David Anderson
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- This page relates to the Canadian Liberal former Cabinet member. For other notable people of the same name see David Anderson (disambiguation)
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The Honorable David Anderson (born August 16, 1937 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian politician.
Anderson is currently Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Victoria since 1993, and is a former member of Cabinet. He was also the member from Esquimalt—Saanich from 1968 to 1972.
Anderson was an Olympic silver medalist in rowing, and a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force (1955-1958). Anderson entered politics on the federal level, before going on to serve as leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for single term of 1972 and 1975.
Even though the British Columbia Social Credit Party was badly defeated in the 1972 election, and reduced to a small caucus, Anderson was not only unable to gather momentum from the Social Credit implosion, he lost three of his five Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) when Garde Gardom, Allan Williams and Pat Macgeer crossed the floor to join Social Credit.
Anderson resigned as party leader three months prior to the 1975 provincial election, and was badly humiliated in his Victoria riding, coming a distant fifth. Many presumed that his failure as BC Liberal leader would be the end of his political career.
In the 1993 federal election, he ran in Victoria and was elected as one of the few Liberal Members of Parliament (MPs) elected from BC.
Anderson has been a legal counsel, environmental consultant, foreign-service officer, professor, public servant. Anderson has served as Minister of National Revenue, Minister of Transport, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. He was Minister of the Environment from 1998 to 2004, and now sits on the Liberal backbench. He has announced that he will not be a candidate in the next federal election.
| 27th Ministry - Government of Paul Martin | ||
| Cabinet Posts (1) | ||
| Preceded by: cont'd from 26th Min. | Minister of the Environment (2003-2004) | Succeeded by: Stéphane Dion |
| 26th Ministry - Government of Jean Chrétien | ||
| Cabinet Posts (4) | ||
| Preceded by: Christine Stewart | Minister of the Environment (1999-2003) | Succeeded by: cont'd into 27th Min. |
| Preceded by: Fred Mifflin | Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (1997-1999) | Succeeded by: Herb Dhaliwal |
| Preceded by: Doug Young | Minister of Transport (1996-1997) | Succeeded by: David Collenette |
| Preceded by: Garth Turner | Minister of National Revenue (1993-1996) | Succeeded by: Jane Stewart |
| Preceded by: George Louis Chatterton | Member of Parliament for Esquimalt—Saanich 1968-1972 | Succeeded by: Don Munro |
| Preceded by: John Brewin | Member of Parliament for Victoria 1993- | Succeeded by: Incumbent |
| Preceded by: Doug Young | Minister of Transport 1996 - 1997 | Succeeded by: David Collenette Template:End box |