David Eby
| David Eby | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey | |
| Assumed office May 14, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Christy Clark |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 21, 1977 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | New Democrat |
David Eby (born July 21, 1977 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) is a lawyer and Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was elected the British Columbia New Democratic Party MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey in the 2013 provincial election defeating Premier Christy Clark by 1,063 votes.[1]
Two years earlier, Eby came within almost 600 votes of defeating Clark in the same riding in a by-election on May 11, 2011. Clark was attempting to enter the British Columbia legislature after winning the leadership of the British Columbia Liberal Party weeks earlier.[2]
Eby grew up in Kitchener, Ontario, the son of a lawyer. He worked at Pivot Legal Society from 2003 to 2008[3] in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside before becoming the executive director of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association from 2008 until 2012.[4] He is adjunct professor of law at the University of British Columbia and also has served as president of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and as a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.[5]
He was called to the bar in June 2005,[6] and is the author of The Arrest Handbook: A Guide to Your Rights.
Elections
| British Columbia provincial by-election, May 11, 2011: Vancouver-Point Grey | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Christy Clark[7] | 7,757 | 48.73 | $98,448 | ||||
| New Democratic | David Eby[7] | 7,193 | 45.19 | $77,889 | ||||
| Green | Françoise Raunet | 545 | 3.42 | $309 | ||||
| First | Danielle Alie | 379 | 2.38 | $35,785 | ||||
| Independent | William Gibbens | 28 | 0.18 | $388 | ||||
| Independent | Eddie Petrossian | 16 | 0.10 | $321 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,918 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 33 | 0.21 | ||||||
| Turnout | 15,951 | 38.94 | ||||||
| Called upon the resignation of Gordon Campbell.[8] | ||||||||
| British Columbia general election, 2013: Vancouver-Point Grey | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | David Eby | 10,162 | 47.31 | $109,308 | ||||
| Liberal | Christy Clark | 9,377 | 43.65 | $114,220 | ||||
| Green | Francoise Raunet | 1,420 | 6.61 | $1,298 | ||||
| Conservative | Duane Nickull | 345 | 1.61 | $6,717 | ||||
| Independent | William Gibbens | 69 | 0.32 | $454 | ||||
| Libertarian | Marisa Palmer | 53 | 0.25 | $250 | ||||
| Work Less | Hollis Linschoten | 45 | 0.21 | $250 | ||||
| Platinum | Bernard Yankson | 10 | 0.05 | $250 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Premier Christy Clark officially loses seat to NDP’s David Eby", Metro Vancouver, May 28, 2013
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Clark calls by-election for May 11". The Globe and Mail, April 13, 2011.
- ↑ Gordon Campbell steps down as MLA. CBC News, March 15, 2011.
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