37th Parliament Members
at dissolution on April 19, 2005

MLA: Christy Clark  Port Moody-Westwood Elected: 1996, 2001 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY

Christy Clark was appointed Minister of Children and Family Development on Jan. 26, 2004 . She previously served as Minister of Education.

Ms. Clark also served as Official Opposition critic for environment, for children and families and for public service. She sat on the Select Standing Committee on Environment and Tourism and on the Official Opposition Caucus Committee for Children.

She was first elected in 1996 to represent the electoral district of Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain . She was re-elected in 2001 in the new riding of Port Moody-Westwood.

Ms. Clark is a former researcher in the B.C. Legislature. She attended Simon Fraser University , the University of Edinburgh and Université de la Sorbonne. While a student at SFU she was elected president and vice-president (internal) of the Simon Fraser University Student Society. She has been involved in B.C. politics for most of her life.

She and her husband Mark Marissen have a son, Hamish, and live in Port Moody.