Heavenly Father, we
lift up MLA: John van Dongen to You. Continue to bless him in all his services to
the Province of British Columbia, both past and present. Give his guidance to
lead his community and give him Your favour in all of the many great projects he
is involved in. Amen.
John van Dongen was re-elected as MLA to serve the new riding of
Abbotsford-South in the spring of 2009.
John was first elected in 1995 in a by-election to represent the riding of
Abbotsford and was re-elected in 1996, 2001, and 2005.
Mr. van Dongen has served as the Solicitor General and Minister of Public
Safety. He has also served as Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations
and as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries. He has also been a member of
the Government Caucus Committee on Social Development. For the past several
years, John served on the Hospital Construction Committee for the new Abbotsford
Hospital and Cancer Centre.
Before his election to the Legislative Assembly, Mr. van Dongen operated a
dairy farm in Abbotsford. He studied agricultural economics at the University of
British Columbia.
Mr. van Dongen was involved in farm organizations and businesses for almost
two decades. He was on the board of directors of the B.C. Dairy Foundation,
Agrifoods International Co-operative (Dairyland) the B.C. Federation of
Dairymen's Association and the Federal Farm Debt Review Board.
He was Chair of the Building and Finance Committee of St. Joseph's Church in
Mission. He is also a member of the Knights of Columbus. He is the father of
two sons and has one granddaughter.
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