Michael de Jong
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The Honourable Mike de Jong QC MLA |
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| Minister of Finance of British Columbia | |
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Assumed office September 5, 2012 |
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| Premier | Christy Clark |
| Preceded by | Kevin Falcon |
| Minister of Forests of British Columbia | |
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In office June 5, 2001 – June 16, 2005 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | Gordon Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Rich Coleman |
| Minister of Labour and Citizens' Services of British Columbia | |
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In office June 16, 2005 – August 15, 2006 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | Graham Bruce |
| Succeeded by | Olga Ilich |
| Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation of British Columbia | |
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In office August 15, 2006 – June 10, 2009 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | Tom Christensen |
| Succeeded by | George Abbott |
| Attorney General of British Columbia | |
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In office June 10, 2009 – December 1, 2010 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | Wally Oppal |
| Succeeded by | Barry Penner |
| Solicitor General of British Columbia | |
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In office April 9, 2010 – October 25, 2010 |
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| Premier | Gordon Campbell |
| Preceded by | Kash Heed |
| Succeeded by | Rich Coleman |
| Minister of Health 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 | Margaret MacDiarmid |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Abbotsford West Abbotsford-Mount Lehman (2001-2009) Matsqui (1994-2001) |
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Assumed office February 17, 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Albert Dueck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963/1964 (age 52–53) |
| Political party | Liberal |
Mike de Jong, Q.C. (born 1963 or 1964) is a provincial politician and cabinet minister from British Columbia, Canada.
De Jong was born to Dutch parents who immigrated to Canada after Canadian soldiers liberated The Netherlands in World War II. At age eight, he and his family moved to a farm in the District of Matsqui in British Columbia. He attended Abbotsford's last single-room elementary school and worked as farm labourer as an early teen.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton University in Ottawa and a law degree from the University of Alberta.
After graduating from law school, De Jong returned to Matsqui to set up a law practice and was elected at age 26 as one of Canada's youngest school board members.
In 1994, De Jong was recruited by Gordon Campbell of the British Columbia Liberal Party to compete against new Social Credit Party leader Grace McCarthy in a byelection in Matsqui.
The Socreds had represented the riding for 42 years until De Jong defeated McCarthy by a margin of 42 votes.
McCarthy had been attempting to rebuild the province's governing political party. Shortly after the loss, McCarthy resigned as Social Credit Party leader, and the party failed to elect any members in the subsequent provincial election in 1996.
De Jong was re-elected in the 1996, 2001, and 2005 elections in the new riding of Abbotsford-Mount Lehman, and in the newly created riding of Abbotsford West in the 2009 election.
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