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'''David 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]]''. | '''David 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. 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]]. | ||
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 his 1984 presidential campaign, with Jim Lewis as his running mate, he was on the ballot in 36 states and received 228,710 votes. | 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. | ||
In his [[1984]] presidential campaign, with [[Jim Lewis]] as his running mate, he was on the ballot in 36 states and received 228,710 votes. | |||
He was co-chairman of [[Harry Browne]]'s presidential campaign in [[1996]]. | 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. | 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> | |||
# There are certain questions that all libertarian will be asked, and we need to prepare and practice compelling answers for each of them; | |||
Bergland | # It is vital that libertarian candidates and activists become effective and persuasive communicators of libertarian ideas. | ||
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. | |||
==Election results== | ==Election results== | ||
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==Memorials== | |||
Many Libertarians wrote tributes to Bergland after his death. [[Nicholas J Sarwark]], the chair of the national Libertarian National Committee at the time of his death, recounted the following: | |||
In 2017, I had the chance to meet David Bergland in person and chat. We shared a laugh about a favorite quote attributed to him, running for office and attending a fundraiser. Someone told him, “I want you to know that in my heart, I’m a Libertarian.” He reportedly replied, “That’s great. Let me know when it gets down to your balls.”<br /><br />Let us take his combination of wisdom, wit, and yes, balls as an example as we work toward the vision of a world set free in our lifetime that he will not be here to enjoy. Godspeed David Bergland, may your memory be eternal.” | |||
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