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Karn Manhas

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Karn Manhas
MLA for Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
In office
2001–2005
Preceded byMike Farnworth
Succeeded byMike Farnworth
Personal details
Bornsmall
Orange County, California
Diedsmall
Resting placesmall
Political partyBC Liberal
Parent
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Residence(s)Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
OccupationFounder and CEO at Terramera BioSciences

Karn Manhas is a businessman and entrepreneur who founded Terramera,[1] a Vancouver-based biotechnology company that develops revolutionary plant-based pest control products that are more effective and safer than conventional chemical pesticides, and a former Canadian politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005, representing the riding of Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. Manhas was the youngest MLA ever elected in the history of the province of British Columbia.[2]

Mr. Manhas holds a Juris Doctor in Law from the University of British Columbia, and a B.Sc. in Biology (Genetics) and Biotechnology from McGill University. Recently, he was named as one of Business In Vancouver's Top Forty Under 40 business people in 2012.[3]

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