David A. Anderson

Politician

1937 –

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Who is David A. Anderson?

David A. Anderson, PC OC is a former Canadian cabinet minister.

Educated at Victoria College in Victoria, BC and the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, he graduated in 1962 with a LLB. During his UBC days Anderson won a silver medal for rowing in the 1960 Olympic Games, and a silver medal in the Pan American Games in Chicago in 1959. He was also a pilot in the University Reserve of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Anderson served as a foreign service officer in the Department of External Affairs between 1962 and 1968. His posts included Indochina 1963-64, Assistant Canadian Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong, 1964–1967, and China Desk Officer in Ottawa 1967-68. In Hong Kong, Anderson attended the Institute of Oriental Studies of the University of Hong Kong and obtained the British Foreign Officer Higher Standard Certificate in Mandarin.

He was elected Liberal MP for the constituency of Esquimalt—Saanich on Vancouver Island in the 1968 federal election. Four years later he switched to provincial politics, and was elected leader of the provincial Liberal Party, then the third party in the provincial legislature with 5 out of 55 seats.

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Born
Aug 16, 1937
Victoria
Also known as
  • David Anderson
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Anglicanism
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Education
  • University of British Columbia
  • Victoria College, British Columbia
  • University of Victoria
Employment
  • Off Madison Ave

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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