Ken Johnston is a politician in British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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. He is currently a member of the Richmond

Richmond, British Columbia

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 city council, having previously sat on council from 1993 to 2001, and representing the Vancouver-Fraserview

Vancouver-Fraserview

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 riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 from 2001 to 2005.

Ken graduated from Killarney Secondary School

Killarney Secondary School

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 in 1968. He attended the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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, and, upon earning his Certified General Accountant

Certified General Accountant

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 designation in 1976, worked as a public practice accountant before moving into private business in 1980.

Since 1986, Ken has served as a Richmond Savings Credit Union director, and from 1995 to 1998, he served as chair. He is a past director of Coast Capital Savings

Coast Capital Savings

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. Before becoming an Member of the Legislative Assembly

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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 (MLA), Ken was serving the City of Richmond in his third term as a City councillor.

As an MLA, Ken served as a member of the Government Caucus Committee on Government Operations. He also served on Legislative Standing Committees: Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills, Legislative Initiatives, and he was a member of the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act. He previously served on the Health and Crown Corporations committees.

Ken and Diane Johnston married in 1972 in Fraserview and have two grown children, Scott and Jennifer.