Charlie Wyse is an educator and former Canadian politician, who was a New Democratic Member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia from 2005 to 2009. He was elected to represent the riding of Cariboo South since the 2005 election.
Wyse, a teacher until 2004, served 23 years as a member of the city council for Williams Lake.
He ran in the newly created riding of Cariboo-Chilcotin for the 2009 election. He was initially declared the winner on election night, but was subsequently declared defeated by BC Liberal challenger Donna Barnett after a recount.
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