Michael F. "Mike" Harcourt

1984	1984	1991
Anti-Harcourt 1984

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1943.01.06 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

OCCUPATION: Community Activist.

POLITICAL PARTY:
The Electors Action Movement (TEAM): 1970-73
Civic Independent: 1973-86.
New Democratic Party (NDP): 1986-96.

PREMIER OF BRITISH COLUMBIA:
5 November 1991 - 22 February 1996.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (MLA):
Resigned - 22 February 1996.
1991.10.17 - Vancouver-Mount Pleasant - Re-Elected.
1986.10.22 - Vancouver Centre - Elected.
1979.05.10 - Vancouver-Little Mountain - Defeated.
1975.12.11 - Vancouver South - Defeated.

Leader of the Official Opposition: April 1987 - November 1991.

VANCOUVER (BC) MAYOR:
Served: 1980 - 1986.
November 1984 - Re-Elected.
November 1982 - Re-Elected.
November 1980 - Elected.

VANCOUVER (BC) CITY COUNCIL (ALDERMAN):
Served: 1972 - 1980.
November 1978 - Re-Elected.
November 1976 - Re-Elected.
November 1974 - Re-Elected.
November 1972 - Elected.

PARTY LEADERSHIP:
Leader, British Columbia New Democratic Party, April 1987 - February 1996. The NDP won 51 seats and majority governing status in the 1991 elections, a gain of 29 seats.

Candidate for Leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, April 1987. Elected unopposed by acclamation.

MISCELLANEOUS:
Harcourt resigned as BC Premier in February 1996 as the result of the "Bingogate" scandal in which the NDP used skimmed money raised by purported charity bingo events to fund the party's political activities. Although Harcourt was never implicated in the scandal, he resigned citing the principle that as the leader of the party, he was ultimately responsible for any misconduct in his government even if it did not directly involve him.

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