Richard Cannings (British Columbia politician)

Richard Cannings
MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for South Okanagan—West Kootenay
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded by Alex Atamanenko
Personal details
Born (1954-03-31) March 31, 1954
Penticton, British Columbia
Political party New Democratic Party
Profession Biologist, author

Richard J. "Dick" Cannings (born March 31, 1954) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of South Okanagan—West Kootenay in the House of Commons of Canada in the Canadian federal election, 2015.[1] An alumnus of Memorial University of Newfoundland and the University of British Columbia, he is a biologist and author.[2]

Cannings was appointed the NDP Critic for Post-Secondary Education as well as the Deputy Critic for Natural Resources in the 42nd Canadian Parliament.[3]

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticRichard Cannings 24,823 37.20 -2.24
ConservativeMarshall Neufeld 19,894 29.81 -14.96
LiberalConnie Denesiuk 18,727 28.07 +20.97
GreenSamantha Troy 2,851 4.27 -3.86
IndependentBrian Gray 432 0.65%
Total valid votes/Expense limit 66,727100.0   $245,563.16
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters 88,519
New Democratic hold Swing -8.6
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

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