Duane Crandall
Duane Delton Crandall (born August 14, 1946) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991, as a Social Credit member for the constituency of Columbia River.[1]
Duane Crandall | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Columbia River | |
| In office 1986–1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 14, 1946 Wetaskiwin, Alberta |
| Political party | Social Credit Party of British Columbia |
On October 3, 1989, Crandall and three colleagues — Graham Bruce, David Mercier, and Doug Mowat — quit the governing Social Credit caucus to sit as "Independent Social Credit" members. In a joint statement, the four stressed that they "in no way desire[d] the fall of our government", but wished to spur an "open and realistic assessment" of Bill Vander Zalm's continued leadership.[2] Crandall rejoined the Socred caucus on January 24, 1990, in order to better deal with a wave of layoffs in his riding.[3] His decision caused the other three rebels to reflect on their future,[3] and on February 14, they also rejoined the Socred caucus.[4]
References
- Guide Parlementaire Canadien. 1991. ISBN 9780921925408.
- Leyne, Les; Heiman, Carolyn (1989-10-04). "Four Socreds quit caucus". Times Colonist. pp. A1–A2.
- Leyne, Les (1989-01-25). "Dissdent Socred rejoins caucus to fight layoffs". Times Colonist. pp. A1–A2.
- "Valentine for Vander Zalm: Dissident MLAs will return to Socred fold". Times Colonist. 1990-02-15. pp. A3.