Suzanne Anton | |
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Attorney General of British Columbia | |
In office June 10, 2013 –June 12, 2017 | |
Premier | Christy Clark |
Preceded by | Shirley Bond |
Succeeded by | Andrew Wilkinson |
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Fraserview | |
In office May 13,2013 –May 9,2017 | |
Preceded by | Kash Heed |
Succeeded by | George Chow |
Personal details | |
Born | May 31,1952 |
Political party | BC Liberal (provincial) Non-Partisan Association (municipal) |
Profession | Lawyer,schoolteacher,politician |
Suzanne Anton, KC (born May 31,1952) is a Canadian politician and the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of British Columbia. Elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election,Anton represented the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party,following a career at the municipal level. She was appointed British Columbia's Attorney General and Minister of Justice on June 10,2013.
Prior to her political involvement,Anton was a lawyer and former prosecutor with the Criminal Justice Branch of British Columbia. She was defeated in the 2017 provincial election by George Chow.
Anton sought official status to lead the "no" side opposing any electoral reform in BC with Bill Tieleman and Bob Plecas. [1] [2]
Anton has made public statements in regards to the murder of Maple Batalia,a Simon Fraser University student murdered in 2011,whose alleged murderer has been charged but still not tried as of 2015. The trial is expected to resume in January 2016.[ needs update ]
Anton has stated that the pre-trial delay must be very difficult for to the Batalia family. She said the British Columbia government is committed to supporting families through the Crime Victim Assistance Program which provides financial benefits to help people recover from the impacts of victimization. She said that Crown counsel do their best to advance cases promptly and provide the accused with a fair and timely trial. [3]
Born in Duncan,British Columbia,Anton graduated from Queen Margaret's School in 1970 and went on to receive her Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the University of Victoria. She went on to complete her Bachelor of Law from the University of British Columbia in 1979. [4]
Prior to her career in politics,Suzanne Anton was a mathematics teacher at the Carlucci American International School of Lisbon in Portugal,and through Canadian University Service Overseas in Nigeria. [5] She was also a Crown Counsel lawyer. She served with many organizations including the Vancouver Sport Tourism Task Force;MoreSports (founding member);ARKS (Arbutus Ridge Kerrisdale Shaughnessy) CityPlan Visioning community liaison group;Vancouver City Planning Commission;Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion Vancouver event;Kerrisdale Soccer Club (past president);Vancouver Field Sport Federation (past vice-president);Achilles Track Society;and Riley Park community association.
In 2002,Anton was elected to the Vancouver Park Board and served a single term. In 2005,Anton was elected to Vancouver City Council in 2005,to which she was re-elected in 2008. During that time,Anton served on the Board of Directors for the B.C. Pavilion Corporation (PavCo),the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra,the BC Sports Hall of Fame,the 2011 Grey Cup committee and the Vancouver 125 committee.
While in municipal government,Anton served as the Vancouver director for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities,where she was the vice chair of the committee to Increase Women's Participation in Municipal Government and sat on the Governance Review Committee. As a Director of Metro Vancouver,Anton was a member of the Waste Management Committee,the Land Use and Transportation Committee,and the UBC/Metro Vancouver joint committee. Anton served as the Vancouver director on Translink during the initial construction of the Canada Line. While there,she also served on the audit committee. Anton has served on numerous community and sport boards.
In addition to this,Anton served as the vice-chair of the city's Planning and Environment Committee and a member of the Heritage Commission. At the Metro Vancouver level,she was a member of the Land Use and Transportation Committee and the Vancouver/UBC Joint Committee,where she was the lead on the issue of University of British Columbia governance.
In Vancouver's 2011 municipal election,Anton was the Non-Partisan Association's candidate for Mayor of Vancouver,eventually losing to incumbent Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver.
In her time on Vancouver City Council,Anton has also sat on the boards of TransLink,Metro Vancouver,and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. She has been vice-chair of the city's Planning and Environment Committee and a member of the Heritage Commission. At the Metro Vancouver level,she was a member of the Land Use and Transportation Committee and the Vancouver/UBC Joint Committee,where she was the lead on the issue of University of British Columbia governance.
Anton and her husband Olin have three adult children named Elizabeth,Robert and Angus. [5]
2017 British Columbia general election : Vancouver-Fraserview | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | George Chow | 11,487 | 48.57 | +4.01 | $68,196 | |||
Liberal | Suzanne Anton | 9,985 | 42.22 | -4.52 | $69,911 | |||
Green | Eric Kolotyluk | 1,826 | 7.72 | +2.04 | $2,357 | |||
Libertarian | Hiroshi Hyde | 179 | 0.76 | – | $56 | |||
Your Political Party | Harpreet S. Bajwa | 174 | 0.73 | – | $8,399 | |||
Total valid votes | 23,651 | 100.00 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 252 | 1.05 | -0.1 | |||||
Turnout | 23,903 | 60.55 | +5.59 | |||||
Registered voters | 39,479 | |||||||
Source: Elections BC [6] [7] |
2013 British Columbia general election : Vancouver-Fraserview | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Suzanne Anton | 10118 | 46.74 | |||||
New Democratic | Gabriel Yiu | 9648 | 44.57 | |||||
Green | Stuart Mackinnon | 1230 | 5.68 | |||||
Conservative | Rajiv Pandey | 653 | 3.02 | |||||
Total valid votes | 21649 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 251 | 1.15 | ||||||
Turnout | 21900 | 54.96 | ||||||
Source: Elections BC [8] |
2011 Vancouver Mayoral Election
Candidate Name | Party affiliation | Votes | % of votes | Elected | |
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(I) Gregor Robertson | Vision Vancouver | 77,005 | 53.17% | X | |
Suzanne Anton | Non-Partisan Association | 58,152 | 40.15% | ||
Randy Helten | Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver | 4,007 | 2.77% | ||
Gerry McGuire | Vancouver Citizen's Voice | 1,195 | 0.83% | ||
Sam Pelletier | Independent | 443 | 0.31% | ||
Darrell Zimmerman | Independent | 426 | 0.29% | ||
Dubgee | Independent | 419 | 0.29% | ||
Robin Lawrance | Independent | 353 | 0.24% | ||
Victor B. Paquette | Independent | 333 | 0.23% | ||
Lloyd Alan Cooke | Independent | 310 | 0.21% | ||
Menard Caissy | Independent | 288 | 0.20% | ||
Gölök Zoltán Buday | Independent | 268 | 0.19% |
2008 Vancouver Municipal Election - City Council
2005 Vancouver Municipal Election - City Council
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Suzanne Anton | NPA | 60586 | ||
Peter Ladner * | NPA | 58142 | ||
Raymond Louie * | Vision | 52795 | ||
Kim Capri | NPA | 52719 | ||
Tim Stevenson * | Vision | 51527 | ||
David Cadman * | COPE | 51155 | ||
George Chow | Vision | 51107 | ||
Elizabeth Ball | NPA | 50865 | ||
Heather Deal | Vision | 50624 | ||
B.C. Lee | NPA | 50047 | ||
Ronald Leung | NPA | 48430 | ||
Fred Bass* | COPE | 48248 | ||
Colleen Hardwick Nystedt | NPA | 46737 | ||
Valerie Jenkinson | NPA | 46077 | ||
Heather Harrison | Vision | 45719 | ||
Kathi Thompson | NPA | 45314 | ||
Tim Louis* | COPE | 43349 | ||
Ellen Woodsworth* | COPE | 42724 | ||
Anne Roberts* | COPE | 41739 | ||
Patrick Maliha | NPA | 39165 | ||
Ann Livingston | Green | 27168 | ||
Kevin Potvin | Independent | 10806 | ||
Michelle Jasmine Chang | Independent | 9016 | ||
Jamie Lee Hamilton | Independent | 8153 | ||
Patrick Britten | Nude Garden | 6595 | ||
Lea Johnson | Independent | 6253 | ||
Beverley Ballantyne | Independent | 6153 | ||
John W. Angus | Independent | 5728 | ||
Wendythirteen | Independent | 4247 | ||
John Patrick Gordon | Independent | 3887 | ||
Phyllis Loke | Independent | 3562 | ||
Marc Boyer | Independent | 3388 | ||
Greg Aulin | Independent | 3335 | ||
Don Briere | Independent | 3125 | ||
David Wilson Applegath | Independent | 2718 | ||
Steve Wansleeben | Independent | 2478 | ||
Total | 1083681 | 100.0 |
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