37th Parliament Members
at dissolution on April 19, 2005

MLA: Blair Lekstrom  Peace River South Elected: 2001 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY

Blair Lekstrom was first elected in the 2001 provincial general election in the riding of Peace River South. He currently serves as the Chair of three Legislative Select Standing Committees: Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills; the committee on Legislative Initiatives; and the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Blair is also a member of the Legislative Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, the Legislative Select Standing Committee on Health and the Special Committee on the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, the Government Caucus Committee on Natural Resources, and the Cabinet Committee on Agenda and Priorities. Blair sits on the Northern Caucus Committee, the BC Task Force on Mining.

Previously, Blair chaired the Legislative Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services (2001 and 2002), the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Cabinet Committee on Agenda & Priorities, and served on the Government Caucus Committee on the Economy.

Before becoming an MLA, Blair was serving his second term as Mayor of the City of Dawson Creek. He was first elected mayor in 1996, after serving for three years as a councillor.

Born in 1961 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Blair moved to Dawson Creek later that year and has lived there ever since. Following graduation from South Peace Secondary School, Blair started with BC Tel in 1979 and worked for the next 17 years as an installer-repairman until his election as Mayor in 1996. He was a Peace River Regional District member and served on the North Central Municipal Association executive.

Blair's previous appointments include serving as a Municipal Finance Authority board member, North Central Municipal Association president, BC Task Force on Bank Mergers member, BC Agri-Food Policy Working Group member, and Union of BC Municipalities executive member.

Blair's community involvements included: Dawson Creek & District Hospital Foundation board member as well as participation in a wide range of community groups in his capacity as Mayor of the City.

He and wife Vicki were married in 1982. They have two children. Blair enjoys carpentry, camping with his family, skiing, as well as playing baseball and hockey.