Robin Richardson
Robin Richardson | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Beaches | |
| In office 1979–1980 | |
| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Neil Young |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 June 1942 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | Vancouver Islandian (since 2016) Progressive Conservative (until 2016) |
| Residence(s) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Profession | Economist, cleric |
Robin Mark Richardson (born 26 June 1942) is a Canadian former politician and Vancouver Islander separatist/activist who was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He represented the Toronto, Ontario riding of Beaches from 1979 to 1980. He is the founder and current leader of the Vancouver Island Party.
Background
Richardson's profession is an economist, once working with the Fraser Institute.[1] At one time, he was a minister for a Christian church in Esquimalt.[2]
Politics
Richardson represented Ontario's Beaches electoral district which he won in the 1979 federal election.[3] After serving his only term, the 31st Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1980 federal election by Neil Young of the New Democratic Party.[4]
In September 2000, he unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca Member of Parliament Keith Martin for the Canadian Alliance nomination in that riding. Richardson was particularly critical of Martin's pro-choice position on abortion, while Martin had finished in fourth place during the Canadian Alliance leadership campaign earlier that year.[2] Richardson managed Stockwell Day's successful leadership campaign within Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca.[5]
In June 2016, he started the Vancouver Island Party and serves as leader. The party seeks to make Vancouver Island Canada's 11th province.[6]
Electoral record
| British Columbia provincial by-election, January 30, 2019: Nanaimo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Sheila Malcolmson | 12,114 | 49.92 | +3.38 | $50,194 | |||
| Liberal | Tony Harris | 9,691 | 39.93 | +7.39 | $57,212 | |||
| Green | Michele Ney | 1,783 | 7.35 | −12.56 | $41,039 | |||
| Conservative | Justin Greenwood | 491 | 2.02 | – | $1,432 | |||
| Vancouver Island Party | Robin Mark Richardson | 112 | 0.46 | – | $4,208 | |||
| Libertarian | Bill Walker | 76 | 0.32 | −0.69 | $246 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,267 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 33 | 0.14 | −0.36 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,300 | 52.59 | −8.68 | |||||
| Registered voters | 46,210 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | −2.01 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[7] | ||||||||
References
- ^ Leyne, Les (9 September 2000). "Richardson facing tough battle against Martin". p. A18.
- ^ a b Harnett, Cindy E. (17 September 2000). "Martin trounces Richardson". Times-Colonist. p. D1.
- ^ "Counting the votes: The Liberals watch from their Quebec fortress...as Conservatives sweep most of the West". The Globe and Mail. 24 May 1979. pp. 10–11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Federal general election results listed riding-by-riding". The Ottawa Citizen. 19 February 1987. pp. 29–30.
- ^ McNulty, Jim (27 August 2000). "Sure win for Day masks cracks in Alliance". The Province (Vancouver). p. A28.
- ^ http://www.vanisleparty.com/
- ^ "2019 Nanaimo By-election Final Voting Results by Voting Area" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 7 May 2019.