Robert Brisco

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Robert Brisco
Canadian Parliament
for Kootenay West (1974-1980 and 1984-1988)
In office
19741980
Preceded byRandolph Harding
Succeeded byLyle Kristiansen
In office
19841988
Preceded byLyle Kristansen
Succeeded byRiding abolished in 1987 when it was merged into Kootenay West—Revelstoke
Personal details
Born
Robert Hylton Brisco

(1928-12-29)29 December 1928
chiropractor
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Robert Hylton Brisco,

D.C. (29 December 1928 – 4 January 2004) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Brisco was born in Victoria, British Columbia
and became a chiropractor.

He first attempted to enter national politics at the

New Democratic Party, but regained the seat in the 1984 elections
.

He was a member of numerous standing committees including Chairman of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Forestry and Chairman of the Legislative Committee on Bill-90. He was Vice-Chairman of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Regional Industrial Expansion, the Standing Joint Committee on the Printing of Parliament and a member of other committees.

Brisco's seat became Kootenay West—Revelstoke before the 1988 federal election in which he lost again to Kristiansen. Brisco served in the 30th, 31st and 33rd Canadian Parliaments. He did not contest another national election after his 1988 defeat.

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