Honourable Mary Polak
Mary Polak was elected to the Legislature in 2005 and again in the May 12, 2009 election to represent Langley. She was appointed Minister of Healthy Living and Sport on June 23, 2008.
She has served as the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Health for the Conversation on Health. Minister Polak served on the Cabinet Committee on New Relationship Co-ordination and the Government Caucus Committee on Social Development. She has served on the Government Caucus Committee for Natural Resources and the Economy, the Select Standing Committees for Children and Youth, Education and Public Accounts. She has also been a member of the Cabinet Committee on Agenda Development and the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act.
Before being elected to the Legislative Assembly, Minister Polak was director of operations for a small polling and research firm and a trustee and former chair of the Surrey School Board. Under her leadership, Surrey became the first school district in B.C. to balance its books according to generally accepted accounting principles. She also led an initiative to make Surrey the first school district in the province to publish school-by-school results for both elementary and secondary schools.
Honourable Mary Polak
Minister of Children and Family DevelopmentMinister Responsible for Child Care
