John Horgan

Candidate Profile

John was born and raised in Victoria and has lived in Langford for the past 17 years. He attended Trent University in Ontario and received a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then moved to Australia and completed a Master of Arts degree at Sydney University. John and his wife Ellie have two sons who attend the University of Victoria.

A former long time public servant, John began his career working in the House of Commons. He returned to British Columbia in the 1990's to work for the Harcourt government. In 2001, John, with his partners, started a management and research consulting company.

John Horgan was elected as the MLA for Malahat - Juan de Fuca on May 17, 2005. John first served as Opposition Critic for Education, then served as the Critic for Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. He also served as a member of the Legislature's Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government (an all party committee) and served as Deputy Chair of the Crown Corporations Committee.

Questions

1. Please identify what you believe to be the most important issue in your riding and your plan to address that issue.
   

   The most important issues in Juan de Fuca are local job opportunities and improved services like education, healthcare and training. Local businesses and residents need these job creating opportunities and access to improved services while we work our way through the current economic downturn.
   
   There are several worthy local job creating projects that are supported by local governments, businesses and voters and are "shovel ready" for infrastructure funding currently available: Belmont school replacement, communter rail, E&N railtrail, Sooke/Jordan River hiway improvements and local social housing projects to name just a few.
   
   Rather than cut education and health care, governments need to support and enhance access to these vital services so that families on the West Shore have improved access in their communities."