Nick Loenen | |
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MLA for Richmond | |
In office 1986–1991 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1942 or 1943 (age 80–81)[1] |
Political party | Social Credit Party of British Columbia |
Nick Loenen (born 1942 or 1943) is a former Canadian politician. Loenen was born in the Netherlands and immigrated to Canada with his family in 1956.[2] He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991, as a Social Credit member for the constituency of Richmond.[3] He was defeated when he sought reelection in 1991 in the new constituency of Richmond-Steveston. He was also defeated when he ran for the Reform Party in the Richmond federal constituency in the 1993 federal election.
In 1997, Loenen published a book titled Citizenship and Democracy: A Case for Proportional Representation where he argues that Canada's first-past-the-post voting system is inefficient and that proportional representation is the solution.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Review - More News October 28, 2004". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ a b Loenen, Nick; Boyer, J. Patrick (September 1, 1997). Citizenship and Democracy: A Case for Proportional Representation. Dundurn.
- ^ Guide Parlementaire Canadien. 1994. ISBN 9780921925545.