Val Anderson | |
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Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Langara |
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In office October 17, 1991 – May 17, 2005 |
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Succeeded by | Carole Taylor |
Personal details | |
Born |
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
February 14, 1929
Died | March 30, 2006 British Columbia, Canada |
(aged 77)
Political party | BC Liberal Party |
Val Anderson was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 1991 general election, as a candidate of the BC Liberal Party, and was re-elected in the 1996 and 2001 elections.
During his youth, Anderson had been a member of the Saskatchewan Older Boys' Parliament (now the Saskatchewan Youth Parliament).
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan and a Bachelor of Divinity from St. Andrew's College. He has a Master of Theology degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and has completed two years on a doctoral program at Boston School of Theology.
Prior to serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Anderson was a minister in the United Church of Canada and a former professor at the Vancouver School of Theology. He was coordinator and editor of Canadian Multi Faith Action.
Anderson had been active in community work. He was the founding chair of the Vancouver Food Bank and the Pacific Youth and Family Addiction Service Society. He received the Good Neighbour Award in 1990 along with honors from the Social Justice Foundation of BC.