MLA Randy Hawes - Maple Ridge-Mission

We lift up Randy Hawes in prayer today. We thank you Lord for Randy and his untiring concern in areas that some might want to ignore – some of these make people feel uncomfortable but not Randy. He has seen a need in areas that exist and need to be addressed so we give thanks for this man who has compassion and is not afraid to roll up his sleeves and get involved.

We ask for continued strength for Randy as he serves his role in government. Bless him with favor in all that he undertakes on behalf of our province. We pray and ask that all hindrances or stumbling blocks that may try to distract Randy from the job he has been called to do would be removed and that the path before him would be clear and certain. Bless him and his whole family.

Randy Hawes was first elected as MLA for Maple Ridge-Mission in 2001 and was re-elected in the May 2005 provincial general election. In June, Randy was appointed Chief Government Whip by Premier Gordon Campbell.

Randy has served as Chair of the Government Committee on Health, and has been a member of the Legislative Assembly's Select Standing Committee on Health. In addition, he serves on the Legislative Assembly's Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Special Committee to Select a Merit Commissioner and chairs the Burrard Thermal Options Committee. Formerly, Randy was Chair of the Special Committee to Appoint a Chief Electoral Officer, and served on the Government Caucus Committee on Communities and Safety and the Small-Scale Salvage Review committee.

Before becoming an MLA, Randy was in his third term as Mayor of the District of Mission. Randy was also Chair of the Fraser Valley Regional District, a member of the Fraser Valley Treaty Advisory Committee for four years, a four-year member of the James Sewer Treatment Plant Board, and a seven-year member (four as Chair) of the Fraser Valley Water Commission.
Randy started as a loans officer with the Toronto Dominion Bank in 1972 and worked as manager in a variety of locations throughout BC and the Yukon. Because he wanted to stay in Mission, Randy left the TD bank in 1986 to pursue a career in real estate and property development. Randy was elected to a one-year term as a District of Mission councillor in 1987 and became mayor in 1993.

Randy has been an active participant in many aspects of his constituency, including serving for two years on the Mission Community Health Council, five years on the District of Mission Justice Council, and three years on the Ferndale Penitentiary Citizens' Advisory Committee. Randy served as director of the Fraser House, a drug and alcohol treatment facility, was an honourary member of the Royal Canadian Legion's Branch 57, and is a member of the Mission Rotary Club. He also coached minor hockey for 15 years and minor baseball for 10 years in Mission.

Born in Edmonton in 1947, Randy and Alma married in 1969 and moved to Mission in 1979; they have three children and eight grandchildren. Randy's passions are playing golf, reading, and spending time with his grandchildren.