Gregory James Kyllo is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election,[1] and was re-elected in 2017 and 2020. He represented the electoral district of Shuswap as a member of the BC United until 2024.
Greg Kyllo | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | |
| In office June 22, 2017 – September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Lee |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Shuswap | |
| In office May 14, 2013 – September 21, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | George Abbott |
| Succeeded by | David Williams (Salmon Arm-Shuswap) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 Fort St. John, British Columbia |
| Political party | BC United |
In government, he served as the Parliamentary Secretary for the BC Jobs Plan and as Deputy Speaker of the Legislature. In opposition, he has served as the critic for Jobs, Trade and Technology and, as of May 6, 2024, he serves as the Deputy Whip and Shadow Minister for Labour & Skills Training. On November 22, 2023, he announced he would not be seeking a fourth term in the Legislature.
Before entering politics at the provincial level, Kyllo served at the president and CEO of Twin Anchors Marine and TA Structures, based in Sicamous, British Columbia. He first became involved in politics by serving as deputy mayor of Sicamous, as well as councillor and member of the finance committee.
Electoral record
edit| 2020 British Columbia general election: Shuswap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Greg Kyllo | 13,300 | 51.35 | −4.45 | $52,230.75 | |||
| New Democratic | Sylvia Lindgren | 8,816 | 34.04 | +7.09 | $8,793.94 | |||
| Green | Owen Madden | 3,784 | 14.61 | −1.10 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 25,900 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 213 | 0.82 | +0.43 | |||||
| Turnout | 26,113 | 54.68 | −8.12 | |||||
| Registered voters | 47,758 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[2][3] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Shuswap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Greg Kyllo | 14,829 | 55.80 | +7.88 | $68,341 | |||
| New Democratic | Sylvia Jean Lindgren | 7,161 | 26.95 | −2.62 | $27,270 | |||
| Green | Kevin Babcock | 4,175 | 15.71 | +6.37 | $1,503 | |||
| Libertarian | Kyle McCormack | 410 | 1.54 | – | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,575 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | 0.39 | +0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 26,678 | 62.80 | +2.39 | |||||
| Registered voters | 42,481 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: Shuswap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Greg Kyllo | 11,992 | 47.92 | +1.30 | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve Gunner | 7,398 | 29.57 | −0.97 | ||||
| Conservative | Tom Birch | 3,232 | 12.92 | +2.64 | ||||
| Green | Chris George | 2,338 | 9.34 | −1.66 | ||||
| Advocational | Johanna Zalcik | 63 | 0.25 | NA | ||||
| Total valid votes | 25,023 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 74 | 0.29 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,097 | 60.41 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Early results: Interior of B.C.". Global News, May 14, 2013
- ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
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