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Biography
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.
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 | |||||||