Ted Schellenberg

Last updated


Ted William Schellenberg (born 11 August 1952) is a Canadian broadcaster and former politician. Schellenberg served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada.

Born in Dauphin, Manitoba, Schellenberg was elected at the Nanaimo—Alberni electoral district in the 1984 federal election, thus he served in the 33rd Canadian Parliament. In the 1988 federal election, his riding became Nanaimo—Cowichan and he was defeated by David Stupich of the New Democratic Party.

Schellenberg now works as an overnight anchor at News1130 radio in Vancouver.


Related Research Articles

The Green Party of Canada is a federal political party in Canada, founded in 1983 with a focus on green politics. The party has been led by Annamie Paul since 3 October 2020. The party's parliamentary leader is Elizabeth May, who previously served as party leader from 2006 to 2019.

Victoria (electoral district)

Victoria is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1904 and since 1925.

Harry Schellenberg is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2007, representing the north-end Winnipeg riding of Rossmere for the New Democratic Party.

Ralph Smith (Canadian politician) Canadian politician

Ralph Smith was a Canadian coal miner, labour leader, and politician.

Jean A. Crowder is a Canadian businesswoman and politician. She served as a Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party from 2004 until 2015.

Ron Cantelon is a Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2013. He represented the ridings of Nanaimo-Parksville from 2005 to 2009, and Parksville-Qualicum from 2009 to 2013, as a member of the BC Liberal Party caucus.

James D. Lunney is a Canadian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Alberni from 2000 to 2015.

Reed Elley is a retired Baptist minister who was elected to the Canadian Parliament in 1997 as a member of the Reform Party. He was reelected in 2000 and retired in 2004. Elley was born in Simcoe, Ontario and was educated at McMaster University in Hamilton, where he obtained a BA in History and an M.Div. in theology. He pastored several churches in the Baptist denomination in three provinces, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. In 1967, he married Louise Plester from Chemainus, British Columbia and they raised eight children—four children of their own as well as four foster children, three of whom are First Nations. Along with his wife, they fostered more than 155 children. Elley joined the Reform Party of Canada, then led by Preston Manning, in 1988 discovering that his political, social and faith views were very much aligned with Manning whom he admired. His first political activity was in 1992, when he ran a Vote No campaign on behalf of the Reform Party in the federal riding of Calgary Centre during the Charlottetown Accord constitutional referendum which he and the Party won. He then became an area manager for the Reform candidate Jim Silye. During that time he and his family moved to Vancouver Island, where he became involved in the winning campaign of Bob Ringma in 1993. After the election, he was asked to become president of the Nanaimo—Cowichan constituency association for the Reform Party.

David Daniel Stupich was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.

James Douglas Manly is a former Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands from 1980 to 1988. A member of the New Democratic Party, he also was a clergyman, factory worker and logger by career.


Edward Allan Miller was a Canadian politician, He was a teacher and guidance counsellor by career. Miller served as a New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons of Canada.

Robin Mark Richardson is a Canadian former politician and Vancouver Islander separatist/activist who was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He represented the Toronto, Ontario riding of Beaches from 1979 to 1980. He is the founder and current leader of the Vancouver Island Party.

Walter Franklyn Matthews was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Reston, Manitoba, he was a merchant by career.

Don L. Taylor was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a teacher.

Ted Hsu Canadian politician

Theodore Hsu, is a Canadian physicist and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as a Member of Parliament representing the riding of Kingston and the Islands for one term, from the 2011 election to 2015, holding various critic roles.

Sean Casey (Canadian politician) Canadian politician

Sean J. Casey is a Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island, Canada. Casey was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Charlottetown. Casey previously served as the president of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party.

Terry Beech Canadian politician

Terry Beech is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district of Burnaby North—Seymour during the 2015 Canadian federal election.

Sheila Malcolmson Canadian politician

Sheila Malcolmson is a Canadian politician who has served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the electoral district of Nanaimo since January 30, 2019. She was previously the federal Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Ladysmith from 2015 to 2019.

By-elections to the 42nd Canadian Parliament

By-elections to the 42nd Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 2015 and the 2019 federal elections. The 42nd Canadian Parliament existed from 2015 to 2019 with the membership of its House of Commons having been determined by the results of the Canadian federal election held on October 19, 2015. The Liberal Party of Canada had a majority government during this Parliament.

Paul Manly Canadian politician

Paul Manly is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nanaimo—Ladysmith from 2019 until 2021. A member of the Green Party of Canada, he was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on May 6, 2019, making him the second elected Green federal MP in Canadian history, following party leader Elizabeth May's first election victory in the 2011 federal election. Though the 42nd Canadian Parliament ended in September 2019, Manly was re-elected in the general election in October. During the 43rd Parliament Manly introduced two private member bills : Bill C-261 to prohibit marine vessels from loading thermal coal that is to be transported outside Canada, and Bill C-252 that would require public consultation during the course of international trade negotiations.