Tom Shypitka | |
|---|---|
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Kootenay East | |
| Assumed office May 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Bennett |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | BC United |
Thomas Glenn Shypitka is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Kootenay East as a member of the BC United caucus.[1] In Opposition, he has served as the Official Opposition Critic for Energy and Mines; Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation; and Mines and Low Carbon Innovation.
Shypitka is also an accomplished curler,[2] having represented British Columbia at the 1991 Labatt Brier and 2010 Tim Hortons Brier. It is believed he is also the only player in Brier history[citation needed] to appear as both a right and left handed thrower (right handed in 1991, left handed in 2010), due to a knee injury.[3]
Electoral record
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Kootenay East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Tom Shypitka | 9,897 | 57.90 | +1.33 | $38,182.15 | |||
| New Democratic | Wayne Stetski | 5,499 | 32.17 | +2.5 | $19,605.32 | |||
| Green | Kerri Wall | 1,697 | 9.93 | −1.34 | $3,805.90 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,093 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Kootenay East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Tom Shypitka | 9,666 | 56.57 | −6.42 | $53,655 | |||
| New Democratic | Randal Macnair | 5,070 | 29.67 | −7.34 | $34,336 | |||
| Green | Yvonne Marie Prest | 1,926 | 11.27 | – | $2,412 | |||
| Libertarian | Keith D. Komar | 425 | 2.49 | – | $2,027 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,087 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 101 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,188 | 55.71 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6] | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b "NDP loses key Kootenay seat to the B.C. Liberals" Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine. CBC News British Columbia, May 9, 2017.
- ^ "Tom Shypitka | Meet Our Councillors | Mayor and Council | Our City | City of Cranbrook". Archived from the original on 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ "Koe an instant Brier legend". Grande Prairie Herald-Tribune. March 19, 2010. p. 15. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
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