Kelly Greene is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Richmond-Steveston as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP). She also serves as Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness for British Columbia.[2] From 2018 to 2020 she served as a city councillor in Richmond.
Kelly Greene | |
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| Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness for British Columbia | |
| Assumed office November 18, 2024 | |
| Premier | David Eby |
| Preceded by | Bowinn Ma |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of British Columbia | |
| In office December 7, 2022 – September 21, 2024 | |
| Premier | David Eby |
| Preceded by | Fin Donnelly |
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment of British Columbia | |
| In office November 26, 2020 – December 7, 2022 | |
| Premier | John Horgan David Eby |
| Preceded by | Sheila Malcolmson |
| Succeeded by | Aman Singh |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Richmond-Steveston | |
| Assumed office October 24, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | John Yap |
| Member of the Richmond, British Columbia City Council | |
| In office October 21, 2018 – November 16, 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richmond, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Richmond Citizen's Association (municipal) |
| Residence(s) | Richmond, British Columbia, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
Biography
editBorn in Richmond,[3] Greene grew up in the community of Steveston and went to Hugh Boyd Secondary School.[4][5] She attended the University of British Columbia, graduating with a bachelor of arts in 2002, then worked for accounting and banking firms.[3]
In 2016 she became involved in a local parent group against school closures in Richmond, leading her to consider entering politics.[5] In the 2017 provincial election she ran for the NDP in Richmond-Steveston, placing second against incumbent Liberal candidate John Yap.[6][7] She was then elected to the Richmond City Council in the 2018 municipal election.[8]
Greene contested the riding of Richmond-Steveston as an NDP candidate again in the 2020 provincial election, this time winning the seat by taking 52% of the vote, ahead of Liberal candidate Matt Pitcairn.[9] On November 16, 2020, she resigned her city council role to become a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).[10] She was named Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment by Premier John Horgan on November 26, 2020, supporting Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy George Heyman.[11]
On December 7, 2022 she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture by Premier David Eby, supporting Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Nathan Cullen.[12]
Electoral history
editProvincial elections
edit| 2020 British Columbia general election: Richmond-Steveston | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Kelly Greene | 10,733 | 52.07 | +12.72 | $35,020.17 | |||
| Liberal | Matt Pitcairn | 9,398 | 45.59 | −2.01 | $49,104.63 | |||
| Independent | Vince Li | 483 | 2.34 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 20,614 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 192 | 0.92 | +0.04 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,806 | 56.09 | −6.68 | |||||
| Registered voters | 37,092 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.37 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Richmond-Steveston | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | John Yap | 10,332 | 47.60 | −4.07 | $63,896 | |||
| New Democratic | Kelly Greene | 8,542 | 39.35 | +11.28 | $21,429 | |||
| Green | Roy Sakata | 2,833 | 13.05 | +4.91 | $2,449 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,707 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 192 | 0.88 | +0.22 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,899 | 62.77 | +7.38 | |||||
| Registered voters | 34,889 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −7.68 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[15][16] | ||||||||
Municipal elections
editTop 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold
| Party | Council candidate | Vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RITE Richmond | Carol Day (X) | 20,871 | 7.01 | |
| Richmond Citizens' Association | Harold Steves (X) | 19,136 | 6.43 | |
| Richmond Community Coalition | Chak Au (X) | 18,026 | 6.05 | |
| Richmond First | Bill McNulty (X) | 17,242 | 5.79 | |
| Richmond Citizens' Association | Kelly Greene | 16,464 | 5.53 | |
| Richmond First | Linda McPhail (X) | 15,521 | 5.21 | |
| RITE Richmond | Michael Wolfe | 13,627 | 4.58 | |
| Independent | Alexa Loo (X) | 13,212 | 4.44 | |
| Richmond First | Derek Dang (X) | 13,115 | 4.40 | |
| Richmond First | Andy Hobbs | 12,336 | 4.14 | |
| Richmond Citizens' Association | Judie Schneider | 11,672 | 3.92 | |
| Richmond Community Coalition | Ken Johnston (X) | 11,161 | 3.75 | |
| Richmond Community Coalition | Jonathan Ho | 11,140 | 3.74 | |
| Richmond Citizens' Association | Jack Trovato | 10,915 | 3.67 | |
| Richmond First | Sunny Ho | 8,933 | 3.00 | |
| RITE Richmond | Niti Sharma | 8,917 | 2.99 | |
| RITE Richmond | Henry Yao | 8,467 | 2.84 | |
| Richmond First | Peter Liu | 8,357 | 2.81 | |
| Richmond Community Coalition | Parm Bains | 7,973 | 2.68 | |
| Independent | John Roston | 7,961 | 2.67 | |
| Richmond Community Coalition | Melissa Zhang | 7,708 | 2.38 | |
| Independent | Kerry Starchuk | 6,959 | 2.34 | |
| Independent | Jason Tarnow | 5,720 | 1.92 | |
| Independent | Adil Awan | 4,278 | 1.44 | |
| Independent | Manjit Singh | 4,134 | 1.39 | |
| Independent | Dennis Page | 3,478 | 1.17 | |
| Independent | Andy Chiang | 3,337 | 1.12 | |
| Independent | Theresa Head | 3,251 | 1.09 | |
| Independent | Patrick J. Saunders | 2,241 | 0.75 | |
| Independent | Zhe Zhang | 2,241 | 0.75 | |
References
edit- ^ Rantanen, Maria. "Mail-in results solidify three Richmond candidates' wins". Richmond News. Richmond News (richmond-news.com). Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ Rantanen, Maria. "Richmond MLA named minister of climate, emergencies". Richmond News. Glacier Media Group. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ^ a b "About Kelly". kellygreene.ca. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ^ "MLA: Kelly Greene". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ^ a b Scott, Hannah (November 25, 2020). "Meet your MLAs: Kelly Greene (Richmond-Steveston)". Richmond Sentinel. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ^ McElroy, Justin (April 11, 2017). "B.C. Votes 2017: Richmond-Steveston riding profile". CBC News. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ^ Azpiri, Jon (May 9, 2017). "BC election 2017: Liberals, NDP battle in tight race, Greens win 3 seats". Global News. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ^ "City of Richmond BC - City Council Members". www.richmond.ca. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ Zussman, Richard; Little, Simon (November 7, 2020). "B.C. election 2020: Richmond-Steveston results". Global News. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ^ Rantanen, Maria. "Richmond councillor plans to step aside next Monday". Richmond News. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ Clarke, Kirsten; Rantanen, Maria (November 26, 2020). "Richmond MLA named parliamentary secretary of the environment". Richmond News. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ^ Leung, Valerie (December 8, 2022). "Two Richmond MLAs given parliamentary secretary roles in B.C. cabinet shuffle". Richmond News. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
- ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
- ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
External links
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