Clive Tanner

Clive Tanner
MLA for Saanich North and the Islands
In office
1991–1996
Preceded by first member
Succeeded by Murray Coell
Personal details
Born (1934-01-07) January 7, 1934
Edmonton, Essex, England
Political party British Columbia Liberal Party

Clive Tanner (born January 7, 1934) is a former Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 1996, as a British Columbia Liberal Party member for the constituency of Saanich North and the Islands.[1]

Tanner previously lived in Yukon, where he was a member of the Yukon Territorial Council in the 1970s[2] and served as Minister of Health.[3] After the territory introduced partisan elections to the new Legislative Assembly of Yukon in 1977, Tanner ran as the Yukon Liberal Party candidate for Whitehorse Porter Creek West in the 1978 territorial election, but was not elected to the legislature.

He subsequently lived in Sidney, British Columbia, where he owned bookstores in Sidney and Victoria.[4] He was a candidate in the BC Liberal Party's 1987 leadership race to succeed Art Lee,[4] but he withdrew from the race in August after sustaining a leg injury.[5]

Electoral record

British Columbia general election, 1991: Saanich North and the Islands
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalClive Tanner 13,633 52.53%
New DemocraticElsie McMurphy 8,745 33.70%
Social CreditRichard Holmes 2,917 11.24%
ReformDon Hutchings 557 2.15%
Family CoalitionThomas Aussenegg 99 0.38%
Total valid votes 25,951100.00%
Total rejected ballots 3071.17%
Turnout 26,25882.31%

References

  1. "Two former members defeated as Yukon elects new councillors". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1070.
  2. "B.C. a polarized province despite NDP win". Montreal Gazette, October 19, 1991.
  3. 1 2 "Businessman in Liberal race". Vancouver Sun, April 29, 1987.
  4. "Leadership may be one-man race". The Globe and Mail, August 27, 1987.


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