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Castlegar
337 Columbia Avenue
Castlegar, British Columbia
V1N 1G6
Telephone: (250) 365-2792
Fax: (250) 365-2793
Email: atamaa1@parl.gc.ca

Oliver
9964 - 350th Avenue
P.O. Box 1701
Oliver, British Columbia
V0H 1T0
Telephone: (250) 498-5353
Email: atamaa2@parl.gc.ca

Parliament Hill Office
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
Telephone: 613-996-8036
Email: Atamanenko.A@parl.gc.ca

Biography

Alex Atamanenko

Member of Parliament, British Columbia Southern Interior
Agriculture and Agri-Food
Food Security

  • Elected to the House of Commons for BC Southern Interior as the NDP MP in January 2006
  • Has served as Federal Agricultural, Agri –Food and Rural Affairs Critic, and was past critic responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board.
  • Educated at UBC and U of Toronto with a BA in Physical Education, a teaching diploma, and MA in Russian.
  • Served as an interpreter during the Prime Minister's visit to the Soviet Union in 1989 and for the Canadian Navy trip to Vladivostok in 1990
  • A former teacher and instructor of Russian, French and English at a number of schools across Canada and the United States.
  • As Recreation Consultant with the Yukon Government, served on the Coaching Council of Canada, and as co-ordinator for the Canada Games (1977 and 1979)
  • Worked with the Boys' Clubs of Vancouver
  • Served as an Officer with the Canadian Armed Forces
  • He is a karate instructor with the Castlegar Karate Club.
  • Active in the Kootenay Regional United Nations Association
  • Lives with his wife Ann, a retired French teacher, in Castlegar.