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   CBC News - Posted: Apr 30, 2013   
      
   6 B.C. politicians who faced driving infractions   
      
      
   B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark is taking heat for her decision to run   
   a red light at a deserted intersection in the early morning hours with   
   her 11-year-old son and a newspaper reporter in the car.   
      
   Clark publicly apologized for the incident, but she is far from the   
   first B.C. politician to face criticism for decisions made behind the wheel.   
      
   2013: B.C. Conservative candidate for North Vancouver-Lonsdale Jeff   
   Sprague stepped down amid drunk driving allegations. Mounties confirm   
   they are investigating after a vehicle allegedly hit two parked cars   
   before driving away. Charges have not been laid.   
      
        Conservative candidate steps down over impaired driving incident   
      
   2010: Liberal North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite was charged   
   with drunk driving after registering a blood alcohol content of 0.11 in   
   a roadside breathalyzer test while on her way home from an Olympic   
   party. She later pleaded guilty to driving without due care and   
   attention and was handed a fine and ordered to perform community service.   
      
        Drunk-driving charge dropped against B.C. MLA   
      
   2009: Then-solicitor general and Liberal MLA John van Dongen stepped   
   down from his post as the province’s top cop after his licence was   
   suspended for two incidents of excessive speeding, including one case   
   where he was caught driving more than 41 km/h over the speed limit.   
      
        B.C. solicitor general resigns over speeding tickets   
      
   2003: Then-premier Gordon Campbell was fined $913 US after pleading no   
   contest to a drunk driving charge in Hawaii. He was also ordered to take   
   part in a substance abuse program. According to court documents, his   
   blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.   
      
   1993: Then-NDP ICBC cabinet minister Moe Sihota was stripped of his   
   cabinet duties after it was revealed he had racked up seven speeding   
   tickets while in office.   
      
      
   B.C. premier fined for drunk driving   
      
   1960s: Social Credit highways minster Phil Gaglardi, dubbed "Flying   
   Phil," lost his licence on several occasions and faced numerous fines   
   while in office. Reports indicate he told one officer he was "testing   
   the curves," and often said his highways were so good 100 km/h was too   
   slow.   
      
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