Tim Stevenson was born on 1945 and is a Canadian politician and United Church minister.
12 Facts About Tim Stevenson
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Tim Stevenson served as councillor on the Vancouver City Council from 2002 to 2018, initially as a member of the Coalition of Progressive Electors and from 2005 as a member of Vision Vancouver.
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Tim Stevenson served as a board member at the First United Church in the Downtown Eastside for 10 years.
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Tim Stevenson was the first openly gay MLA elected in British Columbia.
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Tim Stevenson served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health as well as the deputy speaker of the House.
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Tim Stevenson was the first openly gay cabinet minister in Canada.
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Tim Stevenson lost his provincial seat in 2001 to Lorne Mayencourt of the BC Liberals.
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When gay marriage became legalized in British Columbia, Tim Stevenson performed the first legal gay weddings in the province.
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In 2014 Tim Stevenson represented the city of Vancouver as deputy mayor at the Sochi Olympics.
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Tim Stevenson met with the President's Office of the International Olympic Committee urging them to add "sexual orientation" to the Olympic Charter.
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Tim Stevenson was a candidate in the 2005 provincial election, again in Vancouver-Burrard.
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Tim Stevenson won re-election as a city councillor in the 2005 Vancouver municipal election as a member of Vision Vancouver, and again in the 2008 election and the 2011 election.