37th Parliament Members
at dissolution on April 19, 2005

MLA: Gillian Trumper  Alberni-Qualicum Elected: 2001 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY

Gillian Trumper was first elected as MLA for Alberni-Qualicum in the provincial general election in 2001. Gillian is the Chair of the Legislative Standing Committee for Aboriginal Affairs, and serves on the following Standing Committees: Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders, and Private Bills; and Legislative Initiatives. She also serves on the Special Legislative Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. She is the chair of the Women's Caucus Committee, and sits with her colleagues on the Vancouver Island Coastal Caucus. She is also a member of the Government Caucus Committee on Communities and Safety as well as the Land Use Planning Committee.

With Cabinet Committees, Gillian also serves on Agenda and Priorities and served on the Core Review and Deregulation Task Force. She is also a former member of the Government Caucus Committee on Government Operations.

Gillian served as Mayor of Port Alberni from 1983-2001. She was the Union of BC Municipalities president and its Fisheries Committee chair, West Coast Treaty Advisory Committee chair, and Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District Board chair; as well, Gillian was Community Economic Adjustment Initiative Committee co-chair for the federal government, and is a member of the Advisory Council to the Law Commission of Canada.

Gillian's lengthy record of community service includes memberships in the Western Vancouver Island Heritage Society and the Port Alberni Friendship Centre, and honorary memberships in the Port Alberni Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs. Gillian was named Port Alberni Citizen of the Year in 1993, and in 2002 was made a Freeman of the City of Port Alberni.

A registered nurse, Gillian moved to the Alberni Valley with her family in 1969. Gillian has four children and five grandchildren.