Steven Point

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His Honour the Honourable
 Steven Lewis Point
 OBC LLB
Steven Point

Incumbent
Assumed office 
October 1, 2007
Governor General Michaëlle Jean
Premier Gordon Campbell
Preceded by Iona Campagnolo‎

Nationality Canadian
Spouse Gwendolyn Point
Profession Judge

Steven Lewis Point OBC (Xwĕ lī qwĕl tĕl) is the 28th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

From 1975 to 1999, Point served as Chief of the Skowkale First Nation. From 1994 to 1999 he served as Tribal Chair of the Stó:lō Nation.

Point attended the University of British Columbia, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1985. In 1999, he became a British Columbia provincial court judge. On February 28, 2005, he became Chief Commissioner of the British Columbia Treaty Commission.

His appointment as Lieutenant-Governor was announced on September 4, 2007 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He assumed his duties in a ceremony at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on October 1, 2007.As The Queen's Vice-Regal Representative in British Columbia, he is styled His Honour while in office and The Honourable for life.

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Order of precedence
Preceded by
Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada
Order of precedence in British Columbia
as of 2007
Succeeded by
Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia