Fred Gingell Explained

Fred Gingell (November 18, 1930 – July 6, 1999) was an English-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Delta South in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 1999 as a Liberal. He was born in London.^[1]

He served as finance critic in the provincial assembly. Gingell was leader of the opposition in the provincial assembly from February 1993 to March 1994.^[2] He served as the first president of Kwantlen College. Gingell died in office from cancer.^{[3] [4]}

Fred Gingell Park in Tsawwassen was named in his honour. A provincial program to treat stuttering is named the Fred Gingell Memorial Stuttering Treatment Support Program.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. 1997. 9781896413433.
2. Web site: Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903- . https://web.archive.org/web/20110220035338/http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/leaders_of_the_opposition.pdf . dead . 2011-02-20 . BC Legislature . 2011-07-20 .
3. Web site: Hansard . Legislative Assembly of British Columbia . July 6, 1999 . 2012-02-27.
4. News: July 6, 1999 . Liberal MLA dies . CBC . April 8, 2022.
5. Web site: History . BCAPS . 2012-02-27 . https://archive.today/20120801065800/http://www.bcaps.bc.ca/history.html . 2012-08-01 . dead .