death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor party office birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name
british columbia , canada 12 may 2015 first member kelowna , british columbia linda larson bc liberals mla for boundary-similkameen 25 january 1952 2009 osoyoos , british columbia john slater -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-
 2013 john slater
john slater -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-

john kelvin slater -lrb- january 25 , 1952 -- may 12 , 2015 -rrb- was a canadian politician , who was elected as a bc liberal member of the legislative assembly of british columbia in the 2009 provincial election , representing the riding of boundary-similkameen .
on january 14 , 2013 , slater quit the bc liberals after losing the nomination as the party 's candidate in the 2013 election .
although he did plan to run as an independent , he withdrew his candidacy shortly afterward .
prior to his election to the legislature , he was mayor of osoyoos .
slater died on may 12 , 2015 at the age of 63 .
