{{short description|Canadian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = ShirleyBond.jpg | honorific_prefix = | name = Shirley Bond | honorific_suffix = | caption = | office1 = Leader of the Opposition <br /> of British Columbia | term_start1 = November 23, 2020 | term_end1 = May 16, 2022 | predecessor1 = Andrew Wilkinson | successor1 = Kevin Falcon | office2 = Leader of the BC Liberal Party | status2 = Interim | term_start2 = November 23, 2020 | term_end2 = February 5, 2022 | predecessor2 = Andrew Wilkinson | successor2 = Kevin Falcon | office3 = Attorney General of British Columbia | premier3 = Christy Clark | term_start3 = August 18, 2011 | term_end3 = June 10, 2013 | predecessor3 = Barry Penner | successor3 = Suzanne Anton | office4 = Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General | premier4 = Christy Clark | term_start4 = March 14, 2011 | term_end4 = February 8, 2012 | predecessor4 = Rich Coleman | successor4 = Mike Morris | office5 = Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure of British Columbia | premier5 = Gordon Campbell | term_start5 = June 10, 2009 | term_end5 = March 14, 2011 | predecessor5 = Kevin Falcon | successor5 = Blair Lekstrom | office6 = 10th Deputy Premier of British Columbia | premier6 = Gordon Campbell | term_start6 = December 15, 2004 | term_end6 = June 10, 2009 | predecessor6 = Christy Clark | successor6 = Colin Hansen | office7 = Minister of Education<br />of British Columbia | premier7 = Gordon Campbell | term_start7 = June 16, 2005 | term_end7 = June 10, 2009 | predecessor7 = Tom Christensen | successor7 = Margaret MacDiarmid | office8 = Minister of Health Services<br />of British Columbia | premier8 = Gordon Campbell | term_start8 = December 15, 2004 | term_end8 = June 16, 2005 | predecessor8 = Colin Hansen | successor8 = George Abbott | office9 = Minister of Advanced Education<br />of British Columbia | premier9 = Gordon Campbell | term_start9 = June 5, 2001 | term_end9 = December 15, 2004 | predecessor9 = Cathy McGregor | successor9 = Ida Chong | assembly11 = British Columbia Legislative | constituency_AM11 = Prince George-Valemount<br /><small>Prince George-Mount Robson (2001–2009)</small> | term_start11 = May 16, 2001 | term_end11 = September 21, 2024 | predecessor11 = Lois Boone | successor11 = Rosalyn Bird | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|43|2000|9|27}} | birth_place = Prince George, British Columbia<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mallam |first=Teresa |date=October 7, 2008 |title=Education minister Bond shares her own inspiring story |work=The Prince George Free Press |page=A16}}</ref> | death_date = | party = BC United | occupation = Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training for British Columbia }}
'''Shirley Bond''' (born 1956 or 1957)<ref>P.G. Mount Robson's Liberal candidates: Party members choose their candidate Friday and Saturday: [Final Edition] Hoekstra, Gordon. Prince George Citizen [Prince George, B.C] 27 Sep 2000: 5.</ref> is a Canadian politician who served as interim leader of the BC Liberal Party from 2020 to 2022, and also served as the Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia. She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2001 British Columbia general election. She was re-elected for a fifth term as MLA for the Prince George-Valemount riding in 2017. She did not run for re-election in 2024.
She was appointed Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister responsible for Labour on June 10, 2013 serving in that capacity until the Liberal government was unseated in a non-confidence vote in 2017. As of May 1, 2024, Bond served as the Shadow Minister for Health, Senior Services & Long Term Care.
She also served as vice-chair of the Treasury Board, chaired the Cabinet Committee on New Relationship Coordination, and sat as a member of the cabinet climate action committee. Before being elected to the legislative assembly, she served three terms on the Prince George school board. Bond lives in Prince George with her twin adult children and their families, including grandsons Caleb and Cooper. Her husband Bill, to whom she was married for 41 years, died in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2024-02-18|date=2020-06-09|title=Outpouring of community support after passing of Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond's husband|publisher=Prince George Citizen|url=https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/outpouring-of-community-support-after-passing-of-prince-george-valemount-mla-shirley-bonds-husband-2421385|first=Jess|last=Balzer}}</ref>
Prior to being elected, Bond was also attending the University of Northern British Columbia but did not attain her bachelor's degree. She has an arts and sciences diploma from the College of New Caledonia. On August 30, 2024, Bond announced her retirement from politics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-29 |title=Shirley Bond won't be running for re-election |url=https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/shirley-bond-wont-be-running-for-re-election-9453814 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Prince George Citizen |language=en}}</ref> In the October 2024 British Columbia general election her seat was won by BC Conservative candidate Rosalyn Bird.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Popple |first=Abigail |date=2024-10-19 |title=Rosalyn Bird wins Prince George-Valemount seat |url=https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/rosalyn-bird-wins-prince-george-valemount-seat/article_e57e8786-70b0-517a-ba71-dccae7272d18.html |access-date=2024-10-20 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |language=en |issn=1189-9417}}</ref>
==Electoral record== {{British Columbia provincial election, 2020/Prince George-Valemount}} {{British Columbia provincial election, 2017/Prince George-Valemount}} {{British Columbia provincial election, 2013/Prince George-Valemount}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.shirleybondmla.bc.ca/ Shirley Bond MLA Page] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130626010744/http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/ministries/jobs-tourism-and-skills-training/biography/jti.html Minister's bio page in BC Newsroom] * [http://www.gov.bc.ca/jtst/ Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training] * [https://twitter.com/shirleybond/ @ShirleyBond on Twitter]
{{Deputy Premiers of British Columbia}} {{Christy Clark Ministry}} {{Gordon Campbell Ministry}}
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