Tom Shypitka
Thomas Glenn (Tom) Shypitka is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Kootenay East as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus.[1]
Tom Shypitka MLA | |
|---|---|
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Kootenay East | |
| Assumed office May 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Bennett |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | BC Liberal |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Curling | ||
| Labatt Brier | ||
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Shypitka is also an accomplished curler,[2] having represented British Columbia at the 1991 Labatt Brier and 2010 Tim Hortons Brier.
Electoral record
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Kootenay East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Tom Shypitka | 9,666 | 56.57 | $53,655 | ||||
| New Democratic | Randal Macnair | 5,070 | 29.67 | $34,336 | ||||
| Green | Yvonne Marie Prest | 1,926 | 11.27 | $2,412 | ||||
| Libertarian | Keith D. Komar | 425 | 2.49 | $2,027 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,087 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 101 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,188 | 55.71 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3] | ||||||||
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References
- "NDP loses key Kootenay seat to the B.C. Liberals". CBC News British Columbia, May 9, 2017.
- http://cranbrook.ca/our-city/mayor-and-council/meet-our-councillors/tom/
- "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
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