Read the bio below and try to give details on katherine whittred 's: - successor - party - predecessor - office - term end - term start - name - premier Bio: katherine anne whittred is a retired canadian politician . she was a bc liberal member of the legislative assembly of british columbia , from 1996 to 2009 , representing the riding of north vancouver-lonsdale . whittred was first elected in 1996 , defeating ndp cabinet minister and well known political commentator david schreck . she served as chair of the liberal caucus while in opposition , and served in the cabinet of gordon campbell from 2001 to 2004 as minister of state for intermediate , long term and home care . whittred was appointed deputy speaker on november 6 , 2007 . in march 2006 , whittred introduced a motion in the legislature to abolish the practice of mandatory retirement . in may 2007 , bill 31 was passed , which amended the human rights code to eliminate mandatory retirement based on age . whittred studied at the university of calgary where she obtained a bachelor of education degree . before her election to the legislative assembly , she worked as a secondary school teacher with the burnaby school district .
- successor is naomi yamamoto- party is liberal- predecessor is david d. schreck- office is mla , long term and home care of british columbia for north vancouver-lonsdale minister of state for intermediate- term end is 2009 january 26 , 2004- term start is 1996 june 5 , 2001- name is katherine whittred- premier is gordon campbell