Honourable George Abbott
George Abbott was re-elected as MLA for Shuswap on May 12, 2009. He has previously served as Minister of Health since June 16, 2005. He also served as Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women’s Services and Minister of Sustainable Resource Management.
Minister Abbott has also been deputy house leader for the Official Opposition and was critic for municipal affairs and forests. He was deputy chair of the Select Standing Committees on Forests, Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, and was a member of the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs. Additionally, he sat on the Official Opposition Caucus Committee on Crime.
First elected as MLA in 1996 to represent the riding of Shuswap, Minister Abbott was re-elected in 2001 and again in 2005. Before his election to the Legislative Assembly, he was the chair of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, and a political science instructor at Okanagan University College. He also owned the oldest and largest berry farm in the Interior.
Minister Abbott received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia and his Master of Arts in political science from the University of Victoria.
