Politics
Introduced to politics via Svend Robinson and worked on federal NDP campaigns in early 90's In 2001 ran for MLA in the British Columbia election in the constituency of Vancouver Hastings as Green Party candidate - received 14.9% of the popular vote Ran for MLA in 2005 in Vancouver Hastings and received 9% of the popular vote Financial Agent for Vancouver East Green Party 2004-2007 President Vancouver Hastings Green Party Constituency 2004–2008 Ran in the 2008 Vancouver Civic election for the Work Less Party received 10,000 votes In 2011 Ian ran for De-Growth Vancouver and received 7872 votes
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.”
—Richard M. Nixon (b. 1913)
“Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices.... Politics has once again become religious.”
—Michel de Certeau (1925–1986)
“Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted women to politics and the professions. The conservatives who saw this as the undermining of our civilization and the end of the state and marriage were right after all; it is time for the demolition to begin.”
—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)