Saturday, April 11, 2009

MLA Harry Lali - Yale Lillooet

Today we are praying for MLA Harry Lali.

Father we thank you for the commitment that Harry Lali has given to the riding of Yale –Lillooet
We know that he has had to make many sacrifices to serve our Government and ask that you would bless him for his faithfulness. We pray that you would strengthen him when his is weary and when he is at a loss for direction that you would guide him and give him divine strategies.

We thank you that he is willing to serve as the opposition Critic for B.C. lotteries, Gaming Policy and I.C.B.C. This is a job that requires much time and effort and we pray that you would inspire him to be a man of wisdom and integrity.

We ask today Father that you would bless him and keep him, that you would make his face shine upon him and be gracious to him.  That you Father would turn your face toward him and give Harry and his family peace.

Harry Lali served as Minister of Transportation and Highways from February, 1998, to February, 2001. He was the longest serving NDP Highways Minister in British Columbia. Previously, Harry served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Forests from June, 1996, to February, 1998. Currently he is the Opposition Critic for B.C. Lotteries, Gaming Policy and I.C.B.C.

In 1988, Harry was elected City Councillor in Merritt for one term. In 1991, Harry was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly for Yale-Lillooet, re-elected M.L.A. in 1996, and again a third time in 2005.

Harry was born in 1955 in Jullundur District, Punjab, and currently lives in Merritt. He was educated at the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and South Asia Area Studies. Harry is the founder of the group that established the Chair of Punjabi and Sikh Studies at the University of British Columbia.

Before his election to the Legislature, Harry was an Employment Counsellor for the federally-sponsored Merritt Outreach Program from 1986 – 1991. He has also worked at MOSAIC in Vancouver. Harry is a former member of the IWA Local 1-417 when he spent 11 summers working in the sawmill industry in Interior B.C. Harry is also a former co-owner of a sporting goods store.

From 2001 – 2006 Harry owned his own business that was involved in international development and technology transfer to developing countries, namely in the field of environmental technologies and power generation.

Harry and his wife, Rani, are the proud parents of two sons and one daughter.

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