Barbara Copping

Barbara Copping
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain
In office
October 17, 1991 – May 28, 1996
Preceded byNew riding
Succeeded byChristy Clark
Personal details
BornBarbara Fitzgerald
(1944-05-01) May 1, 1944 (age 82)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
PartyNew Democratic
SpouseClayton Copping

Barbara Copping (née Fitzgerald; May 1, 1944) is a Canadian politician, who served as a New Democratic Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. She represented the riding of Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain from 1991 to 1996. She did not seek re-election in the 1996 provincial election nor in any subsequent provincial election.

Electoral record

1991 British Columbia general election: Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticBarbara Copping9,82145.62?
LiberalAndrew Forrest8,09137.59?
Social CreditEdwin Billows3,45016.03?
GreenColeen Hennig1510.70?
CommunistRobert Demorest140.06?
Total valid votes 21,527—
Rejected ballots 3841.75
Total ballots 21,911
New Democratic notional hold Swing ?
Elections BC
Note: New riding, no notional figures available to calculate change in percentage or swing.

References

  1. ↑ Guide Parlementaire Canadien. P.G. Normandin. 1994. ISBN 9780921925545.
  2. ↑ "Women MLAs in British Columbia" . Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
  3. ↑ "Electoral History of British Columbia Supplement, 1987 – 2001" (PDF). Elections BC. 2002. Retrieved September 15, 2026.