James Rabbitt
British Columbian politician
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James Thomas "Jim" Rabbitt (born May 22, 1941 in Princeton, British Columbia)[1] is a Canadian businessman and former politician. He represented Yale-Lillooet in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991 as a Social Credit member.
Social Credit (1986-1996)
James Rabbitt | |
|---|---|
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Yale-Lillooet | |
| In office October 22, 1986 – October 17, 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Waterland |
| Succeeded by | Harry Lali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 22, 1941 |
| Party | Liberal Party (1996-?) Social Credit (1986-1996) |
| Profession | Businessman |
He is the son of Patrick J. Rabbitt, and was educated at the University of British Columbia. In 1961, Rabbitt married Eileen A. Goldie. He was an alderman for Merritt and was mayor from 1980 to 1984. Rabbitt served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour and Consumer Services.[1] He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1991 as a Social Credit member and again in 1996 as a Liberal, losing to Harry Lali each time.[2]
In 1988, he chaired a special legislative committee charged with reviewing the distribution of electoral districts in British Columbia.[3] In 1989, he published Taking action: a strategy for the management of solid wastes as chair of the Municipal Solid Waste Management Task Force.[4]
Electoral history
| 1996 British Columbia general election: Yale-Lillooet | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Harry Lali | 7,080 | 41.06 | -11.25 | $41,454 | |||
| Liberal | James Rabbitt | 5,912 | 34.29 | -13.40 | $50,073 | |||
| Reform | John Calvin Stinson | 3,419 | 19.83 | – | $23,749 | |||
| Progressive Democrat | Richard Bennett | 706 | 4.09 | – | – | |||
| Family Coalition | Ed Vanwoudenberg | 124 | 0.72 | – | $426 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,241 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 76 | 0.44 | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,317 | 72.21 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -12.33 | ||||||
| 1991 British Columbia general election: Yale-Lillooet | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Harry Lali | 7,740 | 52.31 | +7.60 | $36,378 | |||
| Social Credit | James Rabbitt | 7,057 | 47.69 | -0.45 | $38,170 | |||
| Total valid votes | 14,797 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 697 | 4.50 | ||||||
| Turnout | 15,494 | 72.17 | ||||||
| New Democratic gain from Social Credit | Swing | +4.03 | ||||||
| 1986 British Columbia general election: Yale-Lillooet | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | James Rabbitt | 7,424 | 48.14 | -8.64 | ||||
| New Democratic | Howard C. McDiarmid | 6,895 | 44.71 | +4.04 | ||||
| Liberal | Richard A.Y. Lee | 617 | 4.00 | +1.45 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Glenn Henderson | 485 | 3.15 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,421 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 277 | 1.79 | ||||||
| Turnout | 15,698 | |||||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -6.34 | ||||||
