Given the question: What key details about john van dongen can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: john van dongen -lrb- born december 13 , 1949 -rrb- was a member of the legislative assembly , representing the riding of abbotsford south , in the province of british columbia -lrb- bc -rrb- , canada . at one time , van dongen was one of the longest serving bc liberal mlas in the bc legislature . he was first elected in 1995 in a by-election and was re-elected in 1996 , 2001 , 2005 , and 2009 . on march 26 , 2012 , van dongen announced he was leaving the bc liberal party to sit as the only bc conservative party mla in the legislature . he lost the may , 2013 election running as an independent . on april 24 , 2009 , van dongen announced that the bc office of the superintendent of motor vehicles , a department for which he is responsible in the legislature , had suspended his driver 's licence for a period of four months . in an interview with cbc radio van dongen said the suspension was a result of his being cited twice in one year for driving in excess of 41 km/h above the posted speed limit . van dongen featured prominently in anti-speeding advertising campaigns for the provincial government in recent years . three days later , van dongen resigned as minister of public safety and solicitor-general . after the 2009 provincial election , van dongen was appointed party whip , and continued in his roles as member of the parliamentary committee on finance and government services , and chair of the caucus committee on government restructuring . in 2010 , he was appointed as the chair of the parliamentary committee to appoint a chief electoral officer for bc . he is the chair of a new criminal justice reform project . on march 26 , 2012 , van dongen crossed the floor of the legislative assembly to become the first bc conservative party member of the legislative assembly . on september 22 , 2012 , he then announced he was resigning from the bc conservative party to sit as an independent .
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- successor is riding bell joan mcintyre rich coleman dissolved riding dissolved darryl plecas stan hagen pat- party is liberal -lrb- 2012-present -rrb- -lrb- 1995-2012 -rrb- conservative -lrb- 2012 -rrb- independent- predecessor is harry sindi hawkins john les de jong first member ed conroy stan hagen- office is mla south minister of agriculture , food and fisheries of british for columbia minister of state for intergovernmental relations of british columbia abbotsford minister of public safety and solicitor general of british columbia mla for abbotsford-clayburn mla for abbotsford- term end is 2001 , 2005 june 23 , 2008 april 27 , 2009 2009 2013 january 28 , 2003 june 16- term start is 1995 , 2003 june 16 , 2005 april 1 , 2008 2001 2009 june 5 , 2001 april 3- birth date is 13 december 1949- name is john van dongen- premier is gordon campbell gordon campbell gordon campbell- birth place is vancouver , british columbia