Kevin Krueger

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Kevin Krueger
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Kamloops-South Thompson
In office May 12, 2009 – May 14, 2013
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Todd Stone
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Kamloops-North Thompson
In office May 28, 1996 – May 12, 2009
Preceded by	Frederick H. Jackson
Succeeded by	Terry Lake
Minister of Social Development of British Columbia
In office October 25, 2010 – March 14, 2011
Premier	Gordon Campbell
Preceded by	Rich Coleman (Housing and Social Development)
Succeeded by	Harry Bloy
Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts of British Columbia
In office June 10, 2009 – October 25, 2010
Premier	Gordon Campbell
Preceded by	Bill Bennett
Succeeded by	Margaret MacDiarmid (Tourism)
Minister of Community Development of British Columbia
In office January 19, 2009 – June 10, 2009
Premier	Gordon Campbell
Preceded by	Blair Lekstrom
Succeeded by	Bill Bennett (Community and Rural Development)
Minister of Small Business and Revenue and Minister Responsible for Deregulation of British Columbia
In office June 23, 2008 – January 19, 2009
Premier	Gordon Campbell
Preceded by	Rick Thorpe
Succeeded by	Ida Chong (Small Business) Positions abolished (Revenue; Deregulation)
Minister of State for Mining of British Columbia
In office February 7, 2007 – June 23, 2008
Premier	Gordon Campbell
Preceded by	Bill Bennett
Succeeded by	Gordie Hogg
Personal details
Born	1955 or 1956 (age 68–69)
Political party	BC Liberal
Other political affiliations	Liberal Party of Canada (ca. 1993)
Spouse	Debbie Krueger

Kevin Krueger (born 1955 or 1956) is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia. He represented the riding of Kamloops-North Thompson from 1996 to 2009, and Kamloops-South Thompson from 2009 to 2013. As part of the BC Liberal Party caucus, he served in several cabinet posts under Premier Gordon Campbell.

Biography

Before entering politics, Krueger worked for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) for twenty years, serving as road safety regional manager in his final role at the corporation. He was a candidate for the federal Liberals in the 1993 federal election, coming in third in the riding of Kamloops.

He ran for the BC Liberals in the 1996 provincial election, defeating the incumbent New Democratic candidate Frederick H. Jackson to become member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kamloops-North Thompson. While the Liberals were in opposition, Krueger served as labour critic and caucus whip.

He was re-elected in that riding in the 2001 and 2005 elections, and was named to the cabinet by Premier Gordon Campbell in February 2007 as Minister of State for Mining, following Bill Bennett's resignation from the post. Krueger was re-assigned as Minister of Small Business and Revenue and Minister Responsible for Deregulation in June 2008, before being named Minister of Community Development in January 2009.

For the 2009 election, Krueger ran in the newly established riding of Kamloops-South Thompson, and was re-elected as MLA. He was named Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts in June 2009, before being re-assigned as Minister of Social Development in October 2010. He was not given a cabinet post when Christy Clark succeeded Campbell as premier in March 2011, and announced in June 2012 that he would not seek re-election as MLA in the following year's provincial election.

After finishing his term as MLA, he briefly returned to ICBC to work in management, before leaving in 2015 to launch a consulting business working with First Nations. In the same year he was given an honorary doctorate by Thompson Rivers University.

He and his wife Debbie have three children together.

Electoral history

B.C. General Election 2009: Kamloops-South Thompson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Krueger	12,548	53.86%	–	$100,532
	NDP	Tom Friedman	8,132	34.90%		$45,531
	Green	Bev Markle	1,529	6.56%	–	$3,658
	Conservative	Maria Dobi	1,090	4.68%		$5,548
Total Valid Votes			23,299	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			97	0.41%
Turnout			23,396	57.56%

B.C. General Election 2005: Kamloops-North Thompson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Krueger	11,648	48.36%	–	$114,377
	NDP	Mike Hanson	9,635	40.00%		$70,259
	Green	Grant Fraser	1,689	7.01%	–	$2,268
	Conservative	Bob Altenhofen	795	3.30%		$1,511
	Marijuana	Keenan Todd	321	1.33%		$100
Total Valid Votes			24,088	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			150	0.62%
Turnout			24,238	67.71%

B.C. General Election 2001: Kamloops-North Thompson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Krueger	12,676	58.04%	–	$46,310
	NDP	Dwayne Hartle	4,181	19.14%		$24,205
	Green	Denis J. Walsh	3,122	14.29%	–	$4,398
	Marijuana	Vern Falk	1,025	4.69%		$3,765
	Unity	R.H. (Bob) Altenhofen	836	3.84%	–	$5,587
Total valid votes			21,840	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			172	0.79%
Turnout			22,012	72.65%

B.C. General Election 1996: Kamloops-North Thompson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kevin Krueger	7,313	43.43%	–	$54,922
	NDP	Frederick H. Jackson	6,945	41.25%		$24,546
	Reform	Alan Forseth	1,710	10.16%	–	$9,123
	Social Credit	Steve Quinn	468	2.78%	–	$6,908
	Green	Alan Child	401	2.38%	–	$295
Total valid votes			16,837	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			118	0.70%
Turnout			16,955	72.65%

1993 Canadian federal election: Kamloops
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Nelson Riis	15,182	36.62	-15.68
	Reform	Keith Raddatz	10,957	26.43	25.27
	Liberal	Kevin Krueger	10,040	24.22	11.06
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Coldicott	3,526	8.50	-23.90
	National	Kathrine Wunderlich	1,398	3.37	–
	Libertarian	Randall Edge	152	0.37	–
	Natural Law	Mark McCooey	122	0.29	–
	Canada Party	Marion Munday	43	0.10	–
	Independent	Thomas Brown	40	0.10	–
Total valid votes			41,460	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-20.48