Dearest Heavenly Father, as Maurine Karagianis has led a pioneering life that reflects her care and concern for issues that matter to her, we ask that you direct her leadership abilities, her energy and her varied life experiences to the benefit of her government peers and the people of this province. May You bless her with wisdom and discernment as she serves as Opposition Critic for Children, Family Development and Child Care and as representative for Esquimalt-Royal Roads. Please bless her with good health and uplifted spirits.
Maurine Karagianis was elected MLA for Esquimalt-Metchosin on May 17, 2005, and re-elected to the reconfigured riding of Esquimalt-Royal Roads on May 12, 2009.
Maurine serves as opposition critic for Children, Family Development and Child Care.
She was elected to Esquimalt Council in 1996. Serving for three terms, Maurine helped create and chaired the CRD Arts Committee, and by working to save the Matson Gary Oak meadow in the Inner Harbour and daylighting the Gorge Creek helped enrich green space and renew bird habitat in Esquimalt.
A long-standing Director of the Veins of Life Watershed Society, Maurine has worked in support of environmental stewardship for the Gorge Waterway and watershed protection in the Capital Region.
She worked in the fashion industry for over 15 years, in retail, wholesale and import/export, and also spent more than a decade working in the communications industry for the tourism market and international motorcycle industry.
Maurine ran a consulting firm that worked with non-profit organizations and First Nations communities to create affordable housing. Her career has also included working for the provincial Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Social Services.
A proud mother and grandmother, Maurine lives with her partner in Esquimalt.
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