Gerard Janssen | |
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Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Alberni | |
In office November 19,1988 –May 16,2001 | |
Preceded by | Bob Skelly |
Succeeded by | Gillian Trumper |
Personal details | |
Born | Venlo,Netherlands | May 3,1946
Political party | British Columbia New Democratic Party |
Occupation | Jeweller |
Gerard A. Janssen (b. May 3,1946 [1] ) is a Dutch-born jeweller,watchmaker and former political figure in British Columbia. He represented Alberni in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1988 to 2001 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.
He was born in Venlo,the son of Nicholas Jannsen and Maria Sloesen, [1] and came to Canada with his parents in 1952. Janssen later took over the operation of the business established by his parents in 1956. [2] In 1967,he married Florence Edith Irene McIver. [1] He was a member of the Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce,also serving as its president. Janssen was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1988 by-election held after Bob Skelly resigned his seat to enter federal politics. He served as government whip in the assembly. Janssen was a member of the provincial cabinet,serving as Minister of Small Business,Tourism and Culture from 2000 to 2001. [2] He was defeated by Gillian Trumper when he ran for reelection to the assembly in the new riding of Alberni-Qualicum in 2001. [3]
2001 British Columbia general election : Alberni-Qualicum | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Gillian Trumper | 13,109 | 53.32 | +17.47 | $34,684 | |||
New Democratic | Gerard Janssen | 7,395 | 30.08 | -21.93 | $10,768 | |||
Green | Sergio Paone | 2,999 | 12.20 | +10.83 | $4,066 | |||
Marijuana | Nicholas Saint Edmund Thorp | 1,081 | 4.40 | – | $1,578 | |||
Total valid votes | 24,584 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 93 | 0.38 | ||||||
Turnout | 24,677 | 74.70 | ||||||
Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +19.7 |
1996 British Columbia general election : Alberni | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Gerard A. Janssen | 7,398 | 52.01 | -1.38 | ||||
Liberal | Gillian Trumper | 5,099 | 35.85 | +18.21 | ||||
Reform | V. Hansen | 823 | 5.79 | – | ||||
Progressive Democrat | Ingrid Helen Rebar | 578 | 4.06 | – | ||||
Green | Andre Sperling | 195 | 1.37 | – | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Karl Angus | 72 | 0.51 | – | ||||
Natural Law | Kathleen Lapreyrouse | 58 | 0.41 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 14,223 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 86 | 0.98 | ||||||
Turnout | 14,309 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | +9.80 |
1991 British Columbia general election : Alberni | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Gerard A. Janssen | 7,136 | 53.39 | -4.08 | ||||
Social Credit | Gillian Trumper | 3,665 | 27.43 | -0.37 | ||||
Liberal | Peter J. Tanner | 2,358 | 17.64 | +2.91 | ||||
Western Canada Concept | Alan W. Banford | 206 | 1.54 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 13,365 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 372 | 0.27 | ||||||
Turnout | 13,737 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -2.23 |
: Alberni | British Columbia provincial by-election, November 19, 1988||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Gerard A. Janssen | 6,401 | 57.47 | +2.18 | ||||
Social Credit | George S. Dryden | 3,096 | 27.80 | −13.92 | ||||
Liberal | Shirley M. Bonfield | 1,640 | 14.73 | +12.3 | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 11,137 | 100.0 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 136 | 0.38 | ||||||
Turnout | 11,273 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | +8.05 | ||||||
By-election due to the Resignation of Robert Skelly to run for the Canadian House of Commons. | ||||||||
Source(s) "November 19, 1988 By-election" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. 19 November 1988. Retrieved 19 January 2017. |
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