MLA: Dave Hayer
Dave Hayer was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary
for Multiculturalism and Immigration on June 16, 2005.
Dave Hayer was first elected to the BC Legislature
as MLA for the riding of Surrey-Tynehead in the 2001
provincial general election.
Dave served as Chair of Surrey Caucus and a member
of the Regional Caucus of Surrey/Richmond/Delta; Caucus
Liaison for the Minister of State for Mental Health
and Addictions Services; vice-chair of the caucus
committee for Asian Economic Development; member of
the Government Caucus Committee on Multiculturalism
& Diversity and Government Caucus Committee on
Health; member of the Cabinet Committee on Environment
and Resource Development for the Ministry of Skills
Development and Labour and Ministry of Sustainable
Resource Management; and member of the Select Standing
Committees on Finance and Government Services, Education,
and Aboriginal Affairs; and the Special Committee
to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection
of Privacy Act. Previously, Dave served as a member
of the Government Caucus Committee on Government Operations,
Select Standing Committee member on Crown Corporations
and Caucus Liaison for the Minister of State for Intermediate,
Long Term and Home Care.
Before his election to public office, Dave was a
Surrey businessperson, Assistant Publisher of the
Indo-Canadian Times, Kwantlen University College Governor,
real estate agent, and he worked in the newspaper
and forestry industries and as labourer in a steel
factory. Dave earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Business Administration from Simon Fraser University
in 1982 and from 1981 to 1982 he completed taxation
courses at the University of British Columbia. Dave
served as the General Manager of the Canadian Accounting
Aggregates Public Accountants from 1983 to 1988 following
which he joined the Indo-Canadian Times.
Dave's current involvements include: member of the
Rotary Club of Surrey, Surrey Chamber of Commerce
and the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce. Some previous
business involvements include: BC Chamber of Commerce
director at large (2000-2001), past district director
(1999-2000); Surrey Chamber of Commerce president
(1996-97), first vice-president (1995-96), second
vice-president (1994-95), director (1992-94); Vancouver
Board of Trade Small Business Council member (1995-2000);
Indo-Canadian Business Association vice-president
(1993-2000); Ethnic Press Association of BC vice-president
(1994-99), treasurer (1992-99), director (1991-92);
and, City of Surrey Economic Development Strategy
Advisory Committee member (1995-2000).
Some of Dave's former community involvements include:
Rotary Club of Surrey president (1999-2000), vice-president
(1996-98); Surrey Community Crime Prevention Society
president (1995-96); South Fraser Child Development
Centre Christmas Party chair (1988-2001); and Surrey
& White Rock Home Support Association director
(94-95). As well, Dave initiated the Surrey Police
Officer of the Year Awards and initiated building
of Surrey Chamber of Commerce Building.
Born in 1958 in India, Dave moved to Surrey in 1972
and into the Surrey-Tynehead constituency in 1991.
He and Isabelle Martinez, who married in 1981, have
four children. Dave enjoys working on community projects,
reading, swimming and walking.
