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MLA: Hon. John Yap

Richmond-Steveston


Minister of State for Multiculturalism

Elected: 2005, 2009

BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY

 
E-mail: john.yap.mla@leg.bc.ca
Web site: www.johnyapmla.bc.ca

Office:
Room 124
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC
V8V 1X4

Constituency:
115 – 4011 Bayview Street
Richmond, BC
V7E 0A4

Phone:

<250 952-6787

Phone:

604 241-8452

Fax:

250 952-6295

Fax:

604 241-8493

John Yap was appointed Minister of State for Multiculturalism on March 24, 2012. 

MLA Yap was first elected in the riding of Richmond-Steveston in the 2005 provincial election. He was re-elected on May 12, 2009.

Yap previously served as the Minister of State for Climate Action and as the chair of the Government Caucus. He was also a member of the Treasury Board, the Legislative Review Cabinet Committee, as well as the Select Standing Committees of Public Accounts Crown Corporations and Finance and Government Services. He has also served as a member of the Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture and was previously a member of the Finance and Government Services Committee.