Laurence Dale Lovick (born March 4, 1944) is an educator and former political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the

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from 1986 to 2001 as a member of the

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Early life

Lovick was born in

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, and received his education at the

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and

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. He was an instructor at

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, where he also served as the head of the English department. At the time of his first election, Nanaimo was a dual-member district. Lovick served alongside Dave Stupich; who resigned in 1988 and was succeeded in a

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by Jan Pullinger, whom Lovick would later marry. When the province's electoral districts were realigned into single member districts for the 1991 election, Lovick continued to represent Nanaimo, while Pullinger moved to the new neighbouring district of

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Career

Lovick held various leadership roles within the Legislative Assembly, serving as the deputy speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1994 to 1996, and then

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from 1996 to 1998. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour from February 1998 to July 1999, as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs from February 1998 to January 1999 and again from July 1999 to November 2000, and as Minister Responsible for the Insurance Corporation of BC from January 1999 to February 2000. He was also government

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from 2000 to 2001. Apart from his political career, Lovick was the editor of ''Tommy Douglas Speaks'' (), published in 1979, and contributed to ''

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''. In 2004, he was named to the board of directors for the Nanaimo Area Land Trust.

References

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