May 7, 2005
Who Are The NDP Candidates?
19 Union Representatives
• Dileep Athaide (Delta South) Secretary-treasurer, Federation of Post-Secondary Educators
• Harry Bains (Surrey – Newton) Vice-president, IWA local 2171
• Barry Bell (Surrey – Tynehead) Executive board member, International Painter’s Union / Shop steward, Electrical Workers Union
• Raj Chouhan (Burnaby-Edmonds) - Director of bargaining, HEU and Founding president, Canadian Farmworkers Union
• David Chudnovsky (Vancouver – Kensington) 3 time President of BC Teachers Federation
• Gary Coons (North Coast) President, Prince Rupert District Teachers Union (3 terms)
• John-Henry Harter (Chilliwack-Sumas) Former president, SFU Teaching Support Staff Union
• Nicki Hokazono (Kelowna-Mission) Member-at-large, Central Okanagan Teachers Association
• Garry Litke (Penticton-Okanagan Valley) President, Okanagan - Skaha Teachers Union / Representative, BCTF Bargaining Committee
• Norm Macdonald (Columbia River-Revelstoke) - President, Golden Teachers' Association
• Carol McNamee (Nanaimo-Parksville) President, Nanaimo District Teachers Association
• Wayne Mills (Prince George-Mt. Robson) President, Prince George & District Labour Council
• Cathy Pinsent (North Vancouver-Seymour) President, HEU local / HEU Provincial Executive
• Joyce Procure (Okanagan-Westside) Former BCNU regional VP, former North Okanagan Labour Council executive member
• Chuck Puchmayr (New Westminster) Former business agent & secretary-treasurer, Brewery, Winery & Distillery Workers Union
• John Pugsley (Kelowna-Lake Country) President, OUC faculty association / Former chair of faculty negotiating committee
• Karen Rockwell (Port Moody-Westwood) VP, OPEIU Local 378
• Doug Routley (Cowichan-Ladysmith) IWA local 180, executive member / IWA Chair in school district
• Charlie Wyse (Cariboo South) “held several positions with teachers union”
17 Failed Provincial Candidates
• Barry Bell (Surrey-Tynehead) 2001
• Charley Beresford (Oak Bay-Gordon Head) 2001
• Pietro Calendino (Burnaby-North) 2001
• Brian Churchill (Peace River North) 1996, 2001
• Corky Evans (Nelson-Creston) 2001
• Mike Farnworth (Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain) 2001
• Chuck Fraser (Prince George-Omineca) 1996
• Sue Hammell (Surrey-Green Timbers) 2001
• Carole James (Victoria-Beacon Hill) 2001
• Maurine Karagianis (Esquimalt-Metchosin) 2001
• Rollie Keith (Chilliwack-Kent [resigned]) 1995 by-election, 1996
• Leonard Krog (Nanaimo) 1996, 1998 by-election, 2001
• Taranjit Purewal (Abbotsford-Mt Lehman) 2001
• Anita Romaniuk (Vancouver-Langara) 2001
• Tim Stevenson (Vancouver-Burrard) 2001
• Erda Walsh (East Kootenay) 2001
• Calvin White (Shuswap) 1996
10 Former NDP MLAs
• Jagrup Brar (Surrey-Panorama Ridge)
• Pietro Calendino (Burnaby North)
• Corky Evans (Nelson-Creston)
• Mike Farnworth (Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain)
• Sue Hammell (Surrey-Green Timbers)
• Leonard Krog (Nanaimo)
• Jenny Kwan (Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant)
• Harry Lali (Yale- Lillooet)
• Tim Stevenson (Vancouver-Burrard)
• Erda Walsh (East Kootenay)
8 Failed Federal NDP Candidates
• Barry Bell (Surrey-Tynehead) 2004
• Scott Fraser (Alberni-Qualicum) 2004
• Dale Jackaman (Richmond Centre) 2004
• Rollie Keith (Chilliwack-Kent [resigned]) 2004
• Dean Morrison (Langley) 2004
• Joyce Procure (Okanagan-Westside) 2004
• Nicholas Simons (Powell River-Sunshine Coast) 2004
• Calvin White (Shuswap) 1997
6 Union Activists
• Bart Healey (Burquitlam) Shop Steward, CAW local 114 / Delegate, New West and District Labour Council
• Jarrah Hodge (Vancouver-Quilchena) Member, CUPE Local 391
• Mel Lehan (Vancouver-Point Grey) Worker with the Unemployed Teachers Action Centre, an arm of the BCTF / Hired by Vancouver East Side Teachers’ Association to lobby for more money
• Gian Sihota (Richmond East) Shop steward, CAWS Local 111
• Shane Simpson (Vancouver-Hastings) Acting Editor, CUPE Public Employee (1998) / Legislative Coordinator, CUPE BC / Former co-ordinator of strategic planning & special projects, CUPE BC
• Erda Walsh (East Kootenay) “union activist with HEU/ CUPE”
6 Former NDP Cabinet Ministers
• Corky Evans (Nelson-Creston)
• Mike Farnworth (Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain)
• Sue Hammell (Surrey-Green Timbers)
• Harry Lali (Yale-Lillooet)
• Jenny Kwan (Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant)
• Tim Stevenson (Vancouver-Burrard)
6 Former NDP political staffers
• Charley Beresford (Oak Bay-Gordon Head) 1995: MA Minister of Women’s Equality (Priddy) / 1993: EA Minister of Health (Cull)
• David Cubberley (Saanich South) 1998: SA Minister of Environment, Lands, and Parks (McGregor) / 1996: MA Minister of Finance (Petter) / 1994-1995: MA Minister of Forests (Petter) / Speechwriter for Harcourt
• Adrian Dix (Vancouver-Kingsway) Principal Secretary, Premier Glen Clark (96-99) / MA, Minister of Employment and Investment (Glen Clark) (94-95) / MA, Minister of Finance (Glen Clark) (92-93)
• John Horgan (Malahat-Juan de Fuca) Former Chief-of-Staff to NDP Premier Dan Miller
• Maurine Karagianis (Esquimalt-Metchosin) Former MA to Harry Lali / Former SA to Moe Sihota & Helmut Giesbrecht
• Michael Sather (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows) Former CA to Bill Hartley (92-00)
3 opposed to Balanced Budget Legislation
• David Chudnovsky (Vancouver-Kensington)
• Adrian Dix (Vancouver-Kingsway)
• Erda Walsh (East Kootenay)
3 Casinogate Characters
• Pietro Calendino (Burnaby North)
• Adrian Dix (Vancouver-Kingsway)
• Mike Farnworth (Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain)
2 Former NDP Ministers of Health
• Corky Evans (Nelson-Creston)
• Mike Farnworth (Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain)
2 Former NDP Chiefs of Staff
• Adrian Dix (Vancouver-Kingsway) Principal Secretary, Premier Glen Clark (96-99)
• John Horgan (Malahat-Juan de Fuca) NDP Premier Dan Miller
2 NDP Provincial Congress Members
• Jarrah Hodge (Vancouver-Quilchena)
• Bruce Ralston (Surrey-Whalley)
2 NDP Candidates forced off the slate by Scandal
• David Thompson (Alberni-Qualicum)
• Rollie Keith (Chilliwack-Kent)
1 former President of the NDP
• Bruce Ralston (Surrey-Whalley)
1 Former NDP Minister responsible for Gaming
• Mike Farnworth (Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain)
1 guy who wrote the fake “memo to file” in Casinogate
• Adrian Dix (Vancouver-Kingsway) Principal Secretary, Premier Glen Clark (96-99)
