Members

MLA: Hon. John Yap Richmond-Steveston Minister of State for Climate Action Elected: 2005, 2009 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY

E-mail: john.yap.mla@leg.bc.ca Web site: www.johnyapmla.bc.ca
Office: Room 029 Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4		Constituency: 125 – 3900 Steveston Highway Richmond, BC V7E 2K2
Phone:	250 952-7609	Phone:	604 241-8452
Fax:	250 952-7621	Fax:	604 241-8493

John Yap was appointed Minister of State for Climate Action on June 10, 2009. He previously served as the Chair of the Government Caucus and on various committees.

First elected in the riding of Richmond-Steveston in the 2005 provincial election, Minister Yap was re-elected in 2009.

Minister Yap is active in the community as a Rotarian, being a charter member and Past President of the Richmond Sunset Rotary Club. He is also a member of Gilmore Park United Church, where he has previously served as Board Chair, Finance Chair, Treasurer and Personnel Committee Chair. He has served as board chair of Gilmore Seniors Centre, a 117 unit seniors residence. Minister Yap is an honorary member of the Vancouver Diamond Lions Club.

Minister Yap is also a former member of the Mission Through Finance Committee of British Columbia Conference of the United Church of Canada and is a past member of the Seniors Advisory Council of the City of Richmond.

Born in Singapore, Minister Yap immigrated as a teenager to Canada with his parents and has lived in the Lower Mainland for the past 32 years, living in Richmond for 22 of those years. Married with two children, he enjoys reading, jogging, golf and travel.