Coralee Oakes

Coralee Oakes

Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Cariboo North
Incumbent
Assumed office May 14, 2013
Preceded by	Bob Simpson
Personal details
Born	1972 (age 43–44)
Political party	Liberal
Profession	B.C. Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development

Coralee Oakes (born 1972) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.^[1] She represents the electoral district of Cariboo North as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party and was appointed Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development on June 10, 2013.

Oakes is a former two-term Quesnel city councillor and executive director of the Quesnel and District Chamber of Commerce since 1999. As a result of her community work, in 2007 Oakes was appointed by the province to the Small Business Roundtable to represent the rural voice of small business. This work led her to be appointed to the Minister's Council on Tourism in 2009. Oakes is the past president of the British Columbia Chamber Executives and has served as a director on the BC Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Chamber of Commerce Executives, Cariboo Chilcotin Tourism Association and numerous local not-for-profit organizations.^[2]

References

↑ "Cariboo North elects Oakes". Prince George Citizen, May 14, 2013.
↑ BC Newsroom

Current members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Liberal	Clark Anton Ashton Barnett Bennett Bernier Bing Bond Cadieux Coleman Dalton de Jong Fassbender Foster Gibson Hamilton Hogg Hunt Kyllo Lake Larson Lee Letnick Martin McRae Morris Oakes Plecas Pimm Polak Reid Reimer Rustad Michelle Stilwell Moira Stilwell Stone Sturdy Sullivan Sultan Tegart Thomson Thornthwaite Throness Virk Wat Wilkinson Yamamoto Yap

New Democrat	Horgan Austin Bains Chandra Herbert Chouhan Conroy Corrigan Darcy Dix Donaldson Eby Elmore Farnworth Fleming Fraser Hammell Heyman Holman James Karagianis Krog Macdonald Mark Mungall Popham Ralston Rice Robinson B. Routley D. Routley Shin Simons Simpson Trevena Wickens

Green	Weaver

Independent	Huntington

Cabinet of Premier of British Columbia Christy Clark (2011—)

George Abbott Suzanne Anton Pat Bell Harry Bloy Bill Bennett Mike Bernier Shirley Bond Stephanie Cadieux Ida Chong Christy Clark Rich Coleman Mike de Jong Kevin Falcon Peter Fassbender Terry Lake Blair Lekstrom Norm Letnick Margaret MacDiarmid Mary McNeil Don McRae Coralee Oakes Barry Penner Pat Pimm Mary Polak John Rustad Michelle Stilwell Moira Stilwell Ben Stewart Todd Stone Ralph Sultan Steve Thomson Amrik Virk Teresa Wat Andrew Wilkinson Naomi Yamamoto John Yap

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