Members

MLA: Iain Black Port Moody-Westwood Elected: 2005 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY

E-mail: iain.black.mla@leg.bc.ca Web site: www.iainblackmla.bc.ca
Office: East Annex Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 Phone: 250 953-4864 Fax: 250 356-5471	Constituency: Suite 602, 205 Newport Dr. Port Moody, BC V3H 5C9 Phone: 604 933-2312 Fax: 604 933-2315

Iain Black was elected to represent the riding of Port Moody-Westwood in the BC Legislature in May 2005.

In addition to his role of MLA, he has been appointed to the BC Provincial Treasury Board, and four Select Standing Committees of the Legislature including Finance and Government Services, Public Accounts, Children and Youth, and Crown Corporations (where he serves as Chair). In December, 2006, Iain was appointed by the Premier as Chair of the Government Caucus Committee on Natural Resources and the Economy. Prior to entering politics, Iain spent his entire career in the technology industry, and has been leading technology companies since 1995.

At the point of his election, Iain was president of the Banking Solutions Group of Open Solutions Canada (formerly Datawest Solutions Inc.), the largest provider of banking systems outsourcing and development to Canadian credit unions. Prior to Datawest, Iain was president & CEO of The Electric Mail Company Inc. and also served as a partner with a national professional services firm. Iain embarked on his entrepreneurial ventures after starting his career with IBM Canada Ltd. 

Iain’s list of community volunteer and board director roles includes his ongoing coaching of two youth soccer teams in Coquitlam, and his five year term on the Board of Directors of Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, a hospice for children with life-limiting illnesses. A recipient of the 40-Under-40 award in 1998, “recognizing top business achievement in British Columbians”, Iain is an experienced speaker at North American business and technology industry conferences, who holds an Honours degree in business from the University of Manitoba.

Iain and his wife, Chris, reside in the Westwood Plateau district of the riding with their three children.