| Susan Brice | |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1943[1] |
| Birth Place: | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Office: | Saanich District Councillor |
| Term Start: | 2005 |
| Assembly1: | British Columbia Legislative |
| Constituency Am1: | Saanich South |
| Term Start1: | May 16, 2001 |
| Term End1: | May 17, 2005 |
| Predecessor1: | Andrew Petter |
| Successor1: | David Cubberley |
| Office2: | Minister of Human Resources of British Columbia |
| Premier2: | Gordon Campbell |
| Term Start2: | September 20, 2004 |
| Term End2: | June 16, 2005 |
| Predecessor2: | Stan Hagen |
| Successor2: | Position abolished |
| Office3: | Minister of State for Mental Health and Addiction Services of British Columbia |
| Premier3: | Gordon Campbell |
| Term Start3: | January 26, 2004 |
| Term End3: | September 20, 2004 |
| Predecessor3: | Gulzar Cheema (Minister of State for Mental Health) |
| Successor3: | Brenda Locke |
| Office4: | Mayor of Oak Bay |
| Term Start4: | 1985 |
| Term End4: | 1990 |
| Predecessor4: | J. Douglas Watts |
| Successor4: | Diana Butler |
| Party: | BC Liberal |
| Otherparty: | BC Social Credit (ca. 1989-1991) |
Susan Brice (born July 7, 1943) is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Saanich South in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. She sat as a member of the BC Liberal Party, and served in the cabinet of Premier Gordon Campbell. She has served as a member of the Saanich District Council since 2005,[2] and was previously mayor and councillor in Oak Bay.
Born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia,[3] [4] she attended the University of Victoria and worked as an elementary school teacher in Esquimalt and Oak Bay.[2] She served as an elected trustee to the Greater Victoria School Board from 1975 to 1980, including as chair of the board from 1978 to 1979.[3] [4] She was elected councillor to the Municipality of Oak Bay in 1980, then served as mayor from 1985 to 1990.[3] [4] She represented Oak Bay as a director on the Capital Regional District board during that time, and chaired the board from 1988 to 1989.[3]
She ran as a candidate for the Social Credit Party in a 1989 by-election for the provincial riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head, but lost to New Democrat Elizabeth Cull by 377 votes.[5] She contested the riding again at the 1991 provincial election, this time placing third behind Cull and Liberal Paul McKivett.[6] She was a host on CFAX AM1070 from 1990 to 1992,[4] then became executive director of the Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Island.[2] [3]
She represented the BC Liberals in the riding of Saanich South at the 2001 provincial election, and defeated New Democrat David Cubberley to become member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).[3] [7] She was appointed to the cabinet in January 2004 as Minister of State for Mental Health and Addiction Services, before being re-assigned as Minister of Human Resources that September.[8] She was also a member of the Government Caucus Committee on Education, and chair of the Government Caucus Committee on Health.[3]
After losing re-election as MLA in 2005 by 429 votes against Cubberley,[7] Brice instead ran for Saanich District Council at that year's municipal election,[1] [9] and has served as councillor since then.[2]
She has been married to husband George since 1965; they have two sons together.[3]