Current Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Joyce Murray, (Liberal) a former BC cabinet minister and provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly. She was first elected in a March 2008 by-election, by a small margin. She was re-elected in the general election on October 14, 2008, by nearly 5000 votes.
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