Charlie Wyse Explained

Charlie Wyse
Birth Date:[1]
Office1:MLA for Cariboo South
Term Start1:2005
Term End1:2009
Predecessor1:Walt Cobb
Successor1:riding dissolved

Charlie Wyse (born September 12, 1946) is an educator and former Canadian politician, who was a New Democratic Member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia from 2005 to 2009. He represented the riding of Cariboo South. He had earlier been an unsuccessful candidate in the 1986 provincial election, running in the then two-seat Cariboo riding for the Progressive Conservatives.

Wyse, a teacher until 2004, served 23 years as a member of the city council for Williams Lake.[2]

He ran in the newly created riding of Cariboo-Chilcotin for the 2009 election. He was initially declared the winner on election night, but was subsequently declared defeated by BC Liberal challenger Donna Barnett after a recount.[3] He was also defeated by Barnett in the 2013 provincial election.

Notes and References

  1. Recount gives Liberal candidate Barnett win over NDP incumbent; Wyse had 23-vote lead on election night, but result was overturnedHansen, Darah. The Vancouver Sun [Vancouver, B.C] 27 May 2009: A.4.
  2. Web site: MLA: Charlie Wyse . Overview of Previous Parliaments . Legislative Assembly of British Columbia . 2009-11-29.
  3. Web site: Huntington defeats Oppal in B.C. election recount. CBC News. May 26, 2009. 2016-04-09.