Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Kamloops
In office 11 December 1975 – 1 February 1981
Preceded by
Gerald Hamilton Anderson
Succeeded by
Claude Richmond
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Rafe Mair
(1931-12-31)31 December 1931 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died
9 October 2017(2017-10-09) (aged 85) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political party
Social Credit
Alma mater
University of British Columbia
Occupation
Lawyer, pundit, radio personality, politician
Kenneth Rafe Mair (31 December 1931 – 9 October 2017) was a Canadian lawyer, political commentator, radio personality and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as the member for Kamloops from 1975 to 1981 in the caucus of the Social Credit Party.
In his post-political career, Mair became a radio personality and political commentator, raising controversy for his views on both the Meech Lake and Charlottetown constitutional accords. He served as the plaintiff of the historic Supreme Court of Canada decision Rafe Mair v. Kari Simpson.[1]
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Kenneth RafeMair (31 December 1931 – 9 October 2017) was a Canadian lawyer, political commentator, radio personality and politician in British Columbia...
Supreme Court of Canada on defamation. After CKNW radio talk show host RafeMair broadcast an editorial that compared activist Kari Simpson to Adolf Hitler...
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(2003–2006). A former Progressive Conservative member in the early 1980s. RafeMair - former BC Social Credit MLA and now radio host. Now a Green Party supporter...
Patricia Jordan Jack Kempf Grace McCarthy Robert McClelland Pat McGeer RafeMair James Nielsen Donald M. Phillips Austin Pelton Claude Richmond Bill Ritchie...
elites to codify their vision of what Canada "should" be. B.C. broadcaster RafeMair gained national prominence by arguing that the accord represented an attempt...
and British Columbia David Lam, philanthropist and Lieutenant-Governor RafeMair Grace McCarthy Joy McPhail Frederick Seymour, Governor of Vancouver Island...
as a CT scanner, which was officially opened May 31, 1980, by the Hon. RafeMair, Minister of Health. The Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation was incorporated...
Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and media personality RafeMair confounded many by openly supporting the Green Party. The Greens have...
Science. 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-18. Harriet Nahanee Did Not Die in Vain, RafeMair, The Tyee, March 5, 2007 "First Nations Activist Dies after Release from...
Patricia Jordan Jack Kempf Grace McCarthy Robert McClelland Pat McGeer RafeMair James Nielsen Donald M. Phillips Austin Pelton Claude Richmond Bill Ritchie...
2008. Retrieved October 18, 2009. Harriet Nahanee Did Not Die in Vain, RafeMair, The Tyee, March 5, 2007 "Lions Gate to Highway 1 Connector Planning Study...
May 26, 1983 August 6, 1986 Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs RafeMair December 22, 1975 December 5, 1978 Jim Nielsen December 5, 1978 January...
Patricia Jordan Jack Kempf Grace McCarthy Robert McClelland Pat McGeer RafeMair James Nielsen Donald M. Phillips Austin Pelton Claude Richmond Bill Ritchie...
singer. Jessie Farrell, Canadian country music award-winning singer. RafeMair, broadcaster, political analyst. Andrea Neil, pioneer of women’s soccer...
Lawrence Sook-Yin Lee Marilyn Lightstone Bob Mackowycz Pierre Mailloux RafeMair Alan Maitland John Majhor Katie Malloch Jeff Marek MC Mario David Marsden...
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