(L) Gordon Campbell, (C) Emi Nakamura, (R) Torrance Coombs

 

Gordon Campbell (1948 – )

Gordon Campbell was born and raised in Vancouver. He grew up in West Point Grey and attended University Hill Secondary School, where he was student council president. He earned a BA degree at Dartmouth College in the United States, which he attended on a scholarship. After graduation, he and his wife Nancy went to Nigeria to teach under the Canadian University Services Overseas Program. In 1984, he was elected to Vancouver City Council. He served as Mayor of Vancouver from 1986 to 1993. In 1993, Campbell became leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party. In the BC election of 2001, he led the Liberals to a resounding victory. He served as Premier of BC for three terms – from 2001 to 2011. He resigned as premier on March 14, 2011 in the face of mounting opposition and very low approval ratings. In 2011, Campbell was named Canadian High Commission to the United Kingdom.

Emi Nakamura (1980 – )

Emi Nakamura is the daughter of Alice Orcutt Nakamara, and Masao Nakamura – both being highly regarded economists. She has Canadian and American citizenship. In 2001, she graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University, and went on to receive a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 2007 after completing her doctoral dissertation, titled “Price Adjustment, Pass-through, and Monetary Policy”. She went on to be the Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2019, she was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Torrance Coombs (1983 – )

Torrance Coombs was born and raised in Vancouver. He holds dual citizenship  – his nationality is Canadian –American. During his school years, he appeared in musicals and theatre productions including the musical play Cats. Following graduation from high school, he enrolled in the acting program at the University of British Columbia. He has appeared in productions of Shakespeare plays at the Bard on the Beach Theatre in Vancouver. He has appeared in starring roles on television including the 2008 CBC series jPod, the 2010 series The Tudors (where he played in the recurring role as Thomas Culpepper), and in the CBC series Heartland. Other television series he has appeared in include Reign, Still Star-Crossed, and The Originals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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