MLA: Richard T. Lee - Burnaby North

Heavenly Father, we pray for MLA Richard Lee and we thank You for placing him in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. We pray that You will grant him continued blessing in his leadership in our province. Give him wisdom in his recent appointment as Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism to the Minister of Social Development. Also, we pray that You will lead and guide him as a member of the Cabinet Committee on Open Government and Engagement. Bless him as he fulfils his many duties with integrity.

May he, his wife, Anne, and the rest of his family enjoy a good summer holiday. May he return refreshed both personally and professionally.  In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Richard T. Lee was first elected as the MLA for the riding of Burnaby North in 2001 and was re-elected to his third term in the May 2009 provincial general election. Richard was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism to the Minister of Social Development on March 14, 2011. 

Currently, Richard also serves as a member of the Cabinet Committee on Open Government and Engagement.

Previously, Richard served as Parliamentary Secretary for the Asia-Pacific Initiative, from June 16, 2005 to March 14, 2011.  He also served as a member of the Legislative Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives and a member of the Select Standing Committee on Education.

Prior to that, Richard served as member of the Legislative Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, the Legislative Special Committee to Review the Police Complaint Process, the Special Committee to Appoint a Police Complaint Commissioner, Vice-chair of the Special Committee to Appoint a Merit Commissioner, the Government Caucus Committee on Economy and Government Operations, the Government Caucus Multicultural Committee and as Chair of the Government Caucus Asian Economic Development Committee.

Before being elected to the Legislature, Richard was a programmer analyst at TRIUMF, Canada's national particle research facility. In 1976, he earned a Combined Honours Bachelor of Science degree from UBC in physics and mathematics and in 1980 a Masters of Science from UBC in Applied Mathematics. While studying, Richard worked as a research assistant from 1975 to 1977 and then as a teaching assistant from 1977 to 1979 with the Department of Mathematics at UBC. From 1979 to 1982 he worked as a programmer at TRIUMF and in 1982 became a programmer analyst. Richard attended the United States Particle Accelerator School at Berkeley in 1989 and once again in 1990 at Harvard University.

In 1971 Richard moved to British Columbia where his grandfather settled since 1913. He and his wife Anne married in 1986 and have lived in Burnaby since then. They have three children.