Members

MLA: Blair Lekstrom  Peace River South Elected: 2001, 2005 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY

E-mail: blair.lekstrom.mla@leg.bc.ca Web site: www.blairlekstrommla.bc.ca
Office: East Annex Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 Phone: 250 387-1960 Fax: 250 387-9103	Constituency: 101-10300 10th Street Dawson Creek, BC V1G 3T6 Phone: 250 784-1330 Fax: 250 784-1333 Toll Free: 1 877 784-1330

Blair Lekstrom 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.

He currently serves as the Chairman of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services and is a member of both the Agriculture Policy Development Committee and the Legislative Review Committee.

Previously, Blair chaired the Legislative Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services (2001 and 2002) and served on the the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 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, 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.

Born in 1961 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Blair moved to Dawson Creek later that year and has lived there ever since. Following graduation from South Peace Secondary School, Blair started with BC Tel in 1979 and worked for the next 17 years as an installer-repairman until his election as Mayor in 1996. He was a Peace River Regional District member and served on the North Central Municipal Association executive.

Blair's previous appointments include serving as a Municipal Finance Authority board member, North Central Municipal Association president, BC Task Force on Bank Mergers member, BC Agri-Food Policy Working Group member, and Union of BC Municipalities executive member.

Blair's community involvements included: Dawson Creek & District Hospital Foundation board member, Board Member, Pouce Coupe Long-Term Care Facility as well as participation in a wide range of community groups in his capacity as Mayor of Dawson Creek.

He and wife Vicki were married in 1982. They have two children. Blair is an avid motorcyclist and enjoys working on and riding his Harley Davidson. Other hobbies include: carpentry, camping with his family, and playing baseball and hockey.