Mitzi Jayne Dean (born ) is a

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non-profit administrator and politician, who was elected to the

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in the 2017 provincial election and served until 2024.NDP's Mitzi Dean cruises to comfortable victory in Esquimalt-Metchosin

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May 9, 2017. She represented the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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caucus. She served as Minister of Children and Family Development in British Columbia in the cabinets of

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and

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Private life

In the UK, Dean served in a fundraising role as a national development manager for children's services with the

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. She was born in Sevenoaks, England and worked in fundraising and development in organizations offering child protection social work and community-based social services across

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for more than 20 years. Prior to her election, Dean was appointed the executive director for Pacific Centre Family Services in 2007, having moved to

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from

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in 2005. In 2014, Dean received a certificate in executive study for six months of online part-time study at

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Cabinet positions

Dean was appointed as the province's Parliamentary Secretary of the newly created Gender Equity Secretariat, in the Ministry of Finance, in February 2018 by Premier John Horgan. She then served as the Minister of Children and Family Development. From January to November 2024, she served as Minister of State for Child Care.

Electoral record

References

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