Susan Brice

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| name = Susan Brice

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|7|7}}{{cite news |date=2011-10-24 |title=COUNCIL CANDIDATE: Susan Brice |url=https://www.saanichnews.com/news/council-candidate-susan-brice-230723 |access-date=2024-07-11 |publisher=Saanich News }}

| birth_place = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

| residence =

| office = Saanich District Councillor

| term_start = 2005

| term_end =

| assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative

| constituency_AM1 = Saanich South

| term_start1 = May 16, 2001

| term_end1 = May 17, 2005

| predecessor1 = Andrew Petter

| successor1 = David Cubberley

| office2 = Minister of Human Resources of British Columbia

| premier2 = Gordon Campbell

| term_start2 = September 20, 2004

| term_end2 = June 16, 2005

| predecessor2 = Stan Hagen

| successor2 = Position abolished

| office3 = Minister of State for Mental Health and Addiction Services of British Columbia

| premier3 = Gordon Campbell

| term_start3 = January 26, 2004

| term_end3 = September 20, 2004

| predecessor3 = Gulzar Cheema (Minister of State for Mental Health)

| successor3 = Brenda Locke

| office4 = Mayor of Oak Bay

| term_start4 = 1985

| term_end4 = 1990

| predecessor4 = J. Douglas Watts

| successor4 = Diana Butler

| party = BC Liberal

| otherparty = BC Social Credit (ca. 1989-1991)

| spouse = {{marriage |George Brice |1965}}

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Susan Brice (born July 7, 1943) is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Saanich South in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. She sat as a member of the BC Liberal Party, and served in the cabinet of Premier Gordon Campbell. She has served as a member of the Saanich District Council since 2005,{{cite web|title=Susan Brice|url=http://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/local-government/mayor-council/meet-your-council/susan-brice.html|publisher=District of Saanich|accessdate=2024-07-11}} and was previously mayor and councillor in Oak Bay.

Biography

Born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia,{{cite web |url=https://www.leg.bc.ca/members/37th-Parliament/Brice-Susan |title=37th Parliament Members at dissolution on April 19, 2005: MLA: Hon. Susan Brice |publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |access-date=2024-07-11}}{{Cite web |title=Brice, Hon. Susan (Saanich South) Minister of Human Resources |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/brice-hon-susan-saanich-south-minister-human-resources |publisher=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |accessdate=2024-06-12}} she attended the University of Victoria and worked as an elementary school teacher in Esquimalt and Oak Bay. She served as an elected trustee to the Greater Victoria School Board from 1975 to 1980, including as chair of the board from 1978 to 1979. She was elected councillor to the Municipality of Oak Bay in 1980, then served as mayor from 1985 to 1990. She represented Oak Bay as a director on the Capital Regional District board during that time, and chaired the board from 1988 to 1989.

She ran as a candidate for the Social Credit Party in a 1989 by-election for the provincial riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head, but lost to New Democrat Elizabeth Cull by 377 votes.{{cite web |url=https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/11/23/ChongShouldWorry/print.html |title=Ida Chong Should Worry |publisher=The Tyee |first=Will |last=McMartin |date=2010-11-23 |access-date=2024-07-11}} She contested the riding again at the 1991 provincial election, this time placing third behind Cull and Liberal Paul McKivett.{{cite web |url=https://canadianelectionsdatabase.ca/PHASE5/?p=0&type=election&ID=380#page_1=constituency_5536 |title=1991 British Columbia Election |publisher=Canadian Elections Database |access-date=2024-07-11}} She was a host on CFAX AM1070 from 1990 to 1992, then became executive director of the Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Island.

She represented the BC Liberals in the riding of Saanich South at the 2001 provincial election, and defeated New Democrat David Cubberley to become member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).{{cite news|title=Saanich South |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/saanich-south-1.1369074|publisher=CBC News|date=2013-04-29|accessdate=2024-07-11}} She was appointed to the cabinet in January 2004 as Minister of State for Mental Health and Addiction Services, before being re-assigned as Minister of Human Resources that September.{{cite web|title=Campbell Cabinet: 37th Parliament 2001-2005, 38th Parliament 2005-2009, 39th Parliament 2009-2011 |url=https://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/campbell_cabinet.pdf|publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|accessdate=2024-07-11}} She was also a member of the Government Caucus Committee on Education, and chair of the Government Caucus Committee on Health.

After losing re-election as MLA in 2005 by 429 votes against Cubberley, Brice instead ran for Saanich District Council at that year's municipal election,{{cite web |url=https://thetyee.ca/Views/2005/11/21/CivicElections/ |title=Notes on the Civic Elections |publisher=The Tyee |date=2005-11-21 |access-date=2024-07-11}} and has served as councillor since then.

She has been married to husband George since 1965; they have two sons together.