Kevin Falcon was first elected in 2001 as a BC Liberal to represent the riding of Surrey-Cloverdale and re-elected in 2005. He was the only MLA in the province to increase his vote total from the 2005 results over the 2001 vote total.
Before his election to the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Falcon was president of the Access Group, a corporate communications firm he formed in 1998. He has also worked in the real estate development industry and was vice-president of Northwest Investment Properties. Prior to attending university, Mr. Falcon spent five years working in the general insurance industry.
He received his bachelor of arts from Simon Fraser University and his real estate sales and mortgage brokers diploma from the University of British Columbia.
Mr. Falcon has been vice-president of the Cloverdale District Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Surrey Museum and Archives advisory board, as well as belonging to the Cloverdale Rotary and Elks clubs. He was also a director of the Vancouver Sea Festival, president of the Vancouver Junior Chamber of Commerce and a volunteer with the Cloverdale RCMP Bike Patrol.
Kevin is one of the more popular ministers in government, and is largely regarded as one of the more conservative members of caucus. He was one of the few ministers to keep his original portfolio in the cabinet shuffle following the election.
KevinFalcon was appointed Minister of Transportation on Jan. 26, 2004.
Falcon was first elected in 2001 to represent the riding of Surrey-Cloverdale, and re-elected in 2005.
Falcon has been vice-president of the Cloverdale District Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Surrey Museum and Archives advisory board, as well as belonging to the Cloverdale Rotary and Elks clubs.