This page is about John Morris Duncan, a Canadian politician. For other uses of the name John Duncan, see John Duncan (disambiguation).

John Morris Duncan (born December 19th, 1948) is a Canadian politician who sat as a member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to January 2006. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in British Columbia. Image File history File linksMetadata Johnmorrisduncan. ... John Duncan may refer to: John Duncan (Canadian politician) (born 1948), MP from British Columbia John Duncan (footballer), UK football manager John Duncan, Sr. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The Parliament of Canada (in French: le Parlement du Canada) is Canadas legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Area: 465. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English (French is an official language of the Manitoban legislature and courts) Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 14 6 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Flower Pacific dogwood Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water    (% of total)  Ranked...

Duncan attended the University of British Columbia and graduated with a B.Sc.F from their Faculty of Forestry in 1972. The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university with its main campus located at Point Grey, in the University Endowment Lands adjacent to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and another smaller campus known as UBC Okanagan located in Kelowna, British Columbia. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...

Duncan was originally elected as a member of the Reform Party in 1993. Duncan was later a member of the Canadian Alliance party after the Reform party changed to that name in 2000. He then became a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in 2003 when the Canadian Alliance disbanded and integrated with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to form the Conservative Party of Canada. In the 2006 federal election, he lost his seat to Catherine J. Bell of the New Democratic Party by 630 votes. The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party founded in 1987. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Canadian Alliance, formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance, was a Canadian right-of-centre conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a right-of-centre political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) (In French: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ... The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 39th General Election) was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... Catherine Bell Catherine J. Bell is a manager and politician in British Columbia, Canada. ... The New Democratic Party (NDP) is a political party in Canada with a social democratic philosophy and moderate democratic socialist tendencies that contests elections at both the federal and provincial levels. ...

He was in the "Restaurant Caucus" in the House of Commons, a group of MPs who have interests in the restaurant industry. The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ...

Duncan was the Conservative Party's Official Opposition Critic for Natural Resources. During that time he sereved on the Natural Resources Comittee. He helped champion the Conservative Party policy on West Coast Offshore Oil and Gas, Softwood lumber trade and the Pine Beetle epidemic.

Duncan's Private Member's Bill C - 259 passed the 38th Parliament to recieve Royal Assent to eliminate the Excise Tax on Jewlery. Duncan made Parlimentary history as the first MP to have his Private Member's Bill pass, cutting taxation.

He served as an alderman in Ucluelet, British Columbia from 1982 to 1983. An alderman is a member of a municipal legislative body in a town or city with many jurisdictions. ... Cities of Vancouver Island Ucluelet is a village (population about 1,700) on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Vancouver Island North is the name of a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Catherine Bell Catherine J. Bell is a manager and politician in British Columbia, Canada. ... Raymond John (Ray) Skelly (born July 7, 1941) is a former Canadian politician. ... North Island—Powell River was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons between 1988 and 1997. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Vancouver Island North

Vancouver Island North is the name of a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. ...

External links

• Official site
• How'd They Vote?: John Duncan's voting history and quotes