Clive Tanner

Clive Tanner (January 7, 1934 – September 9, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 1996, as a British Columbia Liberal Party member for the constituency of Saanich North and the Islands.[1]

Clive Tanner
Member of the Yukon Territorial Council
In office
1970–1974
Preceded byKen McKinnon
Succeeded byriding redistributed
ConstituencyWhitehorse North
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
In office
1991–1996
Preceded byfirst member
Succeeded byMurray Coell
ConstituencySaanich North and the Islands
Personal details
Born(1934-01-07)January 7, 1934
Edmonton, Middlesex, England
DiedSeptember 9, 2022(2022-09-09) (aged 88)
Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyBritish Columbia Liberal Party

Tanner previously lived in Yukon, where he was a member of the Yukon Territorial Council in the 1970s[2] and served as Minister of Health.[3] After the territory introduced partisan elections to the new Legislative Assembly of Yukon in 1977, Tanner ran as the Yukon Liberal Party candidate for Whitehorse Porter Creek West in the 1978 territorial election, but was not elected to the legislature.

He subsequently lived in Sidney, British Columbia, where he owned bookstores in Sidney and Victoria.[4] He was a candidate in the BC Liberal Party's 1987 leadership race to succeed Art Lee,[4] but he withdrew from the race in August after sustaining a leg injury.[5]

Tanner died on September 9, 2022, at his home in Sidney, aged 88.[6]

Electoral record
1991 British Columbia general election: Saanich North and the Islands
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalClive Tanner13,63352.53
New DemocraticElsie McMurphy8,74533.70
Social CreditRichard Holmes2,91711.24
ReformDon Hutchings5572.15
Family CoalitionThomas Aussenegg990.38
Total valid votes 25,951100.00
Total rejected ballots 3071.17
Turnout 26,25882.31

References
  1. Guide Parlementaire Canadien. 1993. ISBN 9780921925316.
  2. "Two former members defeated as Yukon elects new councillors". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1970.
  3. "B.C. a polarized province despite NDP win". Montreal Gazette, October 19, 1991.
  4. "Businessman in Liberal race". Vancouver Sun, April 29, 1987.
  5. "Leadership may be one-man race". The Globe and Mail, August 27, 1987.
  6. Depner, Wolf (September 12, 2022). "Clive Tanner, former MLA and Sidney entrepreneur, dies at the age of 88". Victoria News.


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