a local telecommunications company. He was elected in 2001 and 2005, as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party. Election results , - , - , NDP , Bart Healey , align="right", 9,682 , align="right", 44.68% , align="right", , align="right", $47,079 , Independent , Graham "Evil Genius" Fox , align="right", 125 , align="right", 0.58% , align="right", , align="right", $121 , - , - , NDP NDP may stand for: Computing * Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Internet protocol * Nortel Discovery Protocol, a layer two Internet protocol, also called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Harry Bloy
James Henry "Harry" Bloy (born April 19, 1946) is a retired Canadian politician from British Columbia. He was a BC Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2013, representing Burquitlam (2001-2009) and later Burnaby Lougheed (2009-2013). Bloy was notably the only BC Liberal MLA to support Christy Clark's successful candidacy for party leadership in 2011. He did not run for reelection in 2013. Early life and education Bloy was born on April 19, 1946 in Sudbury, Ontario. He received a marketing diploma from Ryerson Polytechnic University. Political career Bloy was an unsuccessful candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party in the 1983 provincial election in the riding of Burnaby North. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2001 election for Burquitlam. He was reelected by a margin of 372 votes in 2005. In 2009, he was elected to represent the newly-created Burnaby-Loughseed riding, defeatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Surrey-Newton (provincial Electoral District)
Surrey-Newton is a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding was first created out of the two-member Surrey (electoral district), Surrey district, which had been in existence since 1966, and first returned members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in 1986 British Columbia general election, the 1986 election. Surrey had always been a battleground between the British Columbia New Democratic Party, NDP and British Columbia Social Credit Party, Social Credit, trading back and forth between the two parties. The riding was represented by Premier Rita Johnston, who was a prominent Cabinet minister in the Bill Vander Zalm, Vander Zalm government between 1986 and 1991. In 1991, Penny Priddy defeated Johnston in a realigning election that saw British Columbia Social Credit Party, Social Credit experience massive defeats all across the province. During the NDP government from 1991 to 2001, Priddy emerge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tony Bhullar
Tony Bhullar is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Surrey-Newton in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. He sat as a member of the BC Liberal Party. Electoral record , - , - , NDP NDP may stand for: Computing * Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Internet protocol * Nortel Discovery Protocol, a layer two Internet protocol, also called SONMP * Nondeterministic programming, a type of computer language Government * National Dev ... , Param Grewal , align="right", 3,949 , align="right", 28.93% , align="right", , align="right", $32,318 , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Valid Votes !align="right", 13,649 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total Rejected Ballots !align="right", 92 !align="right", 0.67% !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 13,741 !align="right", 65.51% ! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kootenay East (provincial Electoral District)
Kootenay-Rockies (formerly Kootenay from 1966 to 2001; East Kootenay from 2001 to 2009; Kootenay East from 2009 to 2024) is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The district was created before the 1966 election by the merger of Cranbrook (provincial electoral district), Cranbrook and Fernie (provincial electoral district), Fernie ridings, and despite its long period under the "Kootenay" moniker, never extended to cover more than a fraction of the whole Kootenays, "Kootenay" region. Post-2001, broadly similar territory was included under the successive names East Kootenay, Kootenay East and Kootenay-Rockies. The riding adopted its current name and had minor boundary changes from the 2024 British Columbia general election, 2024 election, which implemented the results of the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, 2021 redistribution. For other historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bill Bennett (politician)
William Bennett (born 1950) is a former Canadian politician. From 2001 until 2017, Bennett represented the riding of Kootenay East in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. As part of the BC Liberal Party caucus, he served in several cabinet posts under Premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark. Early life and career Bennett grew up in Campbellford, Ontario, where his parents owned a furniture store. After leaving school at grade 9, he found work in his late teens at a fly-in fishing lodge near the Northern Ontario town of Red Lake. He later returned to school, graduating from the University of Guelph in 1976 with an honours degree in English, and went on to own and operate fly-in fishing and hunting lodges in the Northwest Territories and Manitoba. He then returned to Campbellford with his family and attended law school at Queen's University, earning a law degree in 1992. He subsequently moved to Cranbrook, British Columbia, and practiced law there beginning in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
North Coast (provincial Electoral District)
North Coast-Haida Gwaii is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the original name North Coast by 1990 legislation which came into effect for the 1991 election, largely out of the previous riding of Prince Rupert. Following the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution that took effect for the 2024 election, it adopted its present name but did not undergo any boundary changes. Geography As of the 2024 provincial election, North Coast-Haida Gwaii comprises the entire area of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte and Central Coast Regional Districts and the southern portion of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, located in the central and northern coast of British Columbia, Haida Gwaii and other islands. Communities in the electoral district consist of Prince Rupert, Bella Coola, Bella Bella, Daajing Giids (formerly Queen Charlotte), Masset, Port Edward, Klemtu and Port Clements. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
