Dave Stupich
| David Stupich | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Nanaimo—Cowichan |
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In office November 21, 1988 – October 25, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | James Manly |
| Succeeded by | Bob Ringma |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Nanaimo Nanaimo and the Islands (1963-1966) |
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In office August 30, 1972 – October 13, 1988 Serving with Dale Lovick (1986-1988) |
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| Preceded by | Frank Ney |
| Succeeded by | Jan Pullinger |
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In office September 30, 1963 – August 27, 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Earle Westwood |
| Succeeded by | Frank Ney |
| Personal details | |
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David Daniel Stupich December 5, 1921 Nanaimo, British Columbia |
| Died | February 8, 2006 (aged 84) Nanaimo, British Columbia |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Profession | Chartered Accountant |
David Daniel Stupich (5 December 1921 – 8 February 2006) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for most years from the 1960s to the 1980s, and a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. Stupich was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia to a coal miner.
He served five years in the Royal Canadian Air Force. After the war he used his veteran's grant to get a degree in agriculture at the University of British Columbia He then became a chicken farmer and studied at night to become a Chartered Accountant. He donated his spare time to doing books for local service clubs.
His first political campaign was an unsuccessful bid to become a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1949. He was the provincial CCF party candidate for the Nanaimo and the Islands riding.
He entered provincial politics by winning the Nanaimo and the Islands riding in the 1963 British Columbia election. He was re-elected in the 1966 provincial election when the riding name changed to simply Nanaimo, but lost the riding to Social Credit candidate Frank Ney in the 1969 election. In the 1972 provincial election, Stupich defeated Ney and returned to the Legislature in the 1972 election, and remained a member until 1988. He introduced the Agricultural Land Reserve bill, which saved thousands of acres of farm land from the paver.
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