2.0 convention calls & bulletins - memoranda
- RBSC-ARC-1394-433-14
- File
- 2001
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2.0 convention calls & bulletins - memoranda
10.0 miscellaneous - leaflets/hand-outs
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, campaign literature, and a candidate biography for Gerard Jansen.
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, and a candidate biography for Pietro Calendino.
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, a candidate biography for Bart Healey, and two photographs of the candidate.
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, a letter from Ed Lavalle, Provincial Secretary, and a candidate biography for Frank Garden.
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, and a candidate biography for Rob Hutchins.
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, and a candidate biography for Norm Lortie.
Contains a candidate biography for Mike Farnworth, and samples of campaign literature.
Contains a candidate biography for Paul Sam.
Contains a candidate biography for Param Gewal.
Contains a candidate biography for Carole James.
Contains a candidate biography for Victor York and a sample of campaign literature.
2001 election communications binder
The items in this file, orignally contained in a binder, have the following labelled section dividers:
2001 provincial election results
Elections guidebooks and data sheets
Includes:
BC NDP Guide to Provincial Nominations 2000-2001
Candidates data
Meetings data
Nomination meetings sorted by constituency
Nomination meetings sorted by date
Rolling Agenda Campaign Committee
Communication Strategy
Federal NDP - An introduction to an NDP campaign
Federal NDP - Voter idenfication
Federal NDP - Getting out the vote
Records in this series relate to the British Columbia NDP's activities in support of the 2000 federal election.
Held on November 27, 2000, the 37th general election was called early by Liberal Party Prime Minister Jean Chretien. The federal NDP, under the leadership of Alexa McDonough, succeeded in securing 13 seats in Parliament, a loss of 8 seats from the previous election in 1997. The BC NDP also did not fare well in the federal election, possibly due to the resignation of Premier Glen Clark in August of 1999 surrounding allegations that he had accepted favours in return for approving a casino application. The next federal election was not held until 2004.
Records in this series have been made by multiple creators. Files 412-01 to 412-04 were created by Ed Lavalle, Provincial Secretary. The creator of files 412-05 to 412-15 is uncertain, but appear to be the Director of Communications. Similarly, the creator of files 412-16 to 412-21 is uncertain, but appears to be Ron Stipp, Director of Organization.
Files include correspondence, memos, public communications, polls, candidate biographies, clippings, draft advertisements and promotional materials, agendas and minutes, and other related materials.
Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society records
Subseries consists of records related to the Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society, its related organizations, and the various commissions and investigations into its activities, 1988-2001.
The Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society (NCHS) was a non-profit organization created by the CCF in 1954 to hold properties, provide event spaces, and support the organizing efforts of what would become the New Democratic Party. One of its primary methods of fundraising was through bingos. The formation of the NCHS was largely assisted by David Daniel Stupich, a former chicken farmer and accountant, who was later elected as the Nanaimo MLA for the NDP in 1963. Stupich remained heavily involved in Nanaimo politics, acting as a provincial NDP MLA from 1963-1969 and 1972-1988, and then as a federal NDP representative for the Nanaimo-Cowichan district from 1988 until 1993.
Under provincial regulations at the time, at least 25% of a bingo’s gross revenues were to be donated to charity. However, in 1988 the RCMP received a tip from Frank Murphy, one of the directors of the NCHS Charities Society (NCHS C/S) concerning the misdirection of funds. The RCMP proceeded to investigate, but the case failed to proceed due to lack of evidence. In May of 1992, allegations about the NCHS’s redirection of charity funds reached the media, including allegations that some of these funds had been redirected for NDP use, and the event quickly became known among the press as “Bingogate”. This prompted the RCMP to re-open an investigation (dubbed "Project Enigma"), and in 1993 search warrants were obtained. The investigation led to charges against the NCHS and several of its related societies in 1994 but, on the recommendations of Special Prosecutor Ace Henderson, not against any individuals involved. As the details of the case came to light, the NDP faced increasing public pressure to account for its actions, and in 1994, the services of Ron Parks, a forensics accountant with Lindquist Avey Macdonald Baskerville, were engaged to further analyze the collected evidence. The Parks Report, as it became known, was submitted in May of 1995, and among many other allegations, it suggested that in 1983-1984, the NCHS had funneled money ear-marked for charities into the NDP-owned Democrat Publications, which the NDP then attempted to pay back in 1993 as the NCHS allegations reached the media. This led to public accusations of a cover-up on the part of the NDP, and following the submission of the Parks Report, Bill M 207, the “Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society Public Inquiry Act” was passed in the legislature in 1995, calling for a public commission to investigate the activities of the NCHS. Headed for the majority of its time by Murray Smith and publicly known as the Smith Commission of Inquiry, the public inquiry began in late 1996, and continued until 2001. In 1999, at the age of 77, David Stupich pleaded guilty to fraud and the illegal operation of a lottery. He died in February of 2006.
Subseries includes court documents (primarily related to the Smith Commission of Inquiry), media clippings and transcripts, correspondence, public communications, reports, drafts, and other related material.
Loose documents related to the Smith Commission of Inquiry (1)
Contains clippings, courtroom transcripts, photocopies of exhibit documents, correspondence, and more. Some originals (ca. 1999-2001) as well as many photocopies (ca. 1970-1996?) throughout.
Loose documents related to the Smith Commission of Inquiry (2)
Contains media clippings, correspondence, public communications, and court documents relating to the NCHS and the Smith Commission of Inquiry.
Caucus and government - miscellaneous (2000-2001)
Contains handwritten notes, minutes, correspondence, memoranda, speech notes and scripts, presentation overheads and handouts, and other related materials.
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, and a candidate biography for Malcom James.
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, and a candidate biography for Ken Landgraff.
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, and a candidate biography for Ruth Adams.
Contains a candidate biography for Simon Challenger.
Contains a candidate biography for Dwayne Hartle.
Contains a candidate biography for Janet Scotland.
Contains a candidate biography for Assunta Rosal.
Contains a candidate biography of Paul Latham, and two piece of campaign publicity.
Contains a candidate biography for Rose Bennett, and two photographs of the candidate.
Contains a candidate biography for Bill Hartley.
Contains a candidate biography for Leonard Krog, and a copy of a campaign advertisement.
Contains a candidate biography for Colleen Fitzpatrick.
Contains a candidate biography for Glenn Roberston, and a sample piece of campaign literature.
Contains a candidate biography for Charley Beresford.
Contains a candidate biography for Brian Churchill.
Contains a candidate biography for Brian Revel, samples of campaign literature, and a photograph of the candidate.
Contains a candidate biography of Jaana Grant.
Contains a candidate biography for Billie Mortimer.
Contains a candidate biography for Steve Oakley.
Contains a candidate biography for Anita Romaniuk.
Contains a candidate biography for Peter Prontzos and a sample of campaign literature.
Contains a candidate biography for Gareth Richmond.
Provincial election 2001 questionnaire responses A-E
Loose documents related to the 2001 provincial election
The contents of this file are diverse, and while most materials relate directly to the 2001 provincial election, there are certain outliers which were either used for reference, or have simply become intermingled with the materials. These exceptional documents include: