Allan Warnke

Allan Warnke (October 27, 1946 – June 27, 2021) was a Canadian political scientist, professor and politician. He was a former Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia, representing the Richmond-Steveston electoral district from 1991 to 1996.

Biography Before his election to the BC legislature, he ran as a BC Liberal Party candidate in the 1983 provincial election in the dual-member Vancouver-Point Grey riding, and as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada in the 1988 federal election in the riding of North Island—Powell River. He then contested the 1991 provincial election as a BC Liberal candidate, and defeated former MLA Harold Steves of the New Democratic Party to become member of the legislative assembly for Richmond-Steveston.

For the 1996 provincial election, he was passed over for the Liberal nomination in favour of Geoff Plant. Warnke contested the election as an independent candidate, He was an unsuccessful candidate in a 1999 provincial by-election in the riding of Delta South. He then ran again for his old seat in the 2001 provincial election, this time finishing in sixth place. He also ran as a candidate of the Canadian Action Party in the 2000 federal election in the riding of Delta—South Richmond, then in 2004 in the riding of Richmond, but was unsuccessful in both attempts.

Warnke was a professor of political science at Vancouver Island University and its predecessor Malaspina University-College,

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