predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
tom perry first member paul ramsey rich coleman riding dissolved gregor robertson colin hansen moose jaw , saskatchewan liberal liberal mla for vancouver-fairview minister of finance of british columbia for fort langley-aldergrove mla for vancouver-little mountain mla 23 august 1963 1991 1996 2001 june 5 , 2001 gary collins -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-
 1996 2001 2004 december 14 , 2004 gary farrell-collins
gary collins -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-

gary collins , formerly referred to as gary farrell-collins prior to 2001 , -lrb- born august 22 , 1963 -rrb- is a former canadian politician , who served as a bc liberal member of the legislative assembly of british columbia from 1991 to 2004 , representing the riding of vancouver-fairview .
he resigned in december 2004 to become ceo of the now defunct harmony airways .
in opposition , collins served as official opposition house leader and held a variety of critic roles .
when the liberals formed government in 2001 , he served in gordon campbell 's cabinet as minister of finance and government house leader .
prior to his election to the legislative assembly , collins was a flight instructor at the university college of the fraser valley .
he studied economics and political science at simon fraser university .
he was first elected under the name gary farrell-collins , but dropped his former wife 's last name after his divorce .
