Lorne Mayencourt

Lorne Mayencourt (born 1957) is a Canadian politician, who formerly represented the electoral district of Vancouver-Burrard in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a member of the BC Liberal party.

Lorne Mayencourt
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Burrard
In office May 16, 2001 – September 13, 2008
Preceded by	Tim Stevenson
Succeeded by	Spencer Chandra Herbert
Personal details
Born	1957 (age 66–67)
Political party	BC Liberal (provincial) Conservative (federal)
Residence(s)	Vancouver, British Columbia

Career

Mayencourt was first elected in the 2001 provincial election, defeating New Democrat opponent Tim Stevenson. He was previously the founder and, for its first five years, executive director of the Vancouver Friends for Life Society, which supports people living with AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

He is the founder of the BC New Hope Recovery Society and Baldy Hughes Therapeutic Community in North Central BC which supports addicts in a long-term recovery community.

In the 2005 election, conflicting results throughout the night had both Mayencourt and Stevenson declared the victor in Vancouver-Burrard, and the uncertainty continued for several weeks. In the final count of regular ballots, Stevenson was declared the winner by 17 votes; however, when absentee ballots were counted on May 30, Mayencourt was declared the winner by a margin of 18 votes. After a judicial recount, Mayencourt was declared the victor by 11 votes.

He is known for his Private Member's Bill called the Safe Streets Act (2004), which aimed to deter aggressive panhandling. He chaired the provincial Safe Schools Task Force (2003) and introduced the Safe Schools Act (2005) to combat bullying in the school system based on racism, sexism and homophobia. He introduced the Apology Act to facilitate sincere and timely reconciliation between government, business and citizens.

Mayencourt announced that he would not run in the 2009 provincial election, and resigned early to run as the Conservative Party of Canada's candidate in Vancouver Centre for the 2008 general election. He lost to incumbent Liberal MP Hedy Fry.

Mayencourt announced that he would seek the BC Liberal Party nomination in the riding of Vancouver-False Creek for the 2013 British Columbia general election after the current incumbent Mary McNeil announced she would not be seeking another term. His main competition was former Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan, who ended up winning the nomination and subsequently winning the election.

Electoral record

2008 Canadian federal election: Vancouver Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Hedy Fry	19,506	34.50	−9.37	$80,974
	Conservative	Lorne Mayencourt	14,188	25.09	+4.73	$91,239
	New Democratic	Michael Byers	12,047	21.31	−7.34	$85,957
	Green	Adriane Carr	10,354	18.31	+12.43	$82,713
	Libertarian	John Clarke	340	0.60	+0.07	$0
	Marxist–Leninist	Michael Hill	94	0.16
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,529	100.0		$94,404
	Liberal hold		Swing		−7.05

2005 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Burrard
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lorne Mayencourt	12,009	42.16	−5.94	$161,227
	New Democratic	Tim Stevenson	11,998	42.12	+11.04	$67,587
	Green	Janek Patrick John Kuchmistrz	3,698	12.98	−3.21	$8,237
	Libertarian	John Clarke	388	1.36	–	$100
	Work Less	Lisa Voldeng	170	0.60	–	$1,855
	Sex	John Gordon Ince	111	0.39	–	$100
	Democratic Reform	Ian McLeod	82	0.29	–	$400
	Platinum	Antonio Francisco Ferreira	27	0.09	–	$100
Total valid votes			28,483	100
Total rejected ballots			196	0.69
Turnout			28,679	51.95

2001 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Burrard
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lorne Mayencourt	11,396	48.11	+10.88	$46,939
	New Democratic	Tim Stevenson	7,359	31.07	−18.63	$45,493
	Green	Robbie Mattu	3,826	16.15	+13.52	$1,029
	Marijuana	Marc Emery	906	3.82	–	$394
	Unity	Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell	290	1.15	–	–
	Independent	Boris Bear	136	0.57	–	$157
	People's Front	Joseph Theriault	40	0.17	–	$57
	Independent Rhinoceros	Helvis	25	0.11	–	$100
Total valid votes			23,688	100.00
Total rejected ballots			123	0.52
Turnout			23,811	63.67

References

• "MLA: Lorne Mayencourt". Previous Parliaments. Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved 2009-11-29.