predecessor successor birth_place alongside party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
dave stupich mike hunter vancouver , british columbia dave -rrb- stupich -lrb- 1986-1988 -rrb- jan pullinger -lrb- 1989-1991 new democrat mla for nanaimo 4 march 1944 1986 jan pullinger dale lovick
 2001 dale lovick
dale lovick

laurence dale lovick -lrb- born march 4 , 1944 -rrb- is an educator and former political figure in british columbia , canada .
he represented nanaimo from 1986 to 2001 in the legislative assembly of british columbia as a member of the ndp .
he was born in vancouver , british columbia , and was educated at the university of british columbia and carleton university .
lovick was an instructor at malaspina college in nanaimo , where he was also head of the english department .
at the time of his first election , nanaimo was a dual-member district , and lovick served alongside dave stupich ; stupich resigned in 1988 and was succeeded in a by-election by jan pullinger , whom lovick would later marry .
when the province 's electoral districts were realigned into single member districts for the 1991 election , lovick continued to represent nanaimo , while pullinger moved to the new neighbouring district of cowichan-ladysmith .
lovick was speaker for the british columbia assembly from 1996 to 1998 .
he served in the provincial cabinet as minister of labour and minister of aboriginal affairs from 1998 to 1999 , as minister of aboriginal affairs from 1999 to 2000 .
he was also government whip from 2000 to 2001 .
lovick was the editor of `` tommy douglas speaks '' -lrb- isbn 0889820228 -rrb- , published in 1979 , and was a contributor to `` the canadian encyclopedia '' .
in 2004 , he was named to the board of directors for the nanaimo area land trust .
