Dave Hayer

Dave Hayer
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Tynehead
In office May 16, 2001 – May 14, 2013
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Amrik Virk
Personal details
Born	1958
Political party	BC Liberal
Residence	Surrey, British Columbia
Occupation	Banker, Politician

Dave Sukhdip Singh Hayer (born 1958) is a former politician for the province of British Columbia, Canada. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Surrey-Tynehead from May 2001 to May 2013. Hayer is an Indo-Canadian who is the son of assassinated journalist, Tara Singh Hayer.

After defeating Doug McCallum, the Mayor of Surrey, for the BC Liberal party nomination, Hayer competed for and was elected as the first Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Surrey-Tynehead. The riding includes Guildford, Fraser Heights, Fleetwood, Port Kells and Tynehead areas. Hayer was first elected in the 2001 provincial general election and was re-elected in 2005 and 2009.

Hayer served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism and Immigration from 2005 to 2011. Although he served as a parliamentary secretary he did not make it to be a cabinet minister.

On July 7, 2012, Hayer announced that he would not seek re-election in the May 2013 provincial election. "Part of that decision was that if re-elected as MLA in May 2013, and then leave to run as an MP in 2015, it would have triggered an expensive by-election which would be costly for my constituents & that would have been the wrong thing to do for my community," noted Hayer.

In 2013, Hayer criticized the Liberal government's Quick Wins ethnic outreach scandal.

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