Premier Welcomes Steven Point As Lieutenant-Governor

STATEMENT
For Immediate Release
2007OTP0119-001087
Sept. 4, 2007

Office of the Premier

VICTORIA – Premier Gordon Campbell made the following statement today, welcoming Steven Point as British Columbia’s 28th lieutenant-governor.

“Steven Point brings to this prestigious appointment a wealth of wisdom and experience that will benefit all British Columbians. His life of service and advocacy began with his election as Chief of the Skowkale First Nation at 23. Since then, he has enjoyed a distinguished career, notably as a provincial court judge, chief commissioner of the B.C. Treaty Commission, and National Aboriginal Achievement Award recipient.“He is an exceptional man filling an exceptional role in a province well-served by his predecessor, the Honourable Iona Campagnolo, who was appointed lieutenant-governor in 2001. I am certain Steven Point will serve B.C. likewise, with dignity and dedication, for years to come.”

A provincial court judge since 1999 who most recently served in Abbotsford, Point has also served as elected Chief of the Skowkale First Nation for 15 years, and as tribal chair of the Stó:lō Nation and Grand Chief of Stó:lō Tribal Council.

His career achievements in law include positions as director of the Native Law Program in the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia; instructor of Native Law at the University of Saskatchewan; adjudicator and administrative tribunal at the Federal Department of Immigration and Employment; and practitioner of criminal law and native law as a partner in the firm Point and Shirley.

Point will be installed at a ceremony at the Legislative Assembly.

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Media contact:

Mike Morton
Press Secretary
Office of the Premier
250 213-8218