Norm Letnick

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Currently emergency workers and victims of crime who suspect they have been exposed to serious illness cannot determine their exposure until many months later, often past the window of preventative treatments. Because of this doubt, suspected exposed people usually ingest a concoction of prophylactic drugs, and they, with their families, carry the mental burden of uncertainty. This bill allows those individuals to ask the authorities to compel source individuals to get a blood test in a timely manner and, if a communicable disease is determined, to have the source individual's doctor communicate the results in confidence to the applicant's doctor.

— Norm Letnick May 31, 2011 [36]

The legislation only received first reading in the third session but Letnick brought it back in the fourth session as Bill M-204 in November 2011. Letnick's private members bill was picked up by government and passed unanimously as Bill 39 in May 2012, the first time in 6 years that a private member successfully introduced a Bill that became Law.

In September 2012 Letnick was appointed Minister of Agriculture for the province of British Columbia. [37]

On November 22, 2023, Letnick announced that he would not be seeking a fifth term in the Legislature. As of May 6, 2024, he serves as the Shadow Minister for Children & Family Development.

Electoral history

Norm Letnick
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Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Kelowna-Lake Country
In office
May 12, 2009 –September 21, 2024
2020 British Columbia general election : Kelowna-Lake Country
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Norm Letnick 14,67955.73−4.41$42,026.78
New Democratic Justin Kulik7,12127.04+6.38$977.00
Green John Janmaat3,83314.55−4.65$4,490.00
Libertarian Kyle Geronazzo5151.96–$0.00
Independent Silverado Socrates1900.72–$0.00
Total valid votes26,338100.00–
Total rejected ballots  
Turnout  
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [38] [39]
2017 British Columbia general election : Kelowna-Lake Country
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Norm Letnick 15,28759.76+2.98$55,200
New Democratic Erik Olesen5,34420.89−3.91$7,120
Green Alison Shaw4,95119.35+11.91$16,300
Total valid votes25,582100.00
Total rejected ballots1490.58
Turnout25,73154.21
Source: Elections BC [40] [41]
2013 British Columbia general election : Kelowna-Lake Country
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Norm Letnick 12,14956.78
New Democratic Mike Nuyens5,30624.80
Conservative Graeme James2,35110.99
Green Gary Adams1,5917.44
Total valid votes21,397100.00
Total rejected ballots880.41
Turnout21,48547.71
Source: Elections BC [42]
2009 British Columbia general election : Kelowna-Lake Country
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
Liberal Norm Letnick 10,28152.11$119,561
New Democratic Matthew Reed5,25026.61$17,764
Conservative Mary-Ann Graham2,25311.42$21,044
Green Ryan Fugger1,3756.97$350
Independent Alan Clarke5712.89$8,830
Total valid votes19,730 100.00
Total rejected ballots89 0.45
Turnout19,819 47.25

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  14. ↑ "Councillors sit on hands for affordable housing vote". Kelowna Capital News. 22 November 2006. p. 4.
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  23. ↑ Waters, Alistair (10 June 2009). "Two local MLAs given cabinet posts". Kelowna Capital News. p. 1.
  24. ↑ Luciw, Jason (22 September 2009). "Gravel pit critics get their wish". Kelowna Capital News. p. 1.
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  27. ↑ Letnick, Norm (16 May 2009). "Thirst for power means finding green alternatives". Kelowna Capital News. p. 25.
  28. ↑ Letnick, Norm (17 June 2011). "Local MLA says he plans to vote to keep the HST in place". Kelowna Capital News. p. 1.
  29. ↑ Kines, Lindsay; Les Leyne; Rob Shaw (20 September 2009). "Record hunt turns up no pre-election HST chat". Times Colonist . Victoria, British Columbia. p. 7.
  30. ↑ Waters, Alistair (24 June 2010). "Local MLAs on HST hit list". Kelowna Capital News. p. 1.
  31. ↑ Shaw, Rob (21 September 2010). "Island MLAs on anti-HST recall hit list". Times Colonist . Victoria, British Columbia. p. 1.
  32. ↑ Waters, Alistair (26 November 2010). "Letnick aligns himself with Abbott in leadership race". Kelowna Capital News. p. 9.
  33. ↑ Waters, Alistair (15 March 2011). "Stewart loses cabinet ministry posting". Kelowna Capital News. p. 1.
  34. ↑ Letnick, Norm (8 July 2011). "Navigating the 'boomer glacier' impact on health care". Kelowna Capital News. p. 1.
  35. ↑ Sherlock, Tracy (2 June 2011). "Blood test bill introduced to protect emergency workers". Times Colonist . Victoria, British Columbia. p. 4.
  36. ↑ "Bill M210 — Emergency Intervention". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. 31 May 2011. p. 7653. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  37. ↑ "Norm Letnick, Minister of Agriculture | Michele Rule". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  38. ↑ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  39. ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  40. ↑ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC . Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  41. ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  42. ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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