Gary Collins (Canadian politician)
| Gary Farrell-Collins | |
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| Minister of Finance of British Columbia | |
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In office June 5, 2001 – December 14, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Ramsey |
| Succeeded by | Colin Hansen |
| MLA for Fort Langley-Aldergrove | |
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In office 1991–1996 | |
| Succeeded by | Rich Coleman |
| MLA for Vancouver-Little Mountain | |
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In office 1996–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Perry |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| MLA for Vancouver-Fairview | |
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In office 2001–2004 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Gregor Robertson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 23, 1963 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Political party | BC Liberal |
Gary Collins, formerly referred to as Gary Farrell-Collins prior to 2001, (born August 22, 1963) is a former Canadian politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2004, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fairview. He resigned in December 2004 to become CEO of the now defunct Harmony Airways.[1]
In opposition, Collins served as Official Opposition House Leader and held a variety of critic roles. When the Liberals formed government in 2001, he served in Gordon Campbell's cabinet as Minister of Finance and Government House Leader.
Prior to his election to the Legislative Assembly, Collins was a flight instructor at the University College of the Fraser Valley. He studied economics and political science at Simon Fraser University. He was first elected under the name Gary Farrell-Collins, but dropped his former wife's last name after his divorce.[2]
Electoral Record
| British Columbia general election, 1991: Fort Langley-Aldergrove | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Gary Farrell-Collins | 8,663 | 43.57% | $8,849 | ||||
| New Democratic | Charles Bradford | 6,027 | 30.31% | $24,268 | ||||
| Social Credit | Dan Peterson | 4,880 | 24.54% | $40,933 | ||||
| Independent | Lila Stanford | 227 | 1.14% | $1,203 | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | William White | 87 | 0.44% | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,884 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 243 | 1.21% | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,127 | 77.44% | ||||||
| British Columbia general election, 1996: Vancouver-Little Mountain | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Gary Farrell-Collins | 12,036 | 50.25% | |||||
| New Democratic | Margaret Birrell | 9,390 | 39.20% | |||||
| Progressive Democrat | Ted Phillip Bradley | 1,062 | 4.43% | |||||
| Green | Stuart Parker | 714 | 2.98% | |||||
| Reform | David J. Waine | 489 | 2.04% | |||||
| Independent | Dan Grant | 96 | 0.40% | |||||
| Social Credit | Gerold Kuklinski | 85 | 0.35% | |||||
| Natural Law | Estelle Brooke | 82 | 0.34% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 23,954 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 184 | |||||||
| Turnout | 67.80% | |||||||
| British Columbia general election, 2001: Vancouver-Fairview | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Gary Farrell-Collins | 12,864 | 54.94% | $35,510 | ||||
| Green | Vanessa Violini | 5,051 | 21.57% | $3,659 | ||||
| New Democratic | Anita Romaniuk | 4,772 | 20.38% | $9,902 | ||||
| Marijuana | Ron MacIntyre | 651 | 2.78% | $735 | ||||
| People's Front | Brian Sproule | 76 | 0.33% | $57 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,414 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 142 | 0.61% | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,556 | 64.20% | ||||||