Born in the south of England, Ron arrived in Victoria with his family in 1955 at the tender age of five. The family soon moved to the outskirts of Fort St. John to develop a grain and cattle outfit that is still going strong. Following high school, Ron hitched up for a tour of duty with the Royal Canadian Air Force, then a three-year stint with the Quesnel Cariboo Observer. Ron was appointed Assistant Clerk for the then Town of Quesnel early in 1973. He worked his way up through the ranks to City Clerk, and then to the Economic Development portfolio in 1991, which later became redundant due to lack of programming funds.

After 24 years as a City Hall staffer, he quickly put together his home-based business, Ron Paull Communications. He published his first Quesnel Visitors’ Guide in 1996, which has continued to grow and expand to become a successful home-based business.

Ron has always been passionate for his community. Upon arriving in Quesnel in 1970, he soon became involved in helping out with Quesnel Winter Frolics; a late-winter festival that he says should be revived. In 1973 he was a founding member and then a 10-year president of Quesnel's Billy Barker Days Society. Now, nearly 40 years later, Ron is Council’s unofficial representative to Billy Barker Days. In 1983, while serving as president of the BC Festivals Association, then Minister of Tourism Grace McCarthy appointed Ron to the Expo 86 Tourism Advisory Board. In conjunction with Expo 86, Ron coordinated a very successful tourism marketing initiative for the entire Cariboo-Chilcotin region. Ron has volunteered on the boards of Northern BC and BC Winter Games hosted by the Gold Pan City in 1982, 1993 and 2000.

He is active with the Johnston Neighbourhood Association, Quesnel Rotary Club, and a current board member of the Quesnel Palliative Care Association and co-chair of Quesnel’s Hospice Advisory Committee. He voluntarily managed the Quesnel Legion's annual Home, Garden and Outdoor Show, and was publicity director for the Legion. Ron was first elected to council in November 2002, and was most recently re-elected to his third term in 2008.

He presently holds portfolios on the Museum and Heritage Commission, Volunteer Citizen of the Year, Transportation and Airport. Ron is the past Council representative to the Barkerville Task Force, which developed a new model of governance for British Columbia’s premier heritage attraction.

When Ron is not busy with his council work, his publishing business, or volunteering for this or that, he enjoys an exciting range of outdoor activities including snowmobiling, four-wheeling, hunting, fishing, camping, gardening, photography and writing. Ron is well traveled, with memorable trips to Southeast Asia, Taiwan, South America and visiting Quesnel’s sister city of Shiraoi, Japan four times... where he and wife Pat Morton married in Japanese tradition in a Shinto temple. Pat is the long-time owner of the H&R Block income tax franchise in Quesnel.

Ron and Pat make their home in Johnston neighbourhood with their little white dog Punky and Kitty, the cat, and the occasional Rotary exchange student. Ron and Pat are happy to have Ron’s parents, Phil and Joy living next door on Moffat Avenue. Ron and Pat’s three grown children and their families all live in Quesnel. Four (soon to be five) grandchildren, the lights of their lives, are the one big reason they are both so young at heart.

If you wish to contact Ron, please call him at home at 250.992.8994 or on his cell at 250.991.9009 or email him at ronpaull@shaw.ca.