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Canadian politician

Lyle Dean MacWilliam (born 31 July ) was a New Democratic member of the House of Commons of Canada from to , representing the constituency of Okanagan-Shuswap.^[2]

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of John Michael MacWilliam and Doris Louise Coghill,^[3] MacWilliam studied at Simon Fraser University.^[1] In , he married Arlene Leslie Sundvick.^[3]

MacWilliam ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in He was elected to represent Okanagan North in the assembly as a New Democratic Party member in a by-election held following the death of Donald James Campbell.

At the time, MacWilliam's victory was considered a major upset as he was a year old high school teacher facing off against Harold Thorlakson, a popular area rancher representing the governing Social Credit Party in a seat the party had held consistently since ^[4][5]

In the lead-up t