Claude Richmond

Claude Richmond
35th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
In office
June 19, 2001 – May 16, 2005
PremierGordon Campbell
Lieutenant GovernorGarde Gardom
Iona Campagnolo
Preceded byBill Hartley
Succeeded byBill Barisoff
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Kamloops
In office
May 16, 2001 – May 12, 2009
Preceded byCathy McGregor
Succeeded byRiding abolished
In office
December 14, 1981 – October 17, 1991
Serving with Bud Smith (1986-91)
Preceded byRafe Mair
Succeeded byArthur Charbonneau
Minister of Tourism of British Columbia
In office
August 10, 1982 – August 14, 1986
PremierBill Bennett
Bill Vander Zalm
Preceded byPatricia Jordan
Succeeded byWilliam Earl Reid
Minister of Social Services and Housing of British Columbia
In office
August 14, 1986 – November 1, 1989
PremierBill Vander Zalm
Preceded byJack Kempf (Lands, Parks and Housing)
Succeeded byPeter Albert Dueck
Minister of State, Okanagan of British Columbia
In office
October 22, 1987 – July 6, 1988
PremierBill Vander Zalm
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHoward Dirks (Thompson–Okanagan and Kootenays)
Minister of Tourism and Provincial Secretary of British Columbia
In office
September 22, 1989 – November 1, 1989
PremierBill Vander Zalm
Preceded byWilliam Earl Reid
Succeeded byCliff Michael (Tourism)
Howard Dirks (Provincial Secretary)
Minister of Forests of British Columbia
In office
November 1, 1989 – November 5, 1991
PremierBill Vander Zalm
Rita Johnston
Preceded byDave Parker
Succeeded byDan Miller
Minister of Employment and Income Assistance of British Columbia
In office
June 16, 2005 – June 23, 2008
PremierGordon Campbell
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Claude Harry Richmond

(1935-08-03) August 3, 1935 (age 89)[1]
Blue River, British Columbia
Political partySocial Credit
Liberal
Spouse
Patricia Simpson
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(m. 1958)​

Claude Harry Richmond (born August 3, 1935) is a former Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the riding of Kamloops from 1981 to 1991 as part of the British Columbia Social Credit Party (Socred),[2] and from 2001 to 2009 as part of the British Columbia Liberal Party. He held various cabinet positions under premiers Bill Bennett, Bill Vander Zalm, Rita Johnston and Gordon Campbell, and served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2005.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CPG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Who's who in the West: A Biographical Dictionary of Noteworthy Men and Women of the Pacific Coast and the Western States. A.N. Marquis Company. 2004. ISBN 9780837909356. Retrieved March 2, 2015.