Английская Википедия:Elayne Brenzinger
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use Canadian English Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Elayne Brenzinger (born 1951, in Scotland) was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, serving as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party from 2001-2005. She was a key figure in the formation of the Democratic Reform British Columbia Party and was its first MLA.
Career
She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party in the 2001 provincial election for the riding of Surrey-Whalley. Brenzinger defeated cabinet minister and long time NDP MLA, Joan Smallwood, winning 45.73 percent of the vote.[1] Aside from Brenzinger's term in office, Surrey-Whalley has been a predominantly NDP riding.[2]
She resigned from the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent in March 2004 because of a dispute with the party leadership, including over concerns with the sale of BC Rail to CN.[3][4] She claimed then-premier and party leader Gordon Campbell humiliated her at a caucus meeting in 2003, cursing and yelling at her.[5]
In March 2004, following her departure from the party, she made public allegations of improper conduct against liberal MLA Richard Stewart, claiming he had groped her at a night club in Victoria.[6][7] Stewart was suspended from office,[8] though Brenzinger later retracted the allegations and issued a formal apology.[9][10][11] Stewart retracted his defamation lawsuit after the apology.[12]
She was a key force in the creation of the Democratic Reform BC party, which was officially founded on January 15, 2005, and became its first MLA four days later.[11]
On May 17, 2005, Brenzinger was defeated by New Democratic candidate Bruce Ralston in her Surrey-Whalley riding.
Election results
Шаблон:British Columbia provincial election, 2005/Surrey-Whalley
Шаблон:Election FPTP begin |- Шаблон:CANelec |- Шаблон:Canadian party colour |NDP |Joan Smallwood |align="right"|4,536 |align="right"|30.99% |align="right"| |align="right"|$42,735 Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:CANelec/total Шаблон:CANelec/total Шаблон:CANelec/total |}
References
External links
Шаблон:BritishColumbia-MLA-stub
- Английская Википедия
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Scottish emigrants to Canada
- BC United MLAs
- Women MLAs in British Columbia
- Democratic Reform British Columbia MLAs
- People from Surrey, British Columbia
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
