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38th Parliament Members
at dissolution on April 14, 2009

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MLA: Norm Macdonald

Columbia River-Revelstoke


Elected: 2005

NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Norm Macdonald was elected as the MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke on May 17, 2005.

Norm serves as Opposition Critic for Education.

Recently the principal of Nicholson Elementary School, Norm has taught for more than 15 years in the Columbia Valley. He has a further six years experience teaching in Africa.

Norm served as a Councillor and was then elected Mayor of Golden in 1996. Norm's leadership helped strengthen the community’s traditional industries while diversifying the economy through development of the value-added and tourism sectors.

Norm Macdonald lives in Golden with his wife Karen and two teenage daughters.