Dale Lovick was acclaimed Government Caucus Whip in November 2000. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Children and Families in November 2000. As well, Dale currently serves as the Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.

Previously, he served as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs from July 1999 to November 2000. Before that, he served as Minister of Labour from February 1998 to July 1999, and as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs from February 1998 to January 1999. Dale is also a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks, as well as to the Minister of Forests. He served as Deputy Speaker until he was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in June 1996.

First elected to the Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Nanaimo in the 1986 general election, Dale was re-elected in 1991 and 1996.

Dale was born and raised in Vancouver. He obtained bachelor and master of arts degrees in English from the University of British Columbia and a master of arts in Canadian studies from Carleton University in Ottawa. Before being elected to the Legislative Assembly, Dale was an instructor in English and Canadian Studies at Malaspina College in Nanaimo, where he was also head of the English department and president of the faculty association.

Dale edited Tommy Douglas Speaks, published in 1979, and was a contributing author in The Canadian Encyclopaedia.

Dale is married and has one stepson, Brett.