Blair Lekstrom

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Blair Lekstrom was re-elected to a third term as a British Columbia MLA for Peace River South on May 12, 2009.

He was first appointed Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources on January 19, 2009 after serving as Minister of Community Development from 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.

Previously, Minister Lekstrom chaired the Legislative Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services 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.

In the past 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 & Priorities, and the Legislative Committee on the Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform.

Before becoming an MLA, Minister Lekstrom 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.