Linda Larson
Canadian politician
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Linda Margaret Larson (born 1948 or 1949) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.[3] She represented the electoral district of Boundary-Similkameen as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party until 2020.
Linda Larson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Boundary-Similkameen | |
| In office May 14, 2013 – November 24, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | John Slater |
| Succeeded by | Roly Russell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 or 1949 (age 76–77)[1] |
| Party | BC Liberals |
| Spouse | Larry Larson |
| Children | 3 |
| Salary | $62,331 [2] |
In government, she served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health for Seniors and as the Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Education. In opposition, she served as the Official Opposition critic for Childcare as well as the Deputy Whip of the Official Opposition.
Prior to her election to the Legislative Assembly, Larson was a municipal councillor and mayor in Oliver.[4]
Electoral record
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Boundary-Similkameen | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Linda Larson | 9,513 | 42.80 | −3.79 | $68,560.09 | |||
| New Democratic | Colleen Ross | 7,275 | 32.73 | −6.26 | $60,024.28 | |||
| Independent | Peter Entwistle | 3,165 | 14.24 | – | $3,653.00 | |||
| Green | Vonnie Lavers | 2,274 | 10.23 | +1.45 | $1,170.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 22,227 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 98 | 0.44 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,325 | 64.80 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 34,450 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: Boundary-Similkameen | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Linda Larson | 8,499 | 46.59 | +9.14 | $61,031 | |||
| New Democratic | Sam Hancheroff | 7,113 | 38.99 | +6.08 | $70,135 | |||
| Green | John Kwasnica | 1,602 | 8.78 | −0.7 | $1,334 | |||
| No Affiliation | Mischa Popoff | 655 | 3.59 | – | $3,725 | |||
| Independent | Doug Pederson | 375 | 2.06 | – | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes | 18,244 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 113 | 0.62 | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,357 | 61.85 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[7] | ||||||||
