Kevin Falcon
| Kevin Falcon | |
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| Deputy Premier of British Columbia | |
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In office March 14, 2011 – September 5, 2012 |
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| Premier | Christy Clark |
| Preceded by | Colin Hansen |
| Succeeded by | Rich Coleman |
| Minister of Finance of British Columbia |
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In office March 14, 2011 – September 5, 2012 |
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| Premier | Christy Clark |
| Preceded by | Colin Hansen |
| Succeeded by | Mike de Jong |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Cloverdale |
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In office May 16, 2001 – April 16, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Bonnie McKinnon |
| Succeeded by | Stephanie Cadieux |
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Minister of Health Services of British Columbia |
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In office June 10, 2009 – November 30, 2010 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | George Abbott |
| Succeeded by | Colin Hansen |
| Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure of British Columbia | |
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In office January 26, 2004 – June 10, 2009 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | Judith Reid |
| Succeeded by | Shirley Bond |
| Minister of State for Deregulation of British Columbia |
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In office June 5, 2001 – January 26, 2004 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Rick Thorpe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 North Vancouver |
| Political party | BC Liberal |
| Residence | Surrey, British Columbia |
| Occupation | Financial executive |
| Religion | Catholic |
Kevin Falcon (born 1963 ) is a Canadian financial executive and a former provincial politician who ran for the leadership of British Columbia Liberal Party in 2011. Had he won, he would have become premier of the province, but he lost. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Surrey-Cloverdale as a member of the BC Liberals from 2001 to 2013. He served as both the Deputy Premier, and the province's Minister of Finance.
Born in North Vancouver, Falcon worked in insurance after graduating from a private Catholic high school Vancouver College. Falcon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University (SFU). He lives in Surrey, British Columbia with his wife Jessica and daughters Josephine and Jacqueline.
After being involved with the Social Credit (Socred) party in the 1980s, Falcon decided to study political science at SFU. He was a member of the Young Socreds on campus while future Premier Christy Clark was also at SFU.
After graduation, he was part of a movement to revitalize the right-wing municipal part in Surrey that saw Doug McCallum upset Bob Bose, the NDP incumbent mayor, in 1996 and the election to council of future mayor Dianne Watts.
Falcon then set up a communications consultancy (Access Group) in 1998. His major step into provincial politics was as a lead organizer of the "Total Recall" effort to recall a number of BC New Democratic Party MLA's in 1999.
After replacing incumbent Bonnie McKinnon as the Liberal nominee, he was first elected in 2001 as a BC Liberal to represent the riding of Surrey-Cloverdale, and re-elected in the 2005, and 2009 elections.
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