Graeme Bowbrick

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Graeme T. Bowbrick KC
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for New Westminster
In office May 28, 1996 –May 16, 2001

Graeme Bowbrick KC is a Canadian lawyer, educator and former politician. A faculty member in the criminology department at Simon Fraser University, he previously represented the riding of New Westminster in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2001. As part of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) caucus, he served as Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology as well as Minister responsible for Youth in 2000, and as Attorney General and Minister responsible for Human Rights from 2000 to 2001. ^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Bowbrick studied history and political science at Simon Fraser University, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts. ^[2] He then graduated from the University of Victoria with an LL.B., ^{[2] [4]} and was called to the Bar on May 14, 1993. ^[5] Prior to becoming a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), he worked at the Westminster Community Legal Services Society. ^[2] He received an LL.M. from the University of British Columbia in 2013. ^[6]

He first ran for office in the 1993 federal election, contesting the riding of North Vancouver as a New Democratic Party candidate and finishing fourth. ^{[7] [8]} In the 1996 provincial election, he won the seat of New Westminster in the legislature as a BC NDP candidate, ^[8] succeeding outgoing MLA Anita Hagen. He served as parliamentary secretary to Premier Glen Clark until resigning in July 1999. ^{[2] [9]}

After Ujjal Dosanjh took over as premier in February 2000, Bowbrick was named to the cabinet as Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology, and Minister responsible for Youth. ^{[10] [11]} He then assumed the roles of Attorney General and Minister responsible for Human Rights in November that year from Andrew Petter, who was dropped from the cabinet for declining to run in the 2001 provincial election. ^{[10] [12]} With the NDP trailing in the polls, Bowbrick lost his seat in that election to Liberal candidate Joyce Murray. ^[8] It was the first time since the 1949 provincial election that a non-NDP/CCF member had been elected in the New Westminster riding.

Bowbrick subsequently joined the Criminology and Legal Studies programs at Douglas College as an instructor. He also serves as chair of the college's Education Council and ex-officio member of the College Board as of 2023; he previously served as the board's faculty member. ^[4] He is also an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University, teaching in the Criminology program. ^{[13] [14]}

Electoral history

37th British Columbia election, 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joyce Murray	11,059	49.20%		$47,701
	New Democratic	Graeme Bowbrick	6,971	31.02%		$26,704
	Green	Robert Broughton	2,982	13.27%		$3,401
	Marijuana	Marlene P. Campbell	859	3.82%		$394
	Unity	Howard Vernon Irving	604	2.69%
Total Valid Votes			22,475	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			113	0.50%
Turnout			22,588	71.07%

36th British Columbia election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Graeme Bowbrick	10,418	46.69%		$29,591
	Liberal	Helen Sparkes	8,591	38.50%		$34,673
	Reform	Brian Stromgren	1,446	6.48%
	Progressive Democrat	Craig Sahlin	1,121	5.02%
	Green	Michael G. Horn	488	2.19%		$145
	Independent	Arthur Crossman	142	0.64%
	Natural Law	George Bauch	107	0.48%		$224
Total Valid Votes			22,313	100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots			133	0.59%
Turnout			22,446	70.41%

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election : North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Ted White	20,407	40.01	+31.09
	Liberal	Mobina Jaffer	15,951	31.27	+4.06
	Progressive Conservative	Will McMartin	7,900	15.49	-22.16
	New Democratic	Graeme Bowbrick	3,254	6.38	-17.48
	National	Dallas Collis	2,234	4.38	–
	Green	Arne B. Hansen	534	1.05	+0.11
	Natural Law	Bradford Cooke	447	0.88	–
	Independent	Clarke L. Ashley	144	0.28	–
	Libertarian	Anthony Jasich	116	0.23	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Paul Fraleigh	22	0.04	–
Total valid votes			51,009	100.0
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+13.52

References

1. Bowbrick knocked off his branch: [Final Edition] Middleton, Greg. The Province [Vancouver, B.C] 17 May 2001: A6.
2. "36th Parliament Members at dissolution on April 18, 2001". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
3. "BC Votes 2009 results". CBC.ca. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
4. "Board Members' Biographies". Douglas College . Retrieved April 8, 2023.
5. "Lawyer's Profile: Graeme Bowbrick, KC". The Law Society of British Columbia. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
6. "Judicial compensation in Canada: an examination of the judicial compensation experience in selected Canadian jurisdictions 1990-2010". University of British Columbia . Retrieved April 8, 2023.
7. "Profile - North Vancouver, British Columbia (1988-10-01 - )". Library of Parliament. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
8. "Candidates: Graeme Bowbrick". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
9. "B.C. premier under pressure with 2nd cabinet resignation". CBC News. July 20, 1999. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
10. "Dosanjh Cabinet: 36th Parliament (3rd - 5th Session) 2000 - 2001" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of British Columbia . Retrieved April 1, 2023.
11. "New B.C. cabinet". CBC News. February 29, 2000. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
12. "NDP cabinet gets a major shake-up". CBC News. November 1, 2000. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
13. "Senate Summary: Meeting of September 9, 2013". Simon Fraser University. September 9, 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
14. "Individuals with Medical and/or Law Degrees Qualified to Serve on REB: July 5th, 2013" (PDF). Simon Fraser University. July 5, 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2023.

British Columbia provincial government of Ujjal Dosanjh
Cabinet posts (4)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Andrew Petter	Attorney General of British Columbia November 1, 2000–June 5, 2001	Geoff Plant
Andrew Petter	Minister responsible for Human Rights November 1, 2000–June 5, 2001	Ministry Abolished
Andrew Petter	Minister responsible for Youth February 29, 2000–November 1, 2000	Cathy McGregor
Andrew Petter	Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology February 29, 2000–November 1, 2000	Cathy McGregor