Mike Morris

Mike Morris was appointed minister of public safety and solicitor general for the province of British Columbia in December 2015. Previously, he had served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Morris has also been the chair of the Special Committee to Review the Independent Investigations Office, the convener of the Select Standing Committee of Crown Corporations, and has served on other Selected Standing Committees including Finance and Government Services and Public Accounts, along with the Cabinet Committee for Environment and Land Use. Before being elected to the British Columbia Legislature in May 2013, Morris had a 32-year career in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, retiring in 2005 as the superintendent for the North District. He has also been an adjudicator and mediator with the Health Professions Review Board, has served on the Drug Benefit Council for the province since 2009, and is the past president of the British Columbia Trappers Association.