Naomi Yamamoto

The Honourable Naomi Yamamoto MLA
MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Preceded by	Katherine Whittred
Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations of British Columbia
In office June 10, 2009 – October 25, 2010
Premier	Gordon Campbell
Preceded by	Joan McIntyre
Minister of State for Building Code Renewal of British Columbia
In office October 25, 2010 – March 14, 2011
Premier	Gordon Campbell
Minister of Advanced Education of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office March 14, 2011
Premier	Christy Clark
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Political party	BC Liberal

Naomi Yamamoto is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of North Vancouver-Lonsdale.

A businesswoman who ran a graphic design shop,^[1] she is the first Japanese-Canadian ever elected to British Columbia's provincial legislature.^[2]

References

1. ^ "More than a quarter of MLAs new". Vancouver Province, May 14, 2009.
2. ^ "Yamamoto becomes B.C.'s first-ever Japanese-Canadian MLA". bclocalnews.com, May 12, 2009.

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