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♀ Christy Joan Clark
aliasChristy Clark
Record
11233 · 2525

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 5 1 6
Birth 29 October 1965
Age 58 years + 6 months
First mandate 28 May 1996 → 27 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 6 years + 8 months ago (4 August 2017)
Special notes
None
 
Christy Joan Clark (1965– )
© Photo 2011 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 15 0 13 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 39
LIB
 1 Party leader 45–51 26 Feb 2011 — 04 Aug 2017 6 5 9
2. BC 39–41
LIB
 1 Premier 45–51 14 Mar 2011 — 17 Jul 2017 6 4 3
3. BC 41
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 51 18 Jul 2017 — 04 Aug 2017 0 0 17

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 8  
1 documented challenger
⊕ David R.P. Eby  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 31,552 Votes: 23,158 Participation: 73.40% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
36		 British Columbia
28 May 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7975(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 1/5 10,272 44.73% +468 Loser:
NDP
 9,804 42.69% Jamie Ross

Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 31,057 Votes: 22,299 Participation: 71.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
16 May 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8048(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/3 16,500 74.64% +12,322 Loser:
NDP
 4,178 18.90% Brian Revel

Service: 4 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 43,715 Votes: 26,476 Participation: 60.57% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8132(F) — 15 Apr 2022 08:45 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
39		 Successor:
LIB
 14,161 53.75% Iain J.S. Black
Eligible: 40,959 Votes: 15,951 Participation: 38.94% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
11 May 2011
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31954(F) — 21 Jul 2022 22:08 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
45
LIB
 1/6 7,757 48.73% +564 Loser:
NDP
 7,193 45.19% David R.P. Eby

Service: 2 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 41,091 Votes: 24,232 Participation: 58.97% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8329(F) — 21 Jul 2022 22:08 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
47
LIB
 2/8 10,436 43.19% -1,063 Winner:
NDP
 11,499 47.59% David R.P. Eby
Eligible: 46,021 Votes: 18,797 Participation: 40.84% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
10 July 2013
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31958(F) — 15 Oct 2021 21:16 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
47
LIB
 1/8 11,758 62.66% +6,195 Loser:
NDP
 5,563 29.64% Carole Gordon

Service: 3 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,162 Votes: 26,712 Participation: 55.46% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 NDP  29 Jun 2017
ID: 8353(F) — 25 Jul 2023 19:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
51
LIB
 1/4 15,674 58.96% +8,962 Loser:
NDP
 6,712 25.25% Shelley Cook
After her election:
29 Jun 2017 51
LIB
 →
NDP
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
4 Aug 2017 51
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 months 26 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 47,461 Votes: 14,972 Participation: 31.55% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
14 February 2018
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 17239(F) — 29 Mar 2024 14:33 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
LIB
 8,406 56.28% Benjamin R. Stewart

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Christy Clark		 16 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Christy Clark		 16 Apr 2024

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