Bernie Collins
Canadian politician (1935–2018)
Bernie Collins | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Souris—Moose Mountain | |
In office 1993–1997 | |
Preceded by | Lenard Gustafson |
Succeeded by | Roy Bailey |
Personal details | |
Born | Alphonsus Bernard Collins (1935-06-18)18 June 1935 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Died | 26 March 2018(2018-03-26) (aged 82) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Political party | Liberal |
Occupation | educator, administrator |
Alphonsus Bernard Collins (18 June 1935 – 26 March 2018) was a Canadian politician who was a member of the House of Commons of Canada for the Souris—Moose Mountain electoral district from 1993 to 1997. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, his career was in education and public administration.
Collins was elected to Parliament as a Liberal party candidate in the 1993 federal election then served in the 35th Canadian Parliament. Collins left Canadian politics after losing the riding to Reform party candidate Roy Bailey in the 1997 election.
Collins died on 26 March 2018, at the age of 82.[1][2]
Electoral record
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Reform | Roy Bailey | 13,732 | 41.2 | +10.5 | $24,042 | |||
Liberal | Bernie Collins | 9,077 | 27.2 | -5.0 | $42,840 | |||
New Democratic | Gary Lake | 6,209 | 18.6 | +2.1 | $26,063 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Greg Douglas | 4,333 | 13.0 | -2.0 | $11,530 | |||
Total valid votes | 33,351 | 100.0 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 128 | 0.4 | ||||||
Turnout | 33,479 | 67.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Bernie Collins | 10,829 | 32.2 | +13.2 | ||||
Reform | Doug Heimlick | 10,330 | 30.7 | – | ||||
New Democratic | Caroline Saxon | 5,539 | 16.5 | -16.0 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Earl Silcox | 5,051 | 15.0 | -31.8 | ||||
Independent | Art Mainil | 918 | 2.7 | – | ||||
Independent | David Davis | 701 | 2.1 | – | ||||
Canada Party | David Bouchard | 271 | 0.8 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 33,639 | 100.0 |
References
External links
- Bernie Collins – Parliament of Canada biography
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