Peter Fassbender
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The Honourable Peter Fassbender MLA |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Fleetwood |
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Assumed office May 14, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Jagrup Brar |
| Mayor of the City of Langley | |
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In office December 5, 2005 – June 17, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Marlene Grinnell |
| Succeeded by | Ted Schaffer |
| Langley City Councillor | |
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In office December 9, 2002 – December 5, 2005 |
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December 20, 1946 Germany |
| Political party | BC Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Charlene |
| Children | Two sons |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | www |
Peter Fassbender (born 1946) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election after a career at the municipal level. He was elected to represent the electoral district of Surrey-Fleetwood as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party. He was appointed by Premier Christy Clark as Minister of Education in June 2013, then Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development & Minister Responsible for TransLink in July 2015.
Fassbender was born in Germany and emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1952. Since then, he has lived his whole life in Surrey. He graduated from Queen Elizabeth High School in Surrey and attended the National Broadcasting School in Vancouver. He got a film librarian job at CHAN Television (now Global) and moved up the ranks to cameraman, and then producer and director. He worked for advertising agency James Lovick in the early 1970s and eventually became a partner at national firm DDB Canada (formerly Palmer Jarvis). major focus of his private sector career focused on social marketing campaigns including smoking cessation projects for Health Canada and international marketing activities for Industry Canada. In 1996 and 1997 he was reported to have done volunteer public relations work for the evangelical men's organization Promise Keepers.
After a failed run at a Social Credit nomination, Fassbender served a four-year term (1975 to 1979) during some turbulent years on the Langley school board. During that time, the board pursued a 'back-to-basics' approach that considered restoration of corporal punishment and banning the Go Ask Alice novel. Fassbender says his approach to education has changed since the 1970s.
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