Suzanne Anton

Suzanne Anton KC
Suzanne Anton
Attorney General of British Columbia
In office June 10, 2013 – June 12, 2017
Premier	Christy Clark
Preceded by	Shirley Bond
Succeeded by	Andrew Wilkinson
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Fraserview
In office May 13, 2013 – May 9, 2017
Preceded by	Kash Heed
Succeeded by	George Chow
Personal details
Born	(1952-05-31) May 31, 1952
Political party	BC Liberal (provincial) Non-Partisan Association (municipal)
Profession	Lawyer, schoolteacher, politician

Suzanne Anton, KC (born May 31, 1952) is a Canadian politician and the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of British Columbia. Elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election, Anton represented the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party, following a career at the municipal level. She was appointed British Columbia's Attorney General and Minister of Justice on June 10, 2013.

Prior to her political involvement, Anton was a lawyer and former prosecutor with the Criminal Justice Branch of British Columbia. She was defeated in the 2017 provincial election by George Chow.

Anton sought official status to lead the "no" side opposing any electoral reform in BC with Bill Tieleman and Bob Plecas.

Attorney General of British Columbia

Crime Victim Assistance Program

Anton has made public statements in regards to the murder of Maple Batalia, a Simon Fraser University student murdered in 2011, whose alleged murderer has been charged but still not tried as of 2015. The trial is expected to resume in January 2016.

Anton has stated that the pre-trial delay must be very difficult for to the Batalia family. She said the British Columbia government is committed to supporting families through the Crime Victim Assistance Program which provides financial benefits to help people recover from the impacts of victimization. She said that Crown counsel do their best to advance cases promptly and provide the accused with a fair and timely trial.

Background

Born in Duncan, British Columbia, Anton graduated from Queen Margaret's School in 1970 and went on to receive her Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the University of Victoria. She went on to complete her Bachelor of Law from the University of British Columbia in 1979.

Prior to her career in politics, Suzanne Anton was a mathematics teacher at the Carlucci American International School of Lisbon in Portugal, and through Canadian University Service Overseas in Nigeria. She was also a Crown Counsel lawyer. She served with many organizations including the Vancouver Sport Tourism Task Force; MoreSports (founding member); ARKS (Arbutus Ridge Kerrisdale Shaughnessy) CityPlan Visioning community liaison group; Vancouver City Planning Commission; Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion Vancouver event; Kerrisdale Soccer Club (past president); Vancouver Field Sport Federation (past vice-president); Achilles Track Society; and Riley Park community association.

Vancouver City Council

In 2002, Anton was elected to the Vancouver Park Board and served a single term. In 2005, Anton was elected to Vancouver City Council in 2005, to which she was re-elected in 2008. During that time, Anton served on the Board of Directors for the B.C. Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the BC Sports Hall of Fame, the 2011 Grey Cup committee and the Vancouver 125 committee.

While in municipal government, Anton served as the Vancouver director for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, where she was the vice chair of the committee to Increase Women's Participation in Municipal Government and sat on the Governance Review Committee. As a Director of Metro Vancouver, Anton was a member of the Waste Management Committee, the Land Use and Transportation Committee, and the UBC/Metro Vancouver joint committee. Anton served as the Vancouver director on Translink during the initial construction of the Canada Line. While there, she also served on the audit committee. Anton has served on numerous community and sport boards.

In addition to this, Anton served as the vice-chair of the city's Planning and Environment Committee and a member of the Heritage Commission. At the Metro Vancouver level, she was a member of the Land Use and Transportation Committee and the Vancouver/UBC Joint Committee, where she was the lead on the issue of University of British Columbia governance.

In Vancouver's 2011 municipal election, Anton was the Non-Partisan Association's candidate for Mayor of Vancouver, eventually losing to incumbent Gregor Robertson of Vision Vancouver.

In her time on Vancouver City Council, Anton has also sat on the boards of TransLink, Metro Vancouver, and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. She has been vice-chair of the city's Planning and Environment Committee and a member of the Heritage Commission. At the Metro Vancouver level, she was a member of the Land Use and Transportation Committee and the Vancouver/UBC Joint Committee, where she was the lead on the issue of University of British Columbia governance.

Personal life

Anton and her husband Olin have three adult children named Elizabeth, Robert and Angus.

Electoral record

2017 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Fraserview
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	George Chow	11,487	48.57	+4.01	$68,196
	Liberal	Suzanne Anton	9,985	42.22	-4.52	$69,911
	Green	Eric Kolotyluk	1,826	7.72	+2.04	$2,357
	Libertarian	Hiroshi Hyde	179	0.76	–	$56
	Your Political Party	Harpreet S. Bajwa	174	0.73	–	$8,399
Total valid votes			23,651	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			252	1.05	-0.1
Turnout			23,903	60.55	+5.59
Registered voters			39,479
Source: Elections BC

2013 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Fraserview
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Suzanne Anton	10118	46.74
	New Democratic	Gabriel Yiu	9648	44.57
	Green	Stuart Mackinnon	1230	5.68
	Conservative	Rajiv Pandey	653	3.02
Total valid votes			21649	100.00
Total rejected ballots			251	1.15
Turnout			21900	54.96
Source: Elections BC

2011 Vancouver Mayoral Election

Candidate Name		Party affiliation	Votes	% of votes	Elected
(I) Gregor Robertson		Vision Vancouver	77,005	53.17%	X
Suzanne Anton		Non-Partisan Association	58,152	40.15%
Randy Helten		Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver	4,007	2.77%
Gerry McGuire		Vancouver Citizen's Voice	1,195	0.83%
Sam Pelletier		Independent	443	0.31%
Darrell Zimmerman		Independent	426	0.29%
Dubgee		Independent	419	0.29%
Robin Lawrance		Independent	353	0.24%
Victor B. Paquette		Independent	333	0.23%
Lloyd Alan Cooke		Independent	310	0.21%
Menard Caissy		Independent	288	0.20%
Gölök Zoltán Buday		Independent	268	0.19%

2008 Vancouver Municipal Election - City Council

Candidate Name		Party Affiliation	Votes	% of Votes	Elected
(I) Raymond Louie		Vision Vancouver	66,226	53.29%	X
(I) Heather Deal		Vision Vancouver	63,116	50.78%	X
(I) George Chow		Vision Vancouver	62,262	50.10%	X
Kerry Jang		Vision Vancouver	60,598	48.76%	X
Andrea Reimer		Vision Vancouver	59,148	47.59%	X
(I) Tim Stevenson		Vision Vancouver	58,380	46.97%	X
(I) David Cadman		Coalition of Progressive Electors	56,665	45.59%	X
(I) Suzanne Anton		Non-Partisan Association	52,941	42.60%	X
Geoff Meggs		Vision Vancouver	49,538	39.86%	X
Ellen Woodsworth		Coalition of Progressive Electors	45,877	36.91%	X
Kashmir Dhaliwal		Vision Vancouver	44,854	36.09%
Michael Geller		Non-Partisan Association	44,353	35.69%
(I) Kim Capri		Non-Partisan Association	44,270	35.62%
(I) Elizabeth Ball		Non-Partisan Association	42,727	34.38%
David Lee		Non-Partisan Association	42,195	33.95%
Kanman Wong		Non-Partisan Association	36,795	29.61%
Korina Houghton		Non-Partisan Association	34,588	27.83%
Leanore Copeland		Non-Partisan Association	34,566	27.81%
Sean Bickerton		Non-Partisan Association	33,510	26.96%
Daljit S. Sidhu		Non-Partisan Association	28,894	23.25%
Chris Shaw		Work Less Party of British Columbia	11,237	9.04%
Lea Johnson		Independent	10,947	8.81%
Ian Gregson		Work Less Party of British Columbia	10,493	8.44%
Geri Tramutola		Work Less Party of British Columbia	8,619	6.93%
John T. Boychuk		Independent	8,093	6.51%
Timothy Wisdom		Work Less Party of British Columbia	7,435	5.98%
Marc Boyer		Independent	4,305	3.46%
Audrey Jane Laferriere		Independent	4,196	3.38%
Wendythirteen		Independent	3,508	2.82%
Steve Wansleeben		Independent	3,299	2.65%
Bud Oracle		Independent	2,860	2.30%
Matt Kadioglu		Independent	2,423	1.95%

2005 Vancouver Municipal Election - City Council

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Suzanne Anton	NPA	60586
	Peter Ladner*	NPA	58142
	Raymond Louie*	Vision	52795
	Kim Capri	NPA	52719
	Tim Stevenson*	Vision	51527
	David Cadman*	COPE	51155
	George Chow	Vision	51107
	Elizabeth Ball	NPA	50865
	Heather Deal	Vision	50624
	B.C. Lee	NPA	50047
	Ronald Leung	NPA	48430
	Fred Bass*	COPE	48248
	Colleen Hardwick Nystedt	NPA	46737
	Valerie Jenkinson	NPA	46077
	Heather Harrison	Vision	45719
	Kathi Thompson	NPA	45314
	Tim Louis*	COPE	43349
	Ellen Woodsworth*	COPE	42724
	Anne Roberts*	COPE	41739
	Patrick Maliha	NPA	39165
	Ann Livingston	Green	27168
	Kevin Potvin	Independent	10806
	Michelle Jasmine Chang	Independent	9016
	Jamie Lee Hamilton	Independent	8153
	Patrick Britten	Nude Garden	6595
	Lea Johnson	Independent	6253
	Beverley Ballantyne	Independent	6153
	John W. Angus	Independent	5728
	Wendythirteen	Independent	4247
	John Patrick Gordon	Independent	3887
	Phyllis Loke	Independent	3562
	Marc Boyer	Independent	3388
	Greg Aulin	Independent	3335
	Don Briere	Independent	3125
	David Wilson Applegath	Independent	2718
	Steve Wansleeben	Independent	2478
Total			1083681	100.0

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