Results, Ridings and Candidates
Vancouver Quadra
2008 Results
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Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Education: Honours BA from McGill University, bachelor's and master's of law degrees from the University of British Columbia.
Profession: Lecturer
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Perry Goldsmith
Children: Three - Blair, Robyn and Fraser
Career Background: Full-time lecturer in commercial law at the Univerity of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business for the past 26 years. Formerly practised commercial law in Vancouver.
Community Activities: Previously active with Brownies and Guides, field hockey, B.C. president Canadian Youth Hostel Association. Volunteer for Canadian Diabetes Foundation, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Salvation Army and Cancer Society.
Electoral History
Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in this riding in the March 17, 2008, byelection.
Mailing address:
3667 W. 4th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C.
V6R 1P2
Contact information:
Telephone: 604-733-0701
Daniel Grice
Party: Green Party of Canada
Education: BA from the University of British Columbia.
Career Background: Started technology consulting and sales firm, vanalive.ca. Was an account manager for a local corporate computer supplier, Simply Computing, where he specialized in designing networks for ad agencies and creative firms.
Community Activities: Is involved in electoral reform movements and web design and is an organizer of Fair Voting B.C. In the 2005 provincial election, organized volunteers and ran a website called STVFORBC.com, which was the main website of the Yes side for the electoral reform campaign. While at UBC, was a member of campus student societies, was a director of Alma Mater Society and served the Arts Undergraduate Society.
Electoral History
Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in this riding in the March 17, 2008, byelection.
Contact information:
Telephone: 604-725-8913
Joyce Murray
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Education: Graduated from Lord Byng High School and in 1992 received a master's in business administration from Simon Fraser University.
Profession: Business executive, politician
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Dirk Brinkman
Children: Three - Baba, Erik and Dawn
Career Background: As a founding partner, devoted 25 years to building the reforestation company Brinkman and Associates Reforestation Ltd., which has planted more than 850 million trees across Canada and has operations in five countries. Has designed and led training seminars and been a guest lecturer in SFU’s executive MBA and masters of public policy programs. Has led many strategy seminars for non-profit organizations, most recently for the Environment Ministry of South Australia in 2006.
Electoral History
Provincial: Elected in 2001 to represent the riding of New Westminster.
Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in New Westminster-Coquitlam in the 2006 general election. Elected in Vancouver Quadra in the March 17, 2008, byelection.
Political History
Cabinet: Named B.C. minister of water, land and air protection (environment) and later minister of management services by Premier Gordon Campbell.
Contact information:
Telephone: 604-732-7555
Norris Barens
Party: Libertarian Party of Canada
Birthdate: Dec. 6, 1953
Age: 54
Birthplace: Vancouver, B.C.
Education: Education
Profession: First aid attendant
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Susan Lintick
Career Background: Worked in construction as a union ironworker from 1980 to 1994. Received a Level Three Occupational First Aid Ticket in 1998 and worked in the movie industry as a first aid attendant and craft service person.
Community Activities: Worked on and off for four years studying the legislative workings of the provincial government. Currently working on changing the way the legislature passes laws.
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 19594
Vancouver, B.C.
V5T 4E7
Contact information:
Telephone: 604-831-9977
vancouverpropertyrights@shaw.ca
David Caplan
Party: New Democratic Party of Canada
Education: MBA and LLB from the University of Calgary, B.Sc. in math and physics from the Royal Military College of Canada, chartered financial analyst designation from the CFA Institute
Profession: Freelance writer and homemaker
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Angel Seguin
Career Background: Served 12 years as an officer in the Canadian Forces; four years as a business lawyer at a national law firm; two years as a fundraiser at a non-profit foundation; summer work as a financial analyst at an investment bank and as a legal analyst at a resource company.
Community Activities: Several years as a paddler on community dragon boat teams, volunteer board committee member for several charities, member of two faculty councils at university, student leader and volunteer campus radio announcer, volunteer strength training staff at YM/YWCA, participant in peaceful street demonstrations.
Mailing address:
2670 West Broadway
Vancouver, B.C.
V6K 2G3
Contact information:
Telephone: 604-568-1149
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