Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport of British Columbia
In office November 26, 2020 – September 28, 2022
Premier
John Horgan
Preceded by
Lisa Beare (Tourism, Arts and Culture)
Succeeded by
Lisa Beare
Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training of British Columbia
In office July 18, 2017 – November 26, 2020
Premier
John Horgan
Preceded by
Linda Reid (Advanced Education) Shirley Bond (Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training)
Succeeded by
Anne Kang
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
In office February 2, 2016 – April 14, 2023
Preceded by
Jenny Kwan
Succeeded by
Joan Phillip
Personal details
Born
1975[1]
Political party
New Democrat
Children
2
Alma mater
Simon Fraser University
Melanie Joy Mark (born 1975), also known by her Nisga'a name Hli Haykwhl Ẃii Xsgaak,[2] is a Canadian politician in the province of British Columbia. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), she served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant from 2016 to 2023. From 2017 to 2020, she served as Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training; from 2020 to 2022, she served as Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport. Mark is the first First Nations woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and the first First Nations woman to serve in the Cabinet of British Columbia. On February 22, 2023, Mark announced her intention to resign as MLA and cabinet minister, her resignation took effect April 14 of the same year.
^DeRosa, Katie (February 22, 2023). "B.C. First Nations cabinet minister blasts 'nastiness from white men' in legislature as she resigns". National Post.
^"My Nisga'a name is HLI HAYKWHL ẂII XSGAAK. I am the descendent of #BriefcaseWarriors. The Nisga'a paddled by canoe fr the Nass to Victoria to defend our rights. Implementing #DRIPA will be another defining moment for generations 2 come. W/ a thundering heart let's PaddleTogether". Twitter. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
Melanie Joy Mark (born 1975), also known by her Nisga'a name Hli Haykwhl Ẃii Xsgaak, is a Canadian politician in the province of British Columbia. A member...
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of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) MelanieMark, Phillip was acclaimed as the BC NDP's candidate to contest the by-election...
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Pleasant, where he lost to British Columbia New Democratic Party candidate MelanieMark. In 2017, he ran for Vancouver City Council a second time, in the by-election...
to sit as a Conservative, becoming the party's only MLA. February 22: MelanieMark announces her resignation as cabinet minister and as MLA for Vancouver-Mount...
film producers at Skydance Media and Annapurna Pictures, respectively. Melanie Craft, a romance novelist, from 2003 to 2010. They married on December...
of Citizens' Services. On September 28, 2022, after Tourism Minister MelanieMark stepped down from cabinet for medical reasons, Beare took over responsibility...
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to the role on an ongoing basis on August 2. On September 28, 2022, MelanieMark resigned from cabinet to go on medical leave; Lisa Beare assumed responsibility...
directed by Antonio Banderas and based on Mark Childress' 1993 novel of the same name. The film stars Melanie Griffith as an abused housewife who becomes...
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Retrieved 21 February 2012. "Melanie Kohn (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 14 July 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has...
Murder Mystery, and it stars Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston with Mark Strong, Mélanie Laurent, Jodie Turner-Smith and John Kani. Murder Mystery 2 was released...
than a year to conduct the audit and release the results. In response, MelanieMark, British Columbia's minister of Culture, appointed three new members...
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