John Weisbeck

John Weisbeck is a former Canadian politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2005, representing the riding of Kelowna-Lake Country.

John Weisbeck
MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country
In office 1996–2005
Preceded by	Judi Tyabji
Succeeded by	Al Horning
Personal details
Born	1943
Political party	BC Liberal
Residence	Kelowna, British Columbia
Alma mater	University of British Columbia University of Alberta
Occupation	dentist

Weisbeck received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia in 1963 then attained his Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from the University of Alberta before working as a dentist in Kelowna for 25 years.

In 1988, he was elected as a city councillor for Kelowna City Council where he ended up serving for two terms. He then went on to serve for two terms provincially as the MLA for Okanagan East (unseating Judi Tyabji) and then Kelowna, Lake Country. During his first term, he served as Official Opposition Critic for Advanced Education, Training and Technology. In his final term he served as Deputy Speaker.

Election results

2001 British Columbia general election: Kelowna-Lake Country
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John Weisbeck	14,093	63.19	$38,373
	New Democratic	Janet Elizabeth Scotland	3,102	13.91	$9,340
	Green	Devra Lynn Rice	2,606	11.68	$1,098
	Unity	Kevin Wendland	1,496	6.71	$1,493
	Marijuana	Paul Halonen	734	3.29	$444
	Action	David Thomson	272	1.22	$790
Total valid votes			22,303	100.00
Total rejected ballots			104	0.47
Turnout			22,407	66.91

1996 British Columbia general election: Okanagan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Weisbeck	9,382	38.37%
	Progressive Democrat	Judi Tyabji	6,432	26.30%
	New Democratic	Janet Elizabeth Gooch	5,176	21.17%
	Reform	Paul Halonen	3,116	12.74%
	Green	Dave Cursons	347	1.47%
Total valid votes			24,453
Total rejected ballots			108

External links

• John Weisbeck

References