Edited sentence: Coell was a social worker and a small business owner.Coell was first elected to the British Columbia legislature in 1996 and has been re-elected in 2001 and 2005.He has a Bachelor of Arts in social welfare from the University of Victoria.He has also served as chair of the Capital Regional District.He has previously served as Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services.He is the British Columbia Liberal Party MLA for the riding of Saanich North and the Islands, a suburb of Victoria.In 2010 Coell ignored the will of his constituants and continued to support the hugely unpopular HST tax.Murray Coell is British Columbia's Minister of Advanced Education and Minister responsible for Research and Technology.Prior to being elected to provincial office, Coell was mayor of Saanich, British Columbia