Harry Lali
| Harry Lali | |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Fraser-Nicola |
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In office May 12, 2009 – May 14, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Succeeded by | Jackie Tegart |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Yale-Lillooet |
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In office May 17, 2005 – May 12, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | David Chutter |
| Succeeded by | Riding Abolished |
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In office October 17, 1991 – May 16, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | James Rabbitt |
| Succeeded by | David Chutter |
| Minister of Transportation and Highways of British Columbia | |
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In office February 18, 1998 – February 15, 2001 |
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| Premier |
Glen Clark Dan Miller Ujjal Dosanjh |
| Preceded by | Lois Boone |
| Succeeded by | Helmut Giesbrecht |
| Merritt City Councillor | |
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In office December 1988 – October 17, 1991 |
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Harbhajan Singh Lali August 10, 1955 Jullundur, Punjab, India |
| Political party | British Columbia New Democratic Party |
| Residence | Merritt, British Columbia |
Harbhajan Singh "Harry" Lali (born August 10, 1955) is a former MLA in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Lali spent eleven summers working in the forestry industry, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and South Asia Area Studies from the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia, where he helped establish the Chair of Punjabi and Sikh Studies. He served one term as City Councillor in Merritt starting in 1988, and was an employment counsellor for the Merritt Outreach Program from 1986 until 1991.
He is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and the longest serving South Asian Member of a Legislative Assembly in Canadian history, surpassing his former colleague Moe Sihota in June 2010.
In the 1991 election he was elected to the Legislative Assembly as MLA for Yale-Lillooet, and was re-elected in 1996. Lali served as the Minister of Transportation and Highways from 1998 to 2001 under three different Premiers. For the 2001 election, he chose not to run for re-election.
He returned to the Assembly by winning his riding in the 2005 election ahead of BC Liberal Party candidate Lloyd Forman and Green Party candidate Michael McLean. Lali ran again elected in the newly created riding of Fraser-Nicola in the 2009 election and was re-elected over BC Liberal Party candidate Ella Brown.
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