Thomas Berger (Canadian Politician)
The Honourable
Thomas R. Berger
(born
March 23
,
1933
) is a
Canadian
politician. Berger was the leader of the
British Columbia New Democratic Party
prior to
David Barrett
. Appointed to the
British Columbia Supreme Court
in 1971 he served on the bench until 1983. Berger has worked extremely hard to ensure that industrial development on
aboriginal
people's land resulted in benefits to those indigenous people. He may be best known for his work as commissioner of the
Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry
which released its findings in 1977. Berger was appointed chair of the
Vancouver Election Commission
in
2003
, and led several public meetings on electoral reform in the early months of
2004
. The Commission recommended changing
Vancouver
's at-large system of representation with individual wards; however, this recommendation was defeated in a referendum held on
October 16
,
2004
. In
1989
he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada
. He is a member of the
Order of British Columbia
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