37th Parliament Members
at dissolution on April 19, 2005

MLA: Randy Hawes  Maple Ridge-Mission Elected: 2001 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY

Randy Hawes was elected in the riding of Maple Ridge-Mission in the 2001 general provincial election. Randy is currently Chair of the Government Committee on Health, and has been a member of the Legislative Assembly's Select Standing Committee on Health since August 2001. In addition, he serves on the Legislative Assembly's Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Special Committee to Select a Merit Commissioner and chairs the Burrard Thermal Options Committee. Formerly, Randy was Chair of the Special Committee to Appoint a Chief Electoral Officer, and served on the Government Caucus Committee on Communities and Safety and the Small-Scale Salvage Review committee.

Before becoming an MLA, Randy was in his third term as Mayor of the District of Mission. Randy was also Chair of the Fraser Valley Regional District, a member of the Fraser Valley Treaty Advisory Committee for four years, a four-year member of the James Sewer Treatment Plant Board, and a seven-year member (four as Chair) of the Fraser Valley Water Commission.

Randy started as a loans officer with the Toronto Dominion Bank in 1972 and worked as manager in a variety of locations throughout BC and the Yukon . Because he wanted to stay in Mission , Randy left the TD bank in 1986 to pursue a career in real estate and property development. Randy was elected to a one-year term as a District of Mission councillor in 1987 and became mayor in 1993.

Randy has been an active participant in many aspects of his constituency, including serving for two years on the Mission Community Health Council, five years on the District of Mission Justice Council, and three years on the Ferndale Penitentiary Citizens' Advisory Committee. Randy served as director of the Fraser House, a drug and alcohol treatment facility, was an honourary member of the Royal Canadian Legion's Branch 57, and is a member of the Mission Rotary Club. He also coached minor hockey for 15 years and minor baseball for 10 years in Mission .

Born in Edmonton in 1947, Randy and Alma married in 1969 and moved to Mission in 1979; they have three children and three grandchildren. Randy's passions are playing golf, reading, and spending time with his grandchildren.