Paul Forseth
| Paul Eugene Forseth | |
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| Member of Parliament for New Westminster—Burnaby | |
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In office 1993–1997 |
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| Preceded by | Dawn Black |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Member of Parliament for New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby | |
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In office 1997–2004 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Member of Parliament for New Westminster—Coquitlam | |
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In office 2004–2006 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Dawn Black |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 10, 1946 North Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Political party |
Reform Party Canadian Alliance Conservative Party |
| Residence | New Westminster |
Paul Eugene Forseth (born December 10, 1946) is a Canadian politician, who was a Member of Parliament for British Columbia from 1993 to 2006.
He was first elected as the Member of Parliament for New Westminster—Burnaby in the 1993 federal election, as a member of the Reform Party of Canada, defeating New Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) Dawn Black. He won reelection in 1997 as a Reform Party Member, in 2000 as a member of the Canadian Alliance and in 2004 as a member of the Conservative Party, until Black defeated him in the 2006 election.
During his 12 years of elected office, he was not part of the government, but served from the 'Opposition Benches'.
In the Reform Party, he was instrumental to sponsor major planks of the Reform Party platform published in the Reform "Blue Sheet" concerning 'Justice' and 'Environment' policy, and led House of Commons debates on those subjects.
During his Canadian Alliance tenure, he was part of the 'shadow cabinet' under Stockwell Day, leader of the Official Opposition.
During the Conservative Party term, he was his Party’s lead representative on the Government Operations and Estimates Committee, which investigated the administrative record of Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski. Forseth co-chaired the sub-committee which held in-camera investigative hearings. Radwanski was accused of falsifying documents and other administrative excesses by the Auditor General, (Ottawa Citizen Oct. 01, 2003) After Parliamentary hearings, the G.O.E.Committee tabled a report in the House of Commons. (37th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION HANSARD • NUMBER 150 Tuesday, November 4, 2003) As a consequence, the House of Commons declared George Radwanski to be in contempt of Parliament. (37th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION HANSARD • NUMBER 152 Thursday, November 6, 2003) “That this House find George Radwanski to have been in contempt of this House, and acknowledge receipt of his letter of apology, tabled and read to the House earlier today.”
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