Kevin Krueger

Before entering politics, Krueger worked for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) for twenty years, serving as road safety regional manager in his final role at the corporation.^[3] He was a candidate for the federal Liberals in the 1993 federal election, coming in third in the riding of Kamloops.^[4]

He ran for the BC Liberals in the 1996 provincial election, defeating the incumbent New Democratic candidate Frederick H. Jackson to become member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kamloops-North Thompson. While the Liberals were in opposition, Krueger served as labour critic and caucus whip.^[3]

He was re-elected in that riding in the 2001 and 2005 elections,^[5] and was named to the cabinet by Premier Gordon Campbell in February 2007 as Minister of State for Mining, following Bill Bennett's resignation from the post.^[6] Krueger was re-assigned as Minister of Small Business and Revenue and Minister Responsible for Deregulation in June 2008,^[6][7] before being named Minister of Community Development in January 2009.^[6][8]

For the 2009 election, Krueger ran in the newly established riding of Kamloops-South Thompson, and was re-elected as MLA.^[9] He was named Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts in June 2009, before being re-assigned as Minister of Social Development in October 2010.^[3] He was not given a cabinet post when Christy Clark succeeded Campbell as premier in March 2011,^[10] and announced in June 2012 that he would not seek re-election as MLA in the following year's provincial election.^[11]

After finishing his term as MLA, he briefly returned to ICBC to work in management, before leaving in 2015 to launch a consulting business working with First Nations.^[12][13] In the same year he was given an honorary doctorate by Thompson Rivers University.^[14]

He and his wife Debbie have three children together.^[15]