Lovick was deputy speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1994 to 1996 and then Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 1998.[1] He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour from February 1998 to July 1999, as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs from February 1998 to January 1999 and again from July 1999 to November 2000, and as Minister Responsible for the Insurance Corporation of BC from January 1999 to February 2000. He was also government whip from 2000 to 2001.[2]