Honourable Blair Lekstrom
Blair Lekstrom was appointed Minister of Community Development on June 23, 2008. He was first elected in the 2001 provincial general election in the riding of Peace River South, and was re-elected for a second term in the 2005 general election.
Blair currently sits on the Legislative Review Committee, Cabinet Committee on Climate Action, Cabinet Committee on New Relationship Coordination, the Government Caucus Committee on Natural Resources and Economy, and the Environment and Land Use Committee. He has served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development, chaired the Legislative Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services (2001, 2002, 2005 and 2006) and served on the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Agriculture Policy Development Committee, the Legislative Review Committee and the Government Caucus Committee on the Economy. He has also served as the chair of the Legislative Committee to review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the BC Offshore Oil and Gas Committee. He has been a member of the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, the Select Standing Committee on Health, the Northern Caucus Committee, the Cabinet Committee on Agenda and Priorities, and the Legislative Committee on the Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform.
Before becoming an MLA, Blair was serving his second term as mayor of the City of Dawson Creek. He was first elected mayor in 1996, after serving for three years as a councillor.
Honourable Blair Lekstrom
Minister of Community DevelopmentContact Information
Phone:
250 387-2283
Fax:
250 387-4312
Room 323 Parliament Buildings
PO Box 9056
STN PROV GOVT
Victoria BC
V8W 9E2
