riding predecessor successor birth_place profession party office birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title term_end name minister
langley new riding james bezan harold albrecht vancouver insurance executive conservative chair of the standing committee on the environment 7 may 1950 21 june 2011 langley , british columbia diane warawa mark warawa
 28 january 2013 '' ` mark warawa '' ' peter kent
mark warawa

mark warawa -lrb- born may 7 , 1950 -rrb- is a canadian politician .
formerly a businessman and loss prevention officer as well as a city councillor in abbotsford , british columbia from 1990 to 2004 , warawa has been the member of parliament for langley since 2004 .
on february 10 , 2006 , warawa was named parliamentary secretary to the minister of the environment .
less recently , he served as a member of the standing committee on justice , human rights , public safety and emergency preparedness .
warawa has introduced a private member 's bill in the house of commons , condemning discrimination against females in sex-selective pregnancy termination .
he and his wife , diane , live in langley and have five children .
his son ryan was the conservative candidate in vancouver east in the 2008 election , losing to libby davies of the ndp .
