Gillian Trumper | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Alberni-Qualicum | |
| In office 2001–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Gerard Janssen |
| Succeeded by | Scott Fraser |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 28, 1936 Croydon, England |
| Died | October 11, 2019 (aged 83) Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | BC Liberal |
| Spouse | Michael Trumper |
| Children | four |
Gillian Rosemary Trumper (April 28, 1936 – October 11, 2019) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Alberni-Qualicum in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 until her defeat in the 2005 provincial election. She sat as a member of the BC Liberal Party. She previously served as Mayor of the City of Port Alberni from 1983 to 2001. She was the Union of BC Municipalities president and its Fisheries Committee chair, West Coast Treaty Advisory Committee chair, and Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District Board chair. Prior to being elected to the legislature, she was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1986, 1991, and 1996 provincial elections. She died at the age of 83 from complications of renal failure in 2019.[1][2][3]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2001 British Columbia general election: Alberni-Qualicum | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Gillian Trumper | 13,109 | 53.32 | +17.47 | $34,684 | |||
| New Democratic | Gerard Janssen | 7,395 | 30.08 | -21.93 | $10,768 | |||
| Green | Sergio Paone | 2,999 | 12.20 | +10.83 | $4,066 | |||
| Marijuana | Nicholas Saint Edmund Thorp | 1,081 | 4.40 | – | $1,578 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,584 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 93 | 0.38 | ||||||
| Turnout | 24,677 | 74.70 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +19.7 | ||||||
| 2005 British Columbia general election: Alberni-Qualicum | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | Scott Fraser | 13,988 | 52.60 | $71,781 | ||||
| Liberal | Gillian Trumper | 9,788 | 36.81 | $83,861 | ||||
| Green | Jack Thornburgh | 1,912 | 7.19 | $281 | ||||
| Marijuana | Michael "Mik" Mann | 401 | 1.51 | $100 | ||||
| Democratic Reform | Jen Fisher-Bradley | 292 | 1.10 | $1,777 | ||||
| Independent | James Dominic King | 209 | 0.79 | $180 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,590 | 100 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 145 | 0.55 | ||||||
| Turnout | 26,735 | 69.02 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Roxanne Egan-Elliott (12 October 2019). "Gillian Trumper obituary: Former Port Alberni mayor a tireless worker for others". Times Colonist. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Well-known Port Alberni politician, philanthropist Gillian Trumper has died – BC Local News". Bclocalnews.com. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Gillian Trumper Obituary - Port Alberni, BC". Dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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