George Heyman is a Canadian politician and former social, environmental and labour activist.
11 Facts About George Heyman
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George Heyman has represented the district of Vancouver-Fairview in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2013 as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
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George Heyman currently serves as Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy of British Columbia.
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George Heyman was born in Vancouver to Stefan and Marta Heyman, a Polish-Jewish couple who escaped occupied Poland during the Second World War by way of Japan with the help of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese Empire vice-consul at Kaunas, Lithuania.
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George Heyman briefly worked as a logger before becoming a log scaler with the British Columbia Ministry of Forests in 1978.
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George Heyman became involved in the labour movement, eventually serving as president of the British Columbia Government and Service Employees' Union from 1999 to 2008.
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George Heyman served on the governing panel of administrators of the BC Workers' Compensation Board from 1997 to 2001, and chaired the WCB's audit committee.
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From April 2009 to December 2012 George Heyman served as executive director of the Sierra Club BC.
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George Heyman oversaw the financial and administrative health of the organization as well as being Sierra Club's primary public spokesperson on issues regarding energy, mining, conservation of species and habitat, climate change, environmental assessment, forest management and sustainable economic alternatives.
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George Heyman faced high-profile Vancouver city councillor Geoff Meggs in the nomination contest to become the BC NDP candidate for Vancouver-Fairview in the 2013 provincial election.
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George Heyman won the seat on election day, defeating incumbent BC Liberal cabinet minister Margaret MacDiarmid.