Claude Richmond | |
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35th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | |
In office June 19, 2001 –May 16, 2005 | |
Premier | Gordon Campbell |
Lieutenant Governor | Garde Gardom Iona Campagnolo |
Preceded by | Bill Hartley |
Succeeded by | Bill Barisoff |
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Kamloops | |
In office May 16, 2001 –May 12, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Cathy McGregor |
Succeeded by | Riding Abolished |
In office December 14, 1981 –October 17, 1991 Servingwith Bud Smith (1986-91) | |
Preceded by | Rafe Mair |
Succeeded by | Arthur Charbonneau |
Minister of Tourism of British Columbia | |
In office August 6, 1986 –August 14, 1986 | |
Premier | Bill Vander Zalm |
Succeeded by | William Earl Reid |
Minister of Social Services and Housing of British Columbia | |
In office August 14, 1986 –November 1, 1989 | |
Premier | Bill Vander Zalm |
Succeeded by | Peter Albert Dueck |
Minister of Min. of State, Okanagan of British Columbia | |
In office October 22, 1987 –July 6, 1988 | |
Premier | Bill Vander Zalm |
Minister of Tourism of British Columbia | |
In office September 22, 1989 –November 1, 1989 | |
Premier | Bill Vander Zalm |
Preceded by | William Earl Reid |
Succeeded by | Cliff Michael |
Provincial Secretary of British Columbia | |
In office September 22, 1989 –November 1, 1989 | |
Premier | Bill Vander Zalm |
Preceded by | William Earl Reid |
Succeeded by | Howard Leroy Dirks |
Minister of Forests of British Columbia | |
In office November 1, 1989 –November 5, 1991 | |
Premier | Bill Vander Zalm Rita Johnston |
Preceded by | Dave Parker |
Succeeded by | Dan Miller |
Minister of Employment and Income Assistance of British Columbia | |
In office June 16, 2005 –June 23, 2008 | |
Premier | Gordon Campbell |
Personal details | |
Born | Claude Harry Richmond August 3, 1935 Blue River, British Columbia |
Political party | Social Credit Liberal |
Claude Harry Richmond (born August 3, 1935) is a former BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. [1] He represented the riding of Kamloops from 1981 to 1991 and from 2001 to 2009.
He was first elected as MLA for Kamloops in a by-election in 1981 to replace Rafe Mair. Richmond represented the riding for the Social Credit Party of British Columbia, serving in a variety of cabinet portfolios, until leaving politics in 1991. In his first term from 1981 to 1986, Kamloops was a single-member district; in his second term from 1986 to 1991 it was revised to a dual-member district, and Richmond served alongside Bud Smith.
Richmond served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005, succeeded by Bill Barisoff. He was subsequently appointed the Minister of Employment and Income Assistance.
On May 9, 2008, he announced that he would not stand for re-election in the 2009 provincial election. [2]
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