Series MS-2042 - David Anderson files as MP and MLA

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David Anderson files as MP and MLA

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MS-2042

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  • 1968-1976 (Creation)
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    Anderson, David Alexander, 1937-

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Originals, 7.75 m

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David Anderson was elected to the House of Commons as Liberal Member of Parliament in 1968 and he held the seat until 1972 when he left Ottawa to lead the Liberal Party of British Columbia. In August 1972 he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Victoria and served until his defeat in 1975.

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In 1968, David Anderson was elected to the House of Commons as Liberal MP for Esquimalt-Saanich; he held his seat until 1972 when he left Ottawa to lead the Liberal party of British Columbia. In August 1972, he was elected as Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly for Victoria and served until his defeat in 1975. David Anderson was educated in Victoria and Hong Kong. Upon receiving his law degree from University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1962, he entered the Foreign Service. He began his political career in 1968 when he was elected to the House of Commons as Liberal member for the riding of Esquimalt-Saanich. Anderson left Federal politics in 1972 to take on the leadership of the Liberal Party of British Columbia; he was elected MLA for the Victoria City riding in August 1972 and served until his defeat in 1975. Anderson returned to politics briefly in 1978 and won the Liberal nomination for the federal riding of Cowichan Malahat-The Islands; however, he was defeated in the 1979 election by the Progressive Conservative candidate Don Taylor. Upon leaving politics, Anderson became a full time environmentalist acting as intervenor on behalf of the BC Wildlife Federation at hearings into a proposed oil pipeline from Kitimat to Edmonton; studying the proposed oil tanker routes through waters adjacent to the coast of B.C., etc. He also accepted a teaching position in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria. In 1984 he was appointed to the bench of the Immigration Appeal Board Court in Vancouver. His MP files consist of general office files and outgoing correspondence. The general office files contain correspondence, reports, and clippings on a wide range of subjects. The outgoing correspondence files consist of additional copies of outgoing letters filed by month and year. Anderson's files as MLA for Victoria contain, correspondence, speeches and press releases on subjects of interest to his constituents.

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Presented by David Anderson, 1982.

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Anderson's file system has been retained, no file key was found.

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Accession number(s): 82-069; 89-1001

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