MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Premier – Hon. Gordon Campbell

Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations – Hon. John van Dongen

Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation – Hon. Tom Christensen

Minister of Advanced Education (and Minister responsible for Research and Technology) – Hon. Murray Coell

Minister of Agriculture and Lands – Hon. Pat Bell

Attorney General (and Minister responsible for Multiculturalism) – Hon. Wally Oppal

Minister of Children and Family Development – Hon. Stan Hagen

Minister of State for Childcare – Hon. Linda Reid

Minister of Community Services (and Minister responsible for Seniors' and Women's Issues) – Hon. Ida Chong

Minister of Economic Development (and Minister responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Olympics) – Hon. Colin Hansen

Minister of Education and Deputy Premier (and Minister responsible for Early Learning and Literacy) – Hon. Shirley Bond

Minister of Employment and Income Assistance – Hon. Claude Richmond

Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources – Hon. Richard Neufeld

Minister of State for Mining – Hon. Bill Bennett

Minister of Environment (and Minister responsible for Water Stewardship and Sustainable Communities) – Hon. Barry Penner

Minister of Finance – Hon. Carole Taylor

Minister of Forests and Range (and Minister responsible for Housing) – Hon. Rich Coleman

Minister of Health – Hon. George Abbott

Minister of Labour and Citizens' Services and Government House Leader – Hon. Mike De Jong

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General – Hon. John Les

Minister of Small Business and Revenue (and Minister responsible for Deregulation) – Hon. Rick Thorpe

Minister of Tourism, Sports and the Arts – Hon. Olga Ilich

Minister of Transportation – Hon. Kevin Falcon

Biographies of all members of the Executive Council are available online at www.gov.bc.ca

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