Charlie Wyse | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Cariboo South | |
| In office 2005–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Walt Cobb |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1946 or 1947 (age 76–77)[1] |
| Political party | New Democrat |
Charlie Wyse (born September 12, 1946) is an educator and former Canadian politician, who was a New Democratic Member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia from 2005 to 2009. He represented the riding of Cariboo South.
Wyse, a teacher until 2004, served 23 years as a member of the city council for Williams Lake.[2]
He ran in the newly created riding of Cariboo-Chilcotin for the 2009 election. He was initially declared the winner on election night, but was subsequently declared defeated by BC Liberal challenger Donna Barnett after a recount.[3]
Electoral record
| 2013 British Columbia general election: Cariboo-Chilcotin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Donna Barnett | 7,679 | 56.18 | |||||
| New Democratic | Charlie Wyse | 4,740 | 34.68 | |||||
| Green | Dustin Victor Price | 747 | 5.46 | |||||
| Independent | Gary Young | 503 | 3.68 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 13,669 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 68 | 0.50 | ||||||
| Turnout | 13,737 | 63.64 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Recount gives Liberal candidate Barnett win over NDP incumbent; Wyse had 23-vote lead on election night, but result was overturned Hansen, Darah. The Vancouver Sun [Vancouver, B.C] 27 May 2009: A.4.
- ↑ "MLA: Charlie Wyse". Overview of Previous Parliaments. Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
- ↑ "Huntington defeats Oppal in B.C. election recount". CBC News. May 26, 2009. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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