Members

MLA: Hon. Naomi Yamamoto North Vancouver-Lonsdale Minister of Advanced Education Elected: 2009 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY

E-mail: naomi.yamamoto.mla@leg.bc.ca Web site: www.naomiyamamotomla.bc.ca
Office: Room 133 Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4		Constituency: 303 –126 East 15th Street North Vancouver, BC V7L 2P9
Phone:	250 356-0179	Phone:	604 981-0033
Fax:	250 952-0260	Fax:	604 981-0044

Naomi Yamamoto was elected as MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale in the 2009 general provincial election and was appointed Minister of Advanced Education on March 14, 2011. 

Prior to this, Minister Yamamoto was appointed Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations in June 2009. On October 25, 2010, she was appointed as Minister of State for Building Code Renewal.

Minister Yamamoto had been the president and owner of Tora Design Group in North Vancouver for 21 years. She also enjoyed working with the business community as the president and general manager of the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce.

She also served on the board of the North Shore Credit Union and the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and was president of the Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation. As well, she represented the North Vancouver Chamber on the North Shore 2010 Spirit Committee and Vancouver’s North Shore Tourism Association Board.

In 1997, Minister Yamamoto served as chair of the BC Chamber of Commerce. She completed a six-year term on the board of Capilano College, with the last three years as chair. She also enjoyed six years as a director of the North Shore Neighbourhood House.

In 2005, Naomi was appointed as an inaugural member of the Premier’s Small Business Roundtable.

In her role as Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations, Naomi Yamamoto is also the Premier’s representative to the Pacific North West Economic Region.