Gordon Wilson (Canadian politician)
| Gordon Wilson | |
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| Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia | |
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In office November 5, 1991 – June 5, 2001 |
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| Premier | Mike Harcourt |
| Preceded by | Mike Harcourt |
| Succeeded by | Fred Gingell (acting) |
| Leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party | |
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In office October 30, 1987 – September 11, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Art Lee |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Campbell |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Powell River-Sunshine Coast |
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In office October 17, 1991 – May 16, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Succeeded by | Harold Long |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 2, 1949 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Political party |
British Columbia Liberal Party (1987-1993, 2013-present) Progressive Democratic Alliance (1993-1997) British Columbia New Democratic Party (1997-2013) |
| Spouse(s) |
Judi Tyabji (1994-) Elizabeth Wilson(-1994) |
Gordon Wilson (born January 2, 1949) is a former provincial politician in British Columbia. He served as leader of the Liberal Party of BC from 1987–1993, leader and founder of the Progressive Democratic Alliance from 1993–1999, and in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Finance and Minister of Employment, Investment and International Trade. He also ran as a candidate in the 2000 BC New Democratic Party leadership race. During the 2013 British Columbia provincial election, Wilson endorsed Liberal Premier Christy Clark for re-election over the NDP's Adrian Dix.
Wilson was born in Vancouver, spent his early years in Kenya and returned to British Columbia in the 1970s. He has a BSc from the State University of New York, and a Master's degree from the University of British Columbia in Resource Economics.
He raised two children with his wife Elizabeth in the Middlepoint area of BC's Sunshine Coast, dabbling in pig farming before teaching Resource Economics and Economic Geography at Capilano College (North Vancouver), where he also served as president of the faculty association.
In 1987, Wilson took over as leader of the BC Liberal Party, a moribund party that had not elected a member in over a decade. In the 1991 general election, Wilson's profile skyrocketed after his highly successful performance in the campaign's televised leaders debate. During a nasty squabble between BC Socred leader and Premier Rita Johnston and BC NDP leader Mike Harcourt, Wilson famously said, "Here's a classic example of why nothing ever gets done in the province of British Columbia." It would become the campaign's most successful sound bite.
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