Howard McDiarmid

1927 (age 83)

He represented Alberni in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1972 as a Social Cr member. McDiarmid interned at the Vancouver General Hospital and moved to Tofino in 1955. He was the only physician there until 1972, delivering more than 100 babies a year. McDiarmid married Lynn Honeyman, a nurse he had met in Banff while he was a student. In the 1970s, he helped establish Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. McDiarmid later practised in Vancouver and then California. He wrote Pacific Rim Park: a country doctor"s role in preserving Long Beach and establishing the new Wickaninnish Inn (), published in 2009. McDiarmid died of cancer at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria at the age of 83.

Howard McDiarmid

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He grew up in the Canadian prairies and was educated in medicine at the University of Manitoba.

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He represented Alberni in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1972 as a Social Cr member. McDiarmid interned at the Vancouver General Hospital and moved to Tofino in 1955. He was the only physician there until 1972, delivering more than 100 babies a year.

McDiarmid married Lynn Honeyman, a nurse he had met in Banff while he was a student.

In the 1970s, he helped establish Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. McDiarmid later practised in Vancouver and then California.

He wrote Pacific Rim Park: a country doctor"s role in preserving Long Beach and establishing the new Wickaninnish Inn (), published in 2009. McDiarmid died of cancer at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria at the age of 83.

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