Randy Kamp
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission
In office January 23, 2006 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Dan Ruimy
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Dewdney—Alouette
In office June 28, 2004 – January 23, 2006
Preceded by	Grant McNally
Personal details
Born	(1953-08-30) August 30, 1953 (age 70) Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Ruth Kamp
Residence(s)	Maple Ridge, BC
Profession	Manager, Executive Assistant
Portfolio	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Website	http://www.randykamp.com

Randy Kamp (born August 30, 1953) is a Canadian politician based in British Columbia. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2015.

Early life and education

Born in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Kamp grew up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia and graduated from Maple Ridge Secondary School in 1971. He studied at Simon Fraser University in theology and earned a Bachelor of Arts. He then studied linguistics at the graduate level.

Ministry

From 1985 to 1992, he and his family lived in the Philippines where he was regional director for an organization doing linguistic work among minority language groups. Kamp was Pastor of Maple Ridge Church Baptist Church, member of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada, until 1997.^[1]

Politics

In 1997, Kamp was hired as the executive assistant to Grant McNally, the Member of Parliament for the Dewdney—Alouette riding from 1997 to 2004.

When McNally retired, Kamp decided to run for Parliament, and was elected as the Member of Parliament for Dewdney—Alouette during the 2004 federal election. In his first term, Kamp was promoted to the position of Official Opposition Critic for Fisheries and Oceans on the Pacific Coast and was elected Chair of the Conservative Crystal Meth Task Force.

On January 23, 2006, Kamp was re-elected to the House of Commons as the member for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission as his riding was now called. Shortly thereafter, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Kamp as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Loyola Hearn. He was concurrently a member of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.

Kamp voted in favor of motion 312, Stephen Woodworth's private member's bill that would have had Canada reexamine at what time human life begins.^[2]

Kamp has been married to his wife Ruth for over thirty years, and they have three adult children and four grandchildren.

On January 31, 2015, Kamp announced that he would retire and not stand as a candidate in the next election, widely expected to occur in October 2015.^[3][4]

Election history