Honourable Mike Farnworth

Honourable Mike Farnworth

Mike Farnworth was first elected as MLA for Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain in 1991 and most recently re-elected in 2020 for the riding of Port Coquitlam.

He has served as Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Government House Leader since July 2017 and, as of October 2021, has been appointed Deputy Premier.

Mike was raised in Port Coquitlam and has lived there for more than 50 years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in geography at Simon Fraser University and was elected to Port Coquitlam city council for three terms in 1983, 1985 and 1987.

As MLA, he served in numerous cabinet positions, including minister of health and minister of municipal affairs and housing, and employment and investment.

From 2001 to 2004, Mike worked in Bulgaria, the Balkans and then Iraq on democratic governance programs to help build multiparty democracies in former one-party states.

If Mike is not in Victoria, he is at home with his partner of over 30 years and their dog, Charlotte, walking the beautiful trails of Port Coquitlam.

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