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Mary Polak is the former chair of the Surrey School Board in Surrey , British Columbia and is now a Member of the Legislative Assembly Of British Columbia (MLA) for the riding of Langley . She tried unsuccessfully to gain a seat in the Legislature as a candidate for the right-of-centre BC Liberal Party , but lost the 2004 Surrey-Panorama Ridge By-election to Jagrup Brar , the New Democratic Party Of British Columbia candidate. This was a substantial defeat for the governing Liberals. Polak tried to blame her defeat on ethnic South Asia n voters supporting Brar. {Link without Title} Mary Polak was recruited to run as a member of the Socially Conservative Surrey Electors Team by school trustee Heather Stilwell . As chair of the Surrey School Board, she voted to ban Sex Education and Condom machines in Surrey schools, even though Surrey has one of the highest rates of Teen Pregnancy in BC. She also voted, along with the majority of the school board, that books dealing with families where both parents were of the same sex not be included as optional learning resources. These books were requested by a Kindergarten Teacher to reflect the realities of today's families and to teach his pupils about Diversity and Tolerance . A legal battle to overturn the decision to ban the three books went all the way to the is always age-appropriate, children cannot learn unless they are exposed to views that differ from those they are taught at home." The legal fees ended up costing Surrey taxpayers over $1,200,000. Despite her controversial past, Polak at last won the 2005 Provincial Election in Langley. Her margin of victory was much less than that won by the Liberal incumbent, Lynn Stephens in 2001 . EXTERNAL LINKS
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