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{{short description|Canadian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image =
| honorific-prefix    =
| name = Murray Coell
| honorific-suffix    = 
| birth_date={{Birth based on age as of date|46|2001|5|17}}<ref>Murray Coell re-elected, Green candidate second: [Final Edition]
Bell, Jeff. Times - Colonist [Victoria, B.C] 17 May 2001: C4.</ref>
| assembly2  = British Columbia Legislative
| constituency_AM2 =  [[Saanich North and the Islands]]
| term_start2  = May 28, 1996
| term_end2    = May 14, 2013
| predecessor2 = [[Clive Tanner]]
| successor2   = [[Gary Holman (politician)|Gary Holman]]
|office3 = Minister of Human Resources<BR>of [[Executive Council of British Columbia|British Columbia]]
|premier3 = [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]
|term_start3 = June 5, 2001
|term_end3 = January 26, 2004
|predecessor3 = 
|successor3 = [[Stan Hagen]]
|office4 = Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women’s Services<BR>of [[Executive Council of British Columbia|British Columbia]]
|premier4 = [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]
|term_start4 = January 26, 2004
|term_end4 = June 16, 2005
|predecessor4 = [[George Abbott (politician)|George Abbott]]
|successor4 = [[Tom Christensen (politician)|Tom Christensen]] (Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation), [[Ida Chong]] (Women’s and Seniors’ Services)
|office6 = Minister responsible for Research and Technology<BR>of [[Executive Council of British Columbia|British Columbia]]
|premier6 = [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]
|term_start6 = June 16, 2005
|term_end6 = June 23, 2008
|predecessor6 = 
|successor6 = 
|office5 = Minister of Advanced Education of [[Executive Council of British Columbia|British Columbia]]
|premier5 = [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]
|term_start5 = June 16, 2005
|term_end5 = June 10, 2009
|predecessor5 = [[Ida Chong]]
|successor5 = [[Moira Stilwell]]
|office7 = Minister of Labour Market Development of [[Executive Council of British Columbia|British Columbia]]
|premier7 = [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]
|term_start7 = June 23, 2008
|term_end7 = June 10, 2009
|predecessor7 = 
|successor7 = [[Moira Stilwell]]
|office8 = Minister of Labour of [[Executive Council of British Columbia|British Columbia]]
|premier8 = [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]
|term_start8 = June 10, 2009
|term_end8 = October 25, 2010
|predecessor8 = [[Iain Black]]
|successor8 = [[Iain Black]]
|office9 = Minister of Environment<BR>of [[Executive Council of British Columbia|British Columbia]]
|premier9 = [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]
|term_start9 = October 25, 2010
|term_end9 = March 14, 2011
|predecessor9 = [[Barry Penner]]
|successor9 = [[Terry Lake]] 
| party = [[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
}}

'''Murray Coell''' (born 1955 or 1954) is a Canadian politician. He is a former member of the [[British Columbia Legislative Assembly]], representing the riding of [[Saanich North and the Islands]], a suburb of [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], from 1996 through 2012. He is a [[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal]]. He previously served as the  Minister of Environment, Minister of Labour, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development; Minister of Human Resources; Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services; and Minister of Advanced Education and Minister Responsible for Research and Technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.bc.ca/premier/cabinet_ministers/murray_coell.html|title=Honorable Murray Coell|work=Cabinet Ministers|publisher=Government of British Columbia|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref>

Coell was first elected to the British Columbia legislature in 1996 and has been re-elected in 2001, 2005, and 2009. He announced in 2012 that he would not run for re-election.<ref name = "quits">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/another-b-c-liberal-quits-politics-1.1202920|title=Another B.C. Liberal quits politics|date=July 11, 2012|work=CBC|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref>

Prior to being elected to provincial office, Coell was mayor of [[Saanich, British Columbia]] for six years.<ref name = "quits" /> He has also served as chair of the Capital Regional District. Before entering politics, Coell was a social worker and a small business owner. He has a Bachelor of Arts in social welfare from the [[University of Victoria]].

==Election results==
{{British Columbia provincial election, 1996/Saanich North and the Islands}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2001/Saanich North and the Islands}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2005/Saanich North and the Islands}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2009/Saanich North and the Islands}}

==References==
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{{Gordon Campbell Ministry}}

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