Hon. Kevin Krueger - Kamloops North Thompson

Today we are praying for the Hon. Kevin Krueger, Minister of Community Development and member for Kamloops North Thompson

Kevin Krueger was appointed as Minister of Small Business and Revenue and Minister Responsible for Regulatory Reform on June 23, 2008.  Mr. Krueger previously served as Minister of State for Mining.

Kevin was re-elected as MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson in 2005 after being elected in 1996 and re-elected in 2001. He was named as Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier responsible for Rural Development in the fall of 2006. Kevin is also a member of the Government Caucus Committee on Natural Resources and Economy, where he previously served as Chair.

While in Opposition, Kevin served as the Critic for Labour. Kevin served as the Caucus Whip as well as a member of the Select Standing Committee on Education. Kevin was named to the Legislative Standing Committees for Committee of Selection and the Special Committee for the Citizen’s Assembly on Electoral Reform. He was also a member of the Legislative Assembly Management Committee. He previously was a member of the Small Scale Salvage Committee.


Before becoming an MLA, Kevin worked with the Insurance Corporation of BC for 20 years, and at the time of his departure was a road safety regional manager.


His community work includes the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce, Kamloops Community Counterattack Committee, Rotary Club past-president, co-ordinator with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and secretary of the Protocol Committee for the 1993 Canada Summer Games. He arranged the twinning of the Rotary Clubs of Kamloops and Uji, Japan. He is a former board member, executive councillor and shop steward of the Office and Technical Employees Union, Local 378. He was a director of the Prince George and District Credit Union.


Kevin and his wife, Debbie, a school teacher, have six children, including two daughters-in-law, and a son-in-law. They are the proud grandparents of six grandchildren.


Lord, we bring Mr Krueger before you today. We thank you for Your blessing upon him.  You have ordered his steps and brought him to this very important place of leadership in our province.  We thank you for his service, his sacrifice and his commitment to the people of British Columbia.  We ask that as he gives oversight to his particular portfolio that you would empower him to serve with excellence and distinction.  Strengthen those who surround him and support his work.  We pray for those who serve in his ministry as well.  Help them to do their work with excellence.  Lord we ask that in spite of the many economic challenges and obstacles in our world, that you would cause our province to prosper and be blessed financially.  Amen.