Barry Penner
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Barry Penner QC |
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| Attorney General of British Columbia | |
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In office December 1, 2010 – August 18, 2011 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | Michael de Jong |
| Succeeded by | Shirley Bond (interim) |
| Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation of British Columbia | |
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In office October 25, 2010 – March 14, 2011 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | George Abbott |
| Succeeded by | Mary Polak |
| Minister of Environment of British Columbia | |
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In office June 16, 2005 – October 25, 2010 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | Bill Barisoff |
| Succeeded by | Murray Coell |
| Minister responsible for Sustainable Communities & Minister responsible for Water Stewardship of British Columbia | |
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In office June 16, 2005 – June 23, 2008 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Chilliwack-Hope Chilliwack-Kent (2001-2009) Chilliwack (1996-2001) |
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In office May 28, 1996 – January 9, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Chisholm |
| Succeeded by | Gwen O'Mahony |
| Personal details | |
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January 6, 1966 Kitimat, British Columbia |
| Political party | Liberal |
Barry Penner, QC is a licensed lawyer and former politician in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) for Chilliwack-Hope for 16 years. He also served as Attorney General of British Columbia, Deputy House Leader (2005–2009), Minister of Environment and Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.
Born in Kitimat in 1966, Penner has lived most of his life in the eastern Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada. He has fought forest fires, spent summers on patrol as a park ranger and worked at a local saw mill.
Penner completed two years at what is now University of the Fraser Valley (formerly Fraser Valley College) and has been named one of their "Top 40" alumni. Penner received a number of academic awards while studying at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby before completing a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Economics. He was then selected for the 1989 British Columbia Legislative Internship Program. While completing a law degree at the University of Victoria, Penner was one of the early participants in the UVic Law Co-operative Education program and worked for a law firm in Bangkok, Thailand in 1991.
Penner was first elected as a MLA in 1996 (representing the riding of Chilliwack) and was re-elected in 2001 and 2005 (the riding of Chilliwack-Kent) with some of the highest margins of victory in the province. He was re-elected in the 2009 British Columbia general election to represent the reconfigured Chilliwack-Hope constituency (which includes Agassiz, Harrison Hot Springs and the Fraser Canyon) with more than 53% of votes cast.
As an elected representative, Penner was an early advocate for expanding the use of Canada's DNA database to help identify, catch and convict violent criminals, and solve cases involving missing persons. He also introduced a motion in the Legislature calling on the BC Government to establish an 'AMBER Alert' system in BC to assist police in safely returning abducted children to their parents. The motion passed in 2003, and the 'AMBER Alert' system became operational in 2004.
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