Karn Manhas
| Karn Manhas | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | |
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In office 2001–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Farnworth |
| Succeeded by | Mike Farnworth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Orange County, California |
| Political party | BC Liberal |
| Residence | Port Coquitlam, British Columbia |
| Occupation | Founder and CEO at Terramera BioSciences |
Karn Manhas is a businessman and entrepreneur who founded Terramera,[1] a Vancouver-based biotechnology company that develops revolutionary plant-based pest control products that are more effective and safer than conventional chemical pesticides, and a former Canadian politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005, representing the riding of Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. Manhas was the youngest MLA ever elected in the history of the province of British Columbia.[2]
Mr. Manhas holds a Juris Doctor in Law from the University of British Columbia, and a B.Sc. in Biology (Genetics) and Biotechnology from McGill University. Recently, he was named as one of Business In Vancouver's Top Forty Under 40 business people in 2012.[3]