David Bergland: Difference between revisions

|name = David Peter Bergland

|name-first = David Peter

|birth-date = 4 June 1935

'''David Peter Bergland''' (June 4, 1935 - June 3, 2019) was the Libertarian Party's [[1984]] candidate for president, and author of the book ''[[Libertarianism in One Lesson]]''. He passed away the day before his 84th birthday and is survived by spouse [[Sharon Ayres]]. He held a juris doctorate from the University of Southern California, and was an adjunct professor of law at Western State University's Colleges of Law in Fullerton and later Irvine, California from [[1970]]-[[1993]]. Bergland also served as chair of the [[American Liberty Foundation]]. In 2018, he was inducted into the [[Hall of Liberty]].

 

Bergland became a libertarian by reading the works of [[Ayn Rand]] and joined the Libertarian Party in [[1973]], just over a year after its founding, at the organizing meeting for the [[Libertarian Party of Orange County]] (California) and was elected its first treasurer.

 

In [[1974]], Bergland ran for Attorney General of California as a Libertarian write-in candidate. In 1976, he was the LP's candidate for vice-president, the running mate of Roger MacBride. In [[1978]], in his run for State Senate, he was the first candidate to appear on the ballot as a Libertarian in California. In [[1980]], he ran for a position in the U.S. Senate, and in 1982 received the LPC's [[Libertarian Party of California Sons of Liberty Award|Sons of Liberty Award]] for effectiveness in communicating libertarian principles to the voters in that campaign.

 

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He was co-chairman of [[Harry Browne]]'s presidential campaign in [[1996]].

 

He served as LP [[National Chair]] from 1977 to 1981, and then again from 1998 to 2000.  He also served as [[National Vice-Chair]] from 1988 to 1989, and in other positions on the LNC during other terms for a total of twelve years of service.  For his devoted service to the cause of liberty, in [[1988]], he was awarded the [[Thomas Jefferson Award for lifetime achievement]] by the national Party and was inducted into the [[National Hall of Liberty]].

 

Bergland noted two insights gleaned from his years in liberty activism:<ref>[https://www.theadvocates.org/2019/06/the-advocates-remember-david-bergland-1935-2019/ The Advocates Remember David Bergland]</ref>

 

 

 

Bergland assisted [[Marshall Fritz]] in developing the first [[Liberty Communicator Course]] for the [[Advocates for Self-Government]].  He also was one of the first to advocate the use of the [[Myers-Briggs Personality Test]] in order to become an effective communicator to different types of people.

 

==Articles and Op-Eds==

*[[Media: DON'T LOCK OUT 3RD PARTIES OUT OF DEBATES - BERGLAND.pdf|Don't Lock Out 3rd Parties Out of Debates]]

*[[Media: IF WE HATE TERRORISTS WHY ARM THEM - BERGLAND.pdf| If We Hate Terrorists, Why Arm Them?]]

{| class="wikitable" border="1"

! Party!! Name/Running Mate!! Electoral Votes!! Percent !! Votes

| Republican || Ronald Reagan / George H. W. Bush || 525 || 58.77% || 54,455,472

| Democratic || Walter Mondale / Geraldine Ferraro || 13 || 40.56% || 37,577,352

| {{party shading/Libertarian}}| Libertarian || {{party shading/Libertarian}}| David Bergland / [[Jim Lewis]] || {{party shading/Libertarian}}|  0 || {{party shading/Libertarian}}| 0.25% || {{party shading/Libertarian}}| 228,706

| Independent || Lyndon LaRouche / Billy Davis || 0 || 0.09% || 78,809

| US Citizens || Sonia Johnson / Richard Walton || 0 || 0.08% || 72,161

| Populist || Bob Richards / Maureen Salaman || 0 || 0.07% || 66,324

| New Alliance || Dennis Serrette / Nancy Ross || 0 || 0.05% || 46,853

| Communist || Gus Hall / Angela Davis || 0 || 0.04% || 36,386

| Socialist Workers || Melvin Mason / Matilde Zimmerman || 0 || 0.03% || 24,699

  title=[[Libertarian Party]] [[Libertarian Party US presidential election results|Vice-Presidential candidate]]|

[[Category:1974 Candidates]]

[[Category:1976 Candidates]]

[[Category:1984 Candidates]]