Vicki Huntington
| Victoria Huntington MLA |
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| MLA for Delta South | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Val Roddick |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Independent |
Victoria (Vicki) Huntington is a Canadian politician who was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 2009 as an Independent candidate for Delta South.
Political career [edit]
Huntington ran in the 2009 general election. She finished a close second in initial results on election night, with opponent Wally Oppal leading by a margin of just two votes over Huntington.[1] On May 26, 2009, the recount revealed that Huntington had defeated Oppal by 32 votes. The result in Delta South was subject to an automatic judicial recount because the margin of victory was fewer than one-500th of all votes cast. Huntington won the judicial recount to become the first independent MLA elected to the B.C. provincial legislature since the general election of 1949.[2]
Huntington was elected to a second term in the 2013 election with an increased majority.[3] She was the first independent MLA in the province's history to be re-elected to a second term.
Huntington's father Ron Huntington was elected to the Canadian House of Commons three times as a Progressive Conservative, in 1974, 1979, and 1980, representing the electoral district of Capilano on metro Vancouver's north shore. In 1979, he served as minister of state for small business in the government of Joe Clark.[4]
References [edit]
- ^ "Oppal clinging to a two-vote lead". The Globe and Mail, May 13, 2009.
- ^ "Huntington defeats Oppal in B.C. election recount". cbc.ca, May 26, 2009.
- ^ "Delta South's Vicki Huntington is sole Independent elected". CBC News, May 14, 203.
- ^ "September 3, 2009". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) (Legislative Assembly of British Columbia): 251. September 3, 2009
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