Gary Farrell-Collins - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Gary Collins, formerly referred to as Gary Farrell-Collins prior to 2001, is a former Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....

from 1991 to 2004, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fairview

Vancouver-Fairview

Vancouver-Fairview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :-MLAs:#Gary Farrell-Collins, Liberal #Gregor Robertson, NDP #Jenn McGinn, NDP...

. He resigned in December 2004 to become CEO of the now defunct Harmony Airways

Harmony Airways

Harmony Airways was an airline headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of Vancouver. It operated holiday flights from Canada to Mexico, Las Vegas, Nevada and Manchester...

.

In opposition, Collins served as Official Opposition House Leader and held a variety of critic roles. When the Liberals formed government in 2001, he served in Gordon Campbell's cabinet

Executive Council of British Columbia

The Executive Council of British Columbia is the cabinet of that Canadian province....

as Minister of Finance and Government House Leader.

Prior to his election to the Legislative Assembly, Collins was a flight instructor at the University College of the Fraser Valley

University College of the Fraser Valley

The University of the Fraser Valley , is a Canadian public university with campuses in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission and Hope, British Columbia...

. He studied economics and political science at Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...

. He was first elected under the name Gary Farrell-Collins, but dropped his former wife's last name after his divorce.

Electoral Record

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| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|Gary Farrell-Collins

Gary Farrell-Collins

Gary Collins, formerly referred to as Gary Farrell-Collins prior to 2001, is a former Canadian politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2004, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fairview...

|align="right"|12,864
|align="right"|54.94%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$35,510
|-

|Green

Green Party of British Columbia

The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...

|Vanessa Violini
|align="right"|5,051
|align="right"|21.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$3,659

|NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

|Anita Romaniuk

Anita Romaniuk

Anita Romaniuk is a Canadian politician. She was born in Port Alberni, British Columbia. She received a B.Sc., and a M.Sc. at the University of Victoria and an M.B.A...

British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....

|Ron MacIntyre
|align="right"|651
|align="right"|2.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$735

|People's Front
|Brian Sproule
|align="right"|76
|align="right"|0.33%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$57
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|23,414
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|142
!align="right"|0.61%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|23,556
!align="right"|64.20%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
||Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|Gary Farrell-Collins
Gary Farrell-Collins
Gary Collins, formerly referred to as Gary Farrell-Collins prior to 2001, is a former Canadian politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2004, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fairview...

|align="right"|12,036
|align="right"|50.25%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|New Democrat
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

|Margaret Birrell
|align="right"|9,390
|align="right"|39.20
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Progressive Democratic Alliance
Progressive Democratic Alliance
The Progressive Democratic Alliance was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Powell River—Sunshine Coast....

|Ted Phillip Bradley
|align="right"|1,062
|align="right"|4.43%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Green
|Stuart Parker
Stuart Parker
Stuart Parker was leader of the Green Party in British Columbia, Canada, from 1993 to 2000. In 2009, during the Ontario by-election to replace MPP Michael Byrant, he unsuccessfully sought the Ontario New Democratic Party nomination for the St...

|align="right"|714
|align="right"|2.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Reform
|David J. Waine
|align="right"|489
|align="right"|2.04%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Independent
|Dan Grant
|align="right"|96
|align="right"|0.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Social Credit
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

|Gerold Kuklinski
|align="right"|85
|align="right"|0.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown

|Natural Law Party
Natural Law Party
The Natural Law Party was a transnational party based on the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It was active in up to 74 countries, and ran candidates in at least ten. Founded in 1992, it was mostly disbanded in 2004 but continues in India and in some U.S. states.The NLP viewed "natural law" as...

|Estelle Brooke
|align="right"|82
|align="right"|0.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|23,954
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|184
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|67.80%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|}
|-

| style="width: 130px" |BC Liberal
British Columbia Liberal Party
The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

|Gary Farrell-Collins
|align="right"|8,663
|align="right"|43.57%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8,849

|NDP
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial...

|Charles Bradford
|align="right"|6,027
|align="right"|30.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$24,268

| style="width: 130px" |Socred
British Columbia Social Credit Party
The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing political party of British Columbia, Canada, for more than 30 years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election...

|Dan Peterson
|align="right"|4,880
|align="right"|24.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$40,933
|-

|Independent
|Lila Stanford
|align="right"|227
|align="right"|1.14%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,203

|Western Canada Concept
Western Canada Concept Party of British Columbia
The Western Canada Concept Party of BC is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. It was the British Columbia branch of the Western Canada Concept, a political party that operated at the federal level, advocating the separation of the four western provinces of Canada and the...

|William White
|align="right"|87
|align="right"|0.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes
!align="right"|19,884
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots
!align="right"|243
!align="right"|1.21%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|20,127
!align="right"|77.44%
!align="right"|
!align="right"|

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