Honourable Ben Stewart
Ben Stewart was elected as MLA for Westside-Kelowna on May 12, 2009.
An entrepreneur, Minister Stewart founded and built Quails’ Gate into one of Canada’s leading estate wineries.
He has 30 years of extensive experience serving the community and is a founding director of a venture capital fund for local business development. He was on the board of the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation and has been active in the fundraising and establishment of the Brookhaven Extended Care Facility Campaign, Southern Interior Cancer Centre Campaign, and the Rotary Centre for the Arts.
Minister Stewart was chair of the BC Grape Marketing Board where he successfully negotiated with provincial and federal governments on agricultural stabilization. Additionally, he was chairman of the Regional Transportation Advisory Committee for the Thompson Okanagan, as well as a member of the Presidents Community Advisory Council at UBC Okanagan.
Honourable Ben Stewart
Minister of Citizens' ServicesMinister Responsible for Multiculturalism and the Public Affairs Bureau
