God in heaven, today we bring Norm Letnick, member for Kelowna-Lake Country and Assistant Deputy Speaker to you. We thank you for Norm’s many years of faithful service to BC. We ask for your blessing to rest on Norm as he presides over debates and the important business of the legislature. Grant to Norm wisdom and fairness in the decisions he needs to make. We also speak a blessing today on Norm’s family in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Norm Letnick was re-elected for his fourth term as MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country in 2020. Norm was appointed Deputy Assistant Speaker on December 7, 2020. Prior to his election as an MLA, Letnick sat on municipal council in both Kelowna (2005-08) and Banff (1992-98) and was a tenured associate professor in Okanagan University College’s business program. He has extensive business experience, having owned several financial services and technology-related firms. He has also served his community as a past president of the Kelowna Gyro Club and Banff Rotary Club. In 2009, Letnick received the Canadian Cancer Society’s Regional Community Champion Award, in recognition of his Gala of Hope fundraising work and is the lead organizer for the Lake Country Terry Fox Run. Norm holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a Rhodes Scholarship nomination from the University of Calgary, a Master of Business Administration from Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University.