Geoff Wilson
Encyclopedia
Geoff Wilson is a former Canadian politician.
An accountant and lawyer by profession, Wilson was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons
as the Progressive Conservative
Member of Parliament
for Swift Current—Maple Creek
, Saskatchewan in the 1984 federal election
. He was re-elected in 1988
in the new riding of Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia
but defeated in 1993
by Lee Morrison
of the Reform Party of Canada
.
An accountant and lawyer by profession, Wilson was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
as the Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Swift Current—Maple Creek
Swift Current—Maple Creek
Swift Current—Maple Creek was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1988....
, Saskatchewan in the 1984 federal election
Canadian federal election, 1984
The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada...
. He was re-elected in 1988
Canadian federal election, 1988
The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....
in the new riding of Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia
Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia
Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997....
but defeated in 1993
Canadian federal election, 1993
The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
by Lee Morrison
Lee Morrison
Lee Glen Morrison was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000.He was first elected at the Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia electoral district in the 1993 federal election. After realignment of riding boundaries, he was re-elected at the Cypress Hills—Grasslands electoral...
of the Reform Party of Canada
Reform Party of Canada
The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party....
.