Steven Point

Infobox Lt Governor


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honorific-prefix = His Honour the Honourable
name = Steven Lewis Point
honorific-suffix = OBC LLB
nationality = Canadian
order = 28th
office = Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
term_start = October 1, 2007
term_end =
governor_general = Michaëlle Jean
premier = Gordon Campbell
predecessor = Iona Campagnolo‎
successor =
birth_date =
birth_place = Chilliwack, British Columbia
spouse = Gwendolyn Point
profession = Judge
religion =

Steven Lewis Point OBC ("Xwĕ lī qwĕl tĕl") is the 28th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

From 1975 to 1999, Point served as Chief of the Skowkale First Nation. From 1994 to 1999 he served as Tribal Chair of the .

Point attended the University of British Columbia, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in May of 1985. In 1999, he became a British Columbia provincial court judge. On February 28, 2005, he became Chief Commissioner of the British Columbia Treaty Commission.

His appointment as Lieutenant-Governor was announced on September 4, 2007 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He assumed his duties in a ceremony at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on October 1, 2007. As The Queen's Vice-Regal Representative in British Columbia, he is styled His Honour while in office and The Honourable for life.

Awards

* Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
* Order of British Columbia, 2007
* Knight of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, 2008 [ [http://gazetteducanada.gc.ca/partI/2008/20080426/html/house-e.html Canada Gazette] ]

References

* [http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=20848082-507d-4d25-9246-d01507e699c3&k=2939 Steven Point appointed B.C.’s new lieutenant-governor]
* [http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&id=1810 Prime Minister announces appointment of Steven Point as Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia]
* [http://www.bctreaty.net/files/bios.php British Columbia Treaty Commission - Commissioner Biographies]

External links

* [http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/ Lieutenant Governor & Government House Website]