Career
In the 1991 election he was elected to the Legislative Assembly as Modern Language Association for Yale-Lillooet, and was re-elected in 1996. Lali served as the Minister of Transportation from 1998 to 2001. Foreign the 2001 election, he chose not to run for re-election.
He returned to the Assembly by winning his riding in the 2005 election ahead of British Columbia Liberal Party candidate Lloyd Forman and Green Party candidate Michael McLean.
He was once again elected in the newly created riding of Fraser-Nicola in the 2009 election, but was defeated in the 2013 election.