Related Research Articles
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of British Columbia,in the province of British Columbia,Canada. The other component of Parliament is the lieutenant governor of British Columbia. The assembly has 87 elected members and meets in Victoria. Members are elected from provincial ridings and are referred to as members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor in the name of the King of Canada.
The 1924 British Columbia general election was the sixteenth general election in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on May 10,1924,and held on June 20,1924. The new legislature met for the first time on November 3,1924.
Corky Evans is a former Canadian provincial politician in British Columbia,Canada. He twice ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia,placing second both times. In both cases,the party formed the government of British Columbia and its leader became Premier of British Columbia. He served in several cabinet ministries.
Harold Long was a politician in British Columbia (BC),Canada.
Peace River North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada. It was created under the name North Peace River by the Constitution Amendment Act,1955,which split the old riding of Peace River into northern and southern portions for the 1956 BC election. Its current name has been in use since 1991.
Nelson-Creston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933 following a redistribution of the earlier Nelson and Creston ridings.
Hugh Nelson was a Canadian parliamentarian and the fourth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
Ralph Sultan 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.
Katrine Conroy is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2005 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Kootenay West as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. She has served in the cabinet of British Columbia since 2017,currently as Minister of Finance.
Linda Reid is a Canadian politician. She was Minister of Advanced Education and a Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. She was first elected in 1991 to represent the riding of Richmond East and was re-elected in 1996,2001,2005,2009,2013,and 2017. Reid served as Minister of State for Childcare from June 2005 to June 2009 and the Minister of State for Early Childhood Development from June 2001 to June 2005. She served as the Deputy Speaker from 2009 until 2013. She also served as the Assistant Deputy Speaker from 2017 to 2019.
John Yap is a Canadian politician and former banker. He represented the electoral district of Richmond-Steveston in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020,as part of the BC Liberal caucus. During his time in government,he served as Minister of State for Climate Action,Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism,and Minister of Advanced Education,Innovation and Technology in the cabinets of premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark.
Blair Lekstrom is a Canadian politician. He was formerly a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,representing the riding of Peace River South from 2001 to 2013. A caucus member of the British Columbia Liberal Party,he served in several cabinet posts under premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark. He was the mayor of Dawson Creek from 1996 to 2001,and served as city councillor on two separate occasions.
Spirit River-Fairview was a provincial electoral district in northwestern Alberta,Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1971 to 1986.
The 39th Parliament of British Columbia sat from 2009 to 2013,replacing the 38th parliament and being succeeded by the 40th parliament. It was composed of two elements:the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,as elected by the general election of May 12,2009,and The Queen represented by the Lieutenant-Governor. That election resulted in a majority government for the BC Liberal Party led by Gordon Campbell,and a BC New Democratic Party official opposition.
Pat Pimm is a Canadian politician,who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election,and represented the riding of Peace River North. He has lived in Fort St. John,British Columbia and has a business background working at an instrumentation company that specializes in the oil and gas sector. He spent 12 years on the Fort St. John city council before his election to the Legislative Assembly. In the 39th Parliament of BC Pimm served on several committees and first became involved with the Executive Council in October 2010 when former B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell appointed Pimm as the Parliamentary Secretary for the Natural Gas Initiative under the Ministry of Energy. When Christy Clark became Premier of British Columbia in March 2011,she retained Pimm at the same position.
Michelle Mungall is a Canadian politician,who represented the Nelson-Creston electoral district Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2009 to 2020. She is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 2009 election and re-elected in the 2013 and 2017 elections. During the 41st Parliament (2017-2020) she served in the Executive Council as the Minister for Energy,Mines and Petroleum Resources,and for several months in 2020 as the Minister of Jobs,Economic Development and Competitiveness. In the ministerial role she led the government through adopting the Zero- Emission Vehicles Act to require that by the year 2040 all new light-duty vehicle sales in BC must be zero-emission vehicles. She also led the government through amending several energy,mines and petroleum resource-related acts,including implementing recommendations from a comprehensive review of BC Hydro.
Sandy Santori is a former Canadian politician. Santori served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. He had previously served as the mayor of Trail,British Columbia and in his youth was the goalie of the Trail Smoke Eaters Junior Hockey and then the Saint Michaels Buzzers of the OKHL. From there Santori went on to play for the Ivy League Cornell Red on a full hockey scholarship. He represented the riding of West Kootenay-Boundary. He was appointed Minister of Management Services in 2001 and Minister of State for Resource Development in 2004. In January 2005 resigned from the legislature,giving health reasons and a new job as general manager of Rossland-Trail Country Club.
Roy Edward Conroy was a Canadian politician who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Rossland-Trail in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1991 to 2001. He was a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
Andrew J. Petter is a former academic and provincial politician in British Columbia,Canada. He represented the electoral district of Saanich South in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2001. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus,he served in various cabinet posts under premiers Mike Harcourt,Glen Clark,Dan Miller and Ujjal Dosanjh,including as Attorney General of British Columbia from February to November 2000.
Alan Lawrence Passarell was a Canadian politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia representing the riding of Atlin from 1979 to 1986. He was in the New Democratic Party until October 1985,when he switched to the British Columbia Social Credit Party.
References
- ↑ Payne, Colin (May 25, 2010). "Former MLA walks from West Arm plane crash". Nelson Daily News.
- ↑ "Future of Bountiful, B.C. Polygamous sect unclear after criminal conviction".
