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- For the former tennis player see Tommy Christensen.
Tom Christensen (b. 1966[1]) is a former Canadian politician and lawyer. He has served as British Columbia's Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, as Minister of Education and as Minister of Children and Family Development.
Born in Vernon, British Columbia, he received a law degree from the University of Victoria in 1994 and was called to the British Columbia bar in 1995.
In the 2001 British Columbia general election he was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Okanagan-Vernon representing the British Columbia Liberal Party. He was returned in the 2005 election with 43% of all votes. He did not seek reelection in 2009.[2]
References
- "MLA: Hon. Tom Christensen". Previous Parliaments. Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. http://www.leg.bc.ca/MLA/38thparl/christensen.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
- ^ Lumley, Elizabeth (2005). Canadian Who's Who 2005. University of Toronto Press. p. 247. ISBN 0802089070. http://books.google.ca/books?id=YKfRprwXDboC&pg=PA247.
- ^ "Cabinet minister Christensen will not seek re-election in May". CBC. January 13, 2009. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/01/13/bc-tom-christensen-election.html. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
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