David Calder (rower)

David Calder
Personal information
Born	May 21, 1978 (age 43); Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
World Rowing Championships

Rowing the final (in red/white) of the men's coxless pair at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

David C D Calder OLY^[1] (born May 21, 1978) is a Canadian rower. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia. He graduated from Brentwood College School (Mill Bay, British Columbia) in 1996.

He has competed at four Olympics: 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. Competing at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the rowing event Men's coxless pair along with Scott Frandsen. They were the first Canadians to win a medal at the 2008 Olympics, when they won silver,^[2] for which Terry Paul was their coach.^[3]

He holds the British Columbia 2000 metre ergometer record at the Junior A (Under-19) level with a time of 5:59.9, a time set in 1996 while a student at Brentwood College.^[4]

Electoral record[]

v t 2017 British Columbia general election: Saanich South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lana Popham	11,921	42.47	−3.08	$59,661
	Liberal	David Calder	8,716	31.05	−4.24	$66,005
	Green	Mark Neufeld	7,129	25.39	+10.10	$15,073
	Libertarian	Andrew Paul McLean	177	0.63	–	$0
	Vancouver Island Party	Richard Percival Pattee	130	0.46	–	$1,570
Total valid votes			28,073	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			126	0.45	+0.12
Turnout			28,199	70.63	+3.52
Registered voters			30,926
Source: Elections BC^[5]^[6]

References[]

^ "OLY Canada Commission created to empower Team Canada Olympians". Canadian Olympic Committee. April 29, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
^ "Frandsen and Calder win silver in rowing". TSN. August 16, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
^ Smith, Beverley (July 28, 2012). "Canadian rowing team of Calder, Frandsen want gold". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved January 29, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.