Charles Boylan

Charles Boylan

Charles Boylan is a Canadian radio broadcaster and political activist. He produces and hosts Wake up with co-op and Discussion, programs on CFRO 102.7; a community-run, co-operatively-owned, non-corporate radio station broadcasting from Vancouver, British Columbia. Boylan has a BA (honours) in English, a master's degree in Canadian literature and TESL and has been a College teacher for 10 years.

Boylan has also run for political office federally and provincially as a representative of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada and People's Front respectively.

He currently serves as leader of People's Front.

Boylan is also known as an electoral reform activist, active in the movement for proportional representation since 1997 when he became a director of the BC Electoral Change Coalition led by Troy Lanigan of the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation. He was also an active campaigner for Adriane Carr's Free Your Vote initiative in 2001 and 2002.

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Electoral history

Provincial elections

B.C. General Election 2009: Vancouver-Kingsway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     New Democrat Adrian Dix 9,229 55.13%
     BC Liberal Bill Yuen 6,518 38.94%
     Green Rev Warkentin 699 4.18%
     Libertarian Matt Kadioglu 171 1.02%
     People's Front Charles Boylan 122 0.73%
Total valid votes 16,739
B.C. General Election 2005: Vancouver-Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     NDP David Chudnovsky 10,573 49.97%
     BC Liberal Patrick Wong 8,949 42.29%
     Green Cody Matheson 1,273 6.02%
     Marijuana John Patrick Gordon 266 1.26%
     People's Front Charles Boylan 99 0.47%
Total 21,160 100.00%
B.C. General Election 2001: Vancouver-Hastings
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     NDP Joy MacPhail 8,009 41.64% $44,787
     BC Liberal Daniel Lee 7,600 39.51% $44,695
     Green Ian Gregson 2,874 14.94% $1,764
     Marijuana Davin Ouimet 409 2.13% $394
     Social Credit Carrol Barbara Woolsey 222 1.15% $1,584
     People's Front Charles Boylan 119 0.63% $97
Total Valid Votes 19,233 100.00%
Total Rejected Ballots 134 0.70%
Turnout 19,367 68.11%

Federal elections

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh 16,110 38.49% -9.56% $74,163
     Conservative Wai Young 16,090 38.44% +11.30% $80,086
     New Democrat Ann Chambers 7,376 17.62% -3.45% $22,765
     Green Csaba Gulyas 2,065 4.93% +1.65% $413
     Marxist–Leninist Charles Boylan 211 0.50% +0.04%
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,852 100% $85,093
Total rejected ballots 223
Turnout 42,075
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh 20,991 48.05% +3.54% $62,784
     Conservative Tarlok Sablok 11,856 27.14% +1.64% $68,523
     New Democrat Bev Meslo 9,205 21.07% -3.48% $30,481
     Green Doug Perry 1,435 3.28% -0.30% $1,280
     Marxist–Leninist Charles Boylan 202 0.46% +0.17%
Total valid votes 43,689 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh 18,196 44.51% $67,157
     Conservative Victor Soo Chan 10,426 25.50% $70,471
     New Democrat Bev Meslo 10,038 24.55% $33,575
     Green Doug Perry 1,465 3.58% $1,451
     Christian Heritage Frank Wagner 339 0.82%
     Marxist–Leninist Charles Boylan 119 0.29% $150
     Communist Stephen Von Sychowski 105 0.25% $389
     Independent H. Sandhu 98 0.23% $5,846
     Canadian Action Joe Sixpack Horrocks 90 0.22%
Total valid votes 40,876 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 284 0.69%
Turnout 41,160 55.82%
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Herb Dhaliwal 17,705 42.69% $58,673
     Canadian Alliance Ron Jack 15,384 37.09% $28,116
     New Democrat Herschel Hardin 3,848 9.27% $13,583
     Progressive Conservative Dan Tidball 2,649 6.38% $2,621
     Green Imtiaz Popat 646 1.55% $594
     Independent Michelle Jasmine Chang 465 1.12%
     Canadian Action Adam Sealey 430 1.03%
     Independent Derrick O'Keefe 158 0.38% $317
     Marxist–Leninist Charles Boylan 101 0.24% $600
     Natural Law Prince Pabbies 81 0.19%
Total valid votes 41,467 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 288 0.69%
Turnout 41,755 58.38%
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Libby Davies 14,961 42.25% $52,043
     Liberal Anna Terrana 13,123 37.06% $52,663
     Reform Keith Mitchell 4,287 12.10% $11,525
     Green Stuart Parker 1,221 3.44% $2,871
     Progressive Conservative Jerry Cikes 964 2.72% $5,167
     Christian Heritage Gloria Kieler 226 0.63% $844
     Natural Law Wayne Melvin 185 0.52%
     Independent Kimball Cariou 161 0.45% $5,097
     Marxist–Leninist Charles Boylan 158 0.44%
     Independent Ryan Bloc Québécois Bigge 121 0.34%
Total valid votes 35,407 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 403 1.13%
Turnout 35,810 59.88%

Bibliography

  • (1986). "How the Votes Were Cast." Toronto Globe and Mail. October 24.
  • Mulgrew, Ian (1981). "A mysterious party keeps the pot boiling." Toronto Globe and Mail. October 28.

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