Bernie Collins
Bernie Collins | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Souris—Moose Mountain | |
In office 1993–1997 | |
Preceded by | Leonard Gustafson |
Succeeded by | Roy Bailey |
Personal details | |
Born | Alphonsus Bernard Collins 18 June 1935 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Died | 26 March 2018 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | (aged 82)
Nationality | Canadian |
Political party | Liberal |
Occupation | educator, administrator |
Alphonsus Bernard Collins (18 June 1935 – 26 March 2018) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada at the Souris—Moose Mountain electoral district from 1993 to 1997. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, his career has been in education and administration.
He was elected to Parliament as a Liberal party candidate in the 1993 federal election then served in the 35th Canadian Parliament. Collins left Canadian politics after losing the riding to Reform party candidate Roy Bailey in the 1997 election. He died in 2018 at the age of 82.[1]
Electoral record[]
1997 Canadian federal election: Souris—Moose Mountain | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Reform | Roy Bailey | 13,732 | 41.2 | +10.5 | $24,042 | |||
Liberal | Bernie Collins | 9,077 | 27.2 | -5.0 | $42,840 | |||
New Democratic | Gary Lake | 6,209 | 18.6 | +2.1 | $26,063 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Greg Douglas | 4,333 | 13.0 | -2.0 | $11,530 | |||
Total valid votes | 33,351 | 100.0 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 128 | 0.4 | ||||||
Turnout | 33,479 | 67.0 |
1993 Canadian federal election: Souris—Moose Mountain | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Bernie Collins | 10,829 | 32.2 | +13.2 | ||||
Reform | Doug Heimlick | 10,330 | 30.7 | – | ||||
New Democratic | Caroline Saxon | 5,539 | 16.5 | -16.0 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Earl Silcox | 5,051 | 15.0 | -31.8 | ||||
Independent | Art Mainil | 918 | 2.7 | – | ||||
Independent | David Davis | 701 | 2.1 | – | ||||
Canada Party | David Bouchard | 271 | 0.8 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 33,639 | 100.0 |
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- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan
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