Janis Margaret (Jan) Pullinger (born 1947)Women Members of the Legislature of British Columbia
. Legislative Library of British Columbia, July 2, 2010. is a former

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politician, who was a member of the

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from 1989 to 2001.British Columbia Votes 2009: Nanaimo-North Cowichan

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, May 12, 2009. She was a member of the

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. Pullinger was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a 1989

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, succeeding Dave Stupich in the riding of

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. In what was then a dual-member district, she served alongside Dale Lovick, whom she would later marry.Political Families: A List of Related BC MLAs
Legislative Library of British Columbia, December 3, 2009. In the 1991 election, the electoral districts were realigned and Pullinger ran in the new riding of

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, which she represented for two terms until her retirement from politics in 2001, while Lovick continued to represent Nanaimo. She served in the

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, as Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture, Minister of Human Resources, Minister of Community Development, Co-Operatives and Volunteers, and Minister of Social Development and Economic Security.

Electoral record

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