Audrey Marlene McLaughlin is a Canadian politician and former leader of the New Democratic Party from 1989 to 1995. She was the first female leader of a political party with representation in the House of Commons of Canada,as well as the first federal political party leader to represent an electoral district in a Canadian territory.
The Christian Heritage Party of Canada,also referred to as CHP Canada,is a minor social conservative and Christian right federal political party in Canada;it was founded in 1987,the brainchild of two couples in British Columbia,namely Bill and Heather Stilwell who were Roman Catholics and Ed Vanwoudenberg and his wife,Reformed Protestants. CHP advocates for Canada to be governed according to Christian principles and ethics. The party's stated principle is that "the purpose of civil government is to ensure security,freedom,and justice for all its citizens from conception till natural death,by upholding just laws". CHP states that,if the party forms government,it hopes to "apply proven Judeo-Christian principles of justice and compassion to Canada's contemporary public policy needs".
Simon Fraser Tolmie,was a veterinarian,farmer,politician,and the 21st premier of British Columbia,Canada.
Ian Gardiner Waddell was a Canadian politician,author and filmmaker. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1993,and in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2001.
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a circonscription but frequently called a comté (county). In Canadian English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a riding or constituency.
The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Kelowna—Lake Country is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia,Canada,that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
The Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (CPC-ML) fielded 71 candidates in the 2006 federal election. Some of these candidates have their own biography pages. Information about others may be found here.
Arthur Harry Brightwell was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1993. He was a veterinarian by career.
Edward Allan Horning was a Canadian politician. His career included real estate,shipping,business and orchards.
George Herbert Whittaker was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an orchardist and farmer by career.
Joseph Clifford (Cliff) McIsaac,was a politician,public servant and veterinarian.
Harry Magnus Olaussen is a retired Canadian politician who was a New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a merchant seaman,stationary engineer and steam engineer by career.
Joseph Anthony Greenaway Jr. is an American lawyer who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2010 to 2023. He also previously sat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1996 to 2010. On February 9,2010,he was confirmed to his seat on the Third Circuit,filling the vacancy created by Justice Samuel Alito's elevation to the United States Supreme Court. Greenaway had been mentioned as a possible candidate for the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama.
Benjamin Richard Stewart is a Canadian politician,who has represented the riding of Kelowna West in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2018 as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party. He previously represented the riding of Westside-Kelowna from 2009 to 2013.
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.
Frank Snowsell was a British-born educator and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Saanich in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia between 1952 and 1953 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member.
An electoral redistribution in British Columbia was undertaken by the BC Electoral Boundaries Commission beginning in 2014 and was formalized by the passage of Bill 42,the 2015 Electoral Districts Act,during the 40th British Columbia Parliament. The act came into effect on November 17,2015. The redistribution added two seats to the previous total,increasing the number of MLAs in the province from 85 to 87. The electoral boundaries came into effect for the 2017 election. The next redistribution is required to occur following the 2020 British Columbia general election.
Tracy Gray is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Kelowna—Lake Country in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections. She served in both the 43rd and 44th Canadian Parliaments as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. As a Member of Parliament she introduced one bill,Bill C-283 An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act,which sought to utilize penitentiaries as addiction treatment facilities but it was defeated at second reading. Prior to her election in the House of Commons,she was a city councillor for Kelowna City Council.
Lorne Doerkson is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. He represents the electoral district of Cariboo-Chilcotin as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party. He serves as the Opposition Critic for Emergency Management and Climate Readiness,and Water,Land and Resource Stewardship.
