Marvin Hunt | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
Birth Date: | [1] |
Assembly: | British Columbia Legislative |
Constituency Am: | Surrey-Cloverdale |
Term Start: | May 9, 2017 |
Term End: | September 21, 2020 |
Predecessor: | Stephanie Cadieux |
Successor: | Mike Starchuk |
Assembly1: | British Columbia Legislative |
Constituency Am1: | Surrey-Panorama |
Term Start1: | May 14, 2013 |
Term End1: | May 9, 2017 |
Predecessor1: | Stephanie Cadieux |
Successor1: | Jinny Sims |
Party: | Liberal |
Otherparty: | Surrey First |
Office2: | Surrey City Councillor |
Term Start2: | 1988 |
Term End2: | 2013 |
Spouse: | Ruth |
Children: | 6 Angelina,David,Mark,Alicia,Josh1 other |
Marvin Hunt (born September 6, 1951) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election for the Surrey-Panorama riding.[2] He was re-elected in the district of Surrey-Cloverdale in the 2017 provincial election as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party. He was defeated in the 2020 provincial election. He was also defeated as a Social Credit Party candidate in the 1986 provincial election in the riding of Surrey-Guildford-Whalley. In government, he served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. He also served as the Official Opposition critic for Social Development and Poverty Reduction.
Prior to his election to the legislature, Hunt was a longtime member of Surrey City Council. He was first elected as a city councillor in 1988. In 2011, Hunt joined Surrey First, headed by mayor Dianne Watts.[3]