Lord, it is with gratitude and thankfulness that we pray for our duly elected members of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Today, we pray to You on behalf of MLA Mike Farnsworth. We thank You that he has not only served us diligently for 24 years but that he has also served us well. We ask that You will also continue to lead him into strategic partnerships that will aid him in meeting more of the needs that his many years of service have shown him. Bless him this Christmas season and may he spend it surrounded by those he is closest to. In Jesus’ name, we pray! Amen.
Mike Farnworth was re-elected as MLA for Port Coquitlam in May 2013. He was first elected as MLA for Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain in 1991, and re-elected in 1996, 2005 and 2009.
He serves as Opposition Spokesperson for Justice (Public Safety and Solicitor General).
Mike was raised in Port Coquitlam and has lived there for more than 40 years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in geography at Simon Fraser University, and was elected to Port Coquitlam city council for three terms in 1983, 1985 and 1990.
As MLA, he served in numerous cabinet positions, including the Minister of Health and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
From 2001 to 2004, Mike worked in Bulgaria, the Balkans and Iraq on democratic governance programs to help build multi-party democracies in former one-party states.