Ken Stewart is a politician

Politician

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 from British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

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. Stewart won the riding of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The 2008 re-distribution is an amalgamation of the old Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadow riding with an addition of a small portion of the old Maple Ridge-Mission.- Demographics :-1999...

 in the British Columbia general election, 2001

British Columbia general election, 2001

The British Columbia general election of 2001 was the 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 18, 2001, and held on May 16, 2001...

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Stewart ran unsuccessfully as the BC Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

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 candidate for MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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 in the constituency of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in 1996, but again contested and won the seat during the BC Liberal sweep of 2001. In 2005 he was defeated by the NDP

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

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's Michael Sather

Michael Sather

Michael Sather is the current MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in the Canadian province of British Columbia. As a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election, and was re-elected in 2009....

, and in 2009 he faced Sather again in a bit to retake the district.