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John Cashore fonds
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16 cm of textual records
40 photographs
1 audiocassette
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Biographical history
John Massey Cashore (born March 26, 1935) is a United Church minister and former politician in British Columbia. He represented Maillardville-Coquitlam from 1986 to 1991 and Coquitlam-Maillardville from 1991 to 2001 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.
He was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, the son of John Harvey Cashore and Sarah Mildred Massey, and was educated at the University of British Columbia and Union College. In 1961, he married Sharon Elizabeth Cunliffe. They moved to Coquitlam, British Columbia, in 1973. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, as Minister of Labour, as Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks, and briefly as Minister of Multiculturalism and Human Rights. He also served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Education. In 2005, he became a member of the advisory council for the Georgia Strait Alliance.
Custodial history
The records were in the custody of John Cashore until he transferred them to the Archives in June 2024.
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The fonds consists of records that document John's work as the MLA in the Maillardville-Coquitlam constituency. Records consist of correspondence, community reports, articles, newspaper clippings, election and research materials, election ephemera and photographs.
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