predecessor successor party office birth_date term_start premier image article_title term_end name occupation
wilf hurd none incumbent christy clark liberal mla development for surrey-white rock minister of children and family 24 august 1946 1997 june 5 , 2001 gordon campbell gordon-hogg . jpg gordon hogg
 january 26 , 2004 gordon hogg politician
gordon hogg

gordon hogg -lrb- born august 24 , 1946 -rrb- is a canadian politician .
bc liberal member of the legislative assembly , in the province of british columbia , canada .
he has represented the riding of surrey-white rock since 1997 .
he currently serves as the parliamentary secretary for not for profit-public partnerships .
previously he has been minister of state for mining , minister of state for actnowbc and minister of children and family development .
hogg was a counsellor , probation officer and regional director for corrections prior to his election to the legislative assembly .
he received his bachelor of arts in sociology and psychology from the university of british columbia and his master 's degree in psychology from antioch college .
he served on white rock city council for 20 years , for 10 of which he was mayor .
he has been a board member of more than 15 committees and non-profit societies , including the peace arch community health council and peace arch hospital .
he has also been a foster parent and little league coach .
hogg and his wife , laverne , live in white rock and have one son .
his father al hogg was a prominent physician in white rock honoured with the naming of a residential care facility at peace arch hospital .
