Supporters of Electoral Reform

If you believe it's time to replace the flawed first-past-the-post system with BC-STV, you're in good company.

British Columbians

Alex Atamanenko, NDP MP, BC Southern Interior
Robert Bateman, artist and naturalist
Tzeporah Berman, Executive Director, PowerUP Canada, co-founder, ForestEthics
Geoff Berner, musician
Michael Byers, UBC Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law
Braeden Caley, President, Young Liberals of Canada, BC
Nicola Cavendish, award-winning actor, playwright
Christy Clark, broadcaster, former BC Deputy Premier and cabinet minister
Diane Clement, celebrity chef, author
Dr. Douglas Clement, President of the BC Heart and Stroke Foundation, President, Achilles Athletics Association
Jean Crowder, NDP MP, Nanaimo-Cowichan
Guy Dauncey, President, BC Sustainable Energy Assoc.
Don Davies, NDP MP, Vancouver Kingsway
Libby Davies, NDP MP, Vancouver East
Charles Demers, comedian, co-host CityTV CityNews List
Rev. Jordan Ellis, Minister, Unity Church, Nanaimo
John Fryer, former General Secretary, BCGEU, former President, NUPGE
E. Margaret Fulton, former President, Mount Allison Univ.
Nick Geer, former head of ICBC
Gordon Gibson, former BC Liberal Leader
Jason Gratl, President, BC Civil Liberties Association
Deborah Grey, former Reform Party MP, Deputy Leader and interim Leader of the Official Opposition
Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell, Executive Director, Minerva Foundation for BC Women
Blaize Horner Reich, SFU Segal School of Business
Sean Holman, Public Eye Online. CFAX Legislative Reporter
Mel Hurtig, publisher, author
Vicky Husband, environmentalist
Mark Jaccard, Professor, SFU School of Resource & Environmental Management
Stephen Jarislowsky, CC GOQ, Chairman and CEO, Jarislowsky, Fraser
Valerie Jerome, former Olympic athelete
Seth Klein, Director, BC Office, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Troy Lanigan, President, Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Nick Loenen, former Social Credit MLA
Helesia Luke, business owner, NDP candidate for Vancouver-Langara
Rafe Mair, broadcaster and former MLA
David Marley, former Legal Services Director, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Gary Mason, columnist, Globe and Mail
Ken Melamed, Mayor of Whistler
Stephen Owen, former Liberal MP and cabinet minister, current UBC VP
Jody Paterson, columnist, Times-Colonist
Thomas Perry, former NDP MLA and cabinet minister
Andrew Petter, former BC NDP cabinet minister, former UVic Dean of Law
Dennis Pilon, UVic Political Science
Bob Ransford urban designer, communicator
Norman Ruff, Associate Professor Emeritus of political science, University of Victoria

Denise Savoie, NDP MP, Victoria
Bill Siksay, NDP MP, Burnaby-Douglas
Kay Sinclair, Regional Executive Vice President for British Columbia, Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
Jane Sterk, Leader, BC Green Party
Richard Stewart, Mayor of Coquitlam
David Suzuki, environmentalist
Lana Topham, NDP candidate, Saanich South
Hal Wake, Artistic Director, Vancouver International Writers Festival
Bill Vander Zalm, former Social Credit Premier
Brian Wallace, former President, Law Society of BC
Kevin Washbrook, Director, Voters Taking Action on Climate Change
Ted White, former Reform Party MP
Jan Whitford, Director, Vancouver Writers' Festival, Vancouver Recital Society
Paul Willcocks, columnist, Times-Colonist
Diana Wilson, Gemini award-winning filmmaker


Other Canadians

Rick Anderson, business executive, former advisor to Preston Manning
Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians
Sylvia Bashevkin, former president, Canadian Political Science Association
Marie Bountrogianni, former Liberal Minister for Democratic Renewal (Ontario)
Patrick Boyer, former Conservative MP, lawyer, author
Andrew Coyne, journalist, Macleans, National Post columnist
Bruce Cox, Executive Director, Greenpeace Canada
Kim Elliott, Publisher, rabble.ca
Jim Harris, former leader, Green Party of Canada
Andrea Horwath, Leader, Ontario NDP
Bruce Hyer, NDP MP, Thunder Bay-Superior North
Tom Kent, former chief advisor to Liberal Prime Minister Lester Pearson
Naomi Klein, author
Preston Manning, former Reform Party leader
Elizabeth May, leader Green Party of Canada
Farley Mowat, author
Lorne Nystrom, former NDP MP and Democratic Reform Critic
Walter Pitman, former NDP MP, former President, Canadian Civil Liberties Assoc.
Judy Rebick, CAW-Sam Gindin Chair, Social Justice and Democracy, Ryerson Univ.
Hugh Segal, Senator, Conservative Party, former PC leadership candidate
John Trent, former Secretary-General, International Political Science Association
Paul Wells, columnist, Maclean's magazine
Lois Wilson, former President, World Council of Churches, former Senator


International Endorsers

Colin Buchanan, retired Bishop of the Church of England, Honorary President of the Electoral Reform Society (UK)
Andrew Burns, Chair of the Electoral Reform Society (UK) and Councillor, City of Edinburgh (elected by STV)
Krist Novoselic, musician, formerly of Nirvana, currently Chair, Fair Vote (US)




(Lots more endorsements below! Keep reading...)

Organizations

Be The Change Earth Alliance
BC Civil Liberties Association
BC Sustainable Energy Association
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Citizens for Public Justice
Conservation Voters of BC

Dogwood Initiative
Greenpeace Canada
Simon Fraser Student Society
The Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
Voters Taking Action on Climate Change


Municipal Politicians

Lori Ackerman, Councillor, Fort St. John
Stephen Ashton, Councillor, Tofino
Fred Bass, former Councillor, Vancouver
Marilyn Belak, Councillor, Dawson Creek
Mike Bernier. Mayor of Dawson Creek
Sonya Chandler, Councillor, Victoria
Chris Coleman, Councillor, Victoria
Judith Cullington, Councillor, Colwood
Fin Donnelly, Councillor, Coquitlam
Kim Eglinski, Councillor, Fort Nelson
Michael Evison, Councillor, West Vancouver
Heather Hannaford, School Trustee, Fort St. John
Patricia Heintzman, Councillor, District of Squamish
Richard Hughes, former Regional Director, Cowichan Valley
Lynn Hunter, Councillor, Victoria
Vicki Huntington former Councillor, Delta
Sharon Jackson, Councillor, Duncan
Gwen Johansson, Councillor, Hudson's Hope
Gord Johns, Councillor, Tofino

Bruce Lantz, Mayor of Fort St. John
Charlie Lasser, former Mayor of Chetwynd
Michael Lewis, Councillor, West Vancouver
Phillippe Lucas, Councillor, Victoria
Bruce Martindale, Councillor, Terrace
Derek Masselink, Trustee, Pender Island
Moralea Milne, Councillor, Metchosin
Debora Munoz, Councillor, Prince George
Neal Nicholson, Councillor, Coquitlam
Aaron Pinch, Councillor, Powell River
Angela Reid, Councillor, Kelowna
Karen Rockwell, Councillor, Port Moody
Christopher Sedergreen, Councillor, Anmore
Linda Sewell, School Trustee, Peace River North
Andy Shadrack, Director, Area D, Regional District Central Kootenay
Harold Steves, Councillor, Richmond
Michael Tilitzky, Councillor, Tofino
Richard Walton, Mayor, District of North Vancouver
Bruce Whittington, Councillor, Ladysmith
Gary Wright, Mayor of New Denver


Political Scientists

Janni Aragon, Political Science Dept., UVic
Michael Asch, Adjunct Prof., Political Science, UVic
Jeanette Ashe, Political Science, Douglas College
Alison Ayers, Political Science Dept., SFU
Bruce Baum, Political Science Dept., UBC
Colin Bennett, Political Science Dept., UVic
Michelle Bonner, Political Science Dept., UVic
Cara Camcastle, SFU Political Science
Maxwell Cameron, Political Science Dept., UBC
Mark Crawford, Political Science Program, Athabasca Univ.
Claire Cutler, Political Science Dept., UVic
Rita Dhamoon, Political Science Dept., Univ. of the Fraser Valley
Laurent Dobuzinkskis, Political Science Dept., SFU
John Dyck, Political Studies Dept., Trinity Western Univ.
Avigail Eisenberg, Political Science Dept., UVic
Lynda Erickson, Political Science Dept., SFU
Scott Fast, Political Science Dept., University of the Fraser Valley
Joyce Green, Political Science Dept., Univ. of Regina
Hugh Greenwood, former head, Geological Services, UBC
Grant Havers, Chair, Political Science Dept., Trinity Western Univ.
Andrew Heard, Political Science Dept., SFU
Dawn Hemingway, Assoc. Professor & Chair, UNBC School of Social Work
Andy Hira, Political Science Dept., SFU
Jacqueline Holler, Assoc. Prof., History/Women's & Gender Studies, UNBC
Cosmo Howard, Political Science Dept., UVic
Laura Janara, Political Science Dept., UBC
Harold Jansen, Political Science Dept., University of Lethbridge
Genevieve Fuji Johnson, Political Science Dept., SFU
J. Paul Johnston, Associate Professor [retired], Political Science Dept., University of Alberta
David Kahane, Political Science Dept., Univ. of Alberta
Bryce Kendrick, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Univ. of Waterloo
Ayla Kilic, Political Science Dept., Okanagan College
Arthur Kroker, Political Science Dept., UVic
Ross Lambertson, Political Science Dept., Camosun College
Ed Lavalle, Political Science Dept., Capilano Univ.

James Lawson, Political Science Dept., UVic
Sandra MacLean, Political Science Dept., SFU
Colin Macleod, Adjunct Prof., Political Science, UVic
Warren Magnusson, Political Science Dept., UVic
Stephen McBride, Political Science Dept., SFU
H.B. McCullough, Political Science Dept., UBC Okanagan
Allen Mills, Dept. of Politics, Univ. of Winnipeg
Steve Patten, Political Science Dept., Univ. of Alberta
Stephen Phillips, Political Science Dept., Langara College
Peter Prontzos, Political Science Dept., Langara College
Paul Prosperi, Political Science Dept., Langara College
Philip Resnick, Political Science Dept., UBC
Ronald E. Schaub, former head, Psychology Dept., Univ. of Calgary
Oliver Schmidtke, Political Science Dept., UVic
Timothy Schouls, Political Studies, Capilano Univ.
Patrick Smith, Director, Institute of Governance Studies, SFU
Kennedy Stewart, SFU Political Science
Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom, Political Science Dept., UBC
Cam Sylvester, Political Studies, Capilano Univ.
Yves Tiberghien, Political Science Dept., UBC
Jim Tully, Political Science Dept., UVic
Manjeet Uppal, University-College Professor, Vancouver Island Univ.
Amy Verdun, Political Science Dept., UVic
R.B.J. Walker, Political Science Dept., UVic
Mark Warren, Harold & Dorrie Merilees Chair for the Study of Democracy, UBC
Scott Watson, Political Science Dept., UVic
Michael Webb, Political Science Dept., UVic
Steven Weldon, Political Science Dept., SFU
David Whitson, Political Science Dept., Univ. of Alberta
Jeremy Wilson, Political Science Dept., UVic
David Winchester, Political Studies Dept., Capilano Univ.
Guoguang Wu, Political Science Dept., UVic
Feng Xu, Political Science Dept., UVic


Community/Social/Political

Martin Amiabel, Past President, BC Old Age Pensioners Organization
Ruth Amiabel, Director, BC Old Age Pensioners Organization
Eric Anderson, Chair, Blueridge Community Association
Adriane Carr, Deputy Leader, Green Party of Canada
David Carr, environmentalist, Vote for Climate
Peter Chow-White, Associate Professor, Communications, SFU
Wallace Gilby Craig, retired Provincial Court Judge, currently a member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Dorothy Cutting, Founding Director, West Coast Climate Equity
Naomi Devine, Director, Conservation Voters of BC
Rev. Jordan Ellis, Minister, Unity Church, Nanaimo
Sally Emory, Executive Director, Northern Environmental Action Team (NEAT)
Catherine Evans, board member, Canadian Women's Congress
Peter Ewart, writer, English Instructor, College of New Caledonia
Paul George, Co-founder, Western Canada Wilderness Committee
Elsie Gerdes, President, BC Old Age Pensioners Organization
Roland Guasparini, past Chair, Health Officers Council of BC
Jamie Lee Hamilton, Director, Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society
Dr. Gordon Hartman, Fisheries Research Scientist, and Helen Hartman
Wendy Holm, P.Ag., Resource Economist, Agrologist, Columnist, Speaker

Will Horter, Chair, Conservation Voters of BC
Fiona Hyslop, board member, Victoria Foundation
Karen Longhurst, teacher, retired
Pru Moore, Instructor, Vancouver Community College School of Instructor Education
Alexandra Morton, biologist and conservationist, Adopt-a-fry.org
Stuart Parker, former leader, BC Green Party
Briony Penn, author, co-founder Land Conservancy of BC
Heather I. Peters, Associate Professor, UNBC School of Social Work
Ronnie Phipps, Coordinator, BC Coalition for Health Promotion
Mark Robinson, political activist
Neil Roos, retired Executive Director, Christian Labour Association of Canada
Glen Schmidt, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, UNBC
Wilma Sotas, former Executive Member, UNIFEM Canada (United Nations Development Fund for Women)
Donna Stewart, former southern BC rep, National Action Committee of the Status of Women
Matt Takach, Dogwood Initiative
Anthony Tuffin, Editor, STVAction.org, Council Member, UK Electoral Reform Society
Jan Westlund, Coordinator, Women Elders in Action
Christianne Wilhelmson, Director, Conservation Voters of BC


Business

Erin Airton, businesswoman
Roy Ball, President, Imago Machine Vision Inc.
Michael Barkusky CGA, Director of Socioeconomics, Rainforest Solutions Project, Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Society for Ecological Economics
Richard Brunt, owner, Cutting Edge Writing Services
Jamie Deith, President, Eagle Graphite Corporation
Ryan Durand, biologist, Proprietor, Taara Environmental
Mary Henley, Manager of Business Development, Saunder School of Business, UBC
Paul Holmes, social media entrepreneur
David Hunter, Vice-President Engineering, SAP Business Objects (retired)
Meror Krayenhoff, President, Terra Firma Builders Ltd.

Eric Madsen, President, Madsen Financial Planning Corp.
Jason Mogus, CEO, Communicopia, founder, Web of Change Conference, board member, BC Social Venture Partners
Dr. Tod Pelly, Doctor of Chiropractic, North Vancouver
Bill Tracey, P.Eng, President, Systek Engineering Ltd.
Shane Vernon, owner, Bioscapes Landscaping
Debbie Wellwood, wildlife biologist, Proprietor, Raven Ecological Services
Robin Wheeler, owner, Edible Landscapes


Arts

Mark Achbar, filmmaker, Producer and Director of "Manufacturing Consent" and "The Corporation"
Fran Backhouse, writer
Ross Crockford, author, former editor Monday Magazine
Ann Eriksson, writer
Max Fawcett Editor, Chetwynd Echo
Derric Gerdes, Editor, BC Seniors Newsletter
Terry Glavin, author
Jane Eaton Hamilton, author, photographer
Bob Harrington, author, and Linda Harrington
Roger Haskett, actor, writer, director, teacher, and owner, Actors Unlimited

Sean Holman, editor, Public Eye Online
Elizabeth James, editor, writer
Karin Litzcke, writer, freelance education analyst
Robin Mathews, author, founder Great Canadian Theatre Co
Brendan McLeod, spoken word artist, musician
Nick Noorani, Publisher, Canadian Immigrant Magazine
Chrystal Ocean, blogger, social activist
Michael Poole, author, and Carole Poole
Velcro Ripper, filmmaker
Colleen Savage, jazz singer
Wayne Sawchuk, author, photographer
Jill Sharpe, filmmaker, Reel-Myth Productions Inc.


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