Jeremy Valeriote
Canadian politician
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Jeremy Valeriote is a member of the Green Party of British Columbia representing the riding of West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. He was first elected in the 2024 British Columbia general election.[1][2] He was the first BC Green elected on the B.C. mainland. Following the resignation of Sonia Furstenau, Valeriote was appointed as interim leader until a leadership election was held.[3][4]
Jeremy Valeriote | |
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Valeriote in 2024 | |
| Parliamentary leader of the Green Party of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office September 24, 2025 | |
| Leader | Emily Lowan |
| Preceded by | himself (as interim leader) |
| Interim leader of the Green Party of British Columbia | |
| In office January 28, 2025 – September 24, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Sonia Furstenau |
| Succeeded by | Emily Lowan |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jordan Sturdy |
| Gibsons town councillor | |
| In office 2014–2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Green |
| Profession | Engineer, environmental consultant |
Valeriote is a geological engineer by training who worked for more than two decades as an environmental consultant in the mining, environmental management and impact assessment sectors. He has also consulted for local government and sat on the town council in Gibsons from 2014 to 2018. He worked in the mayor's office in Squamish from 2021 to 2023.[5]
He previously ran in the same district in the 2020 British Columbia general election, and was briefly reported as the winner of the seat that year,[6] but after the advance ballots were counted he was found to have narrowly lost to Jordan Sturdy of the British Columbia Liberal Party.[7]
Electoral results
| 2024 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Green | Jeremy Valeriote | 10,438 | 38.08 | -0.1 | $209,825 | |||
| Conservative | Yuri Fulmer | 9,762 | 35.61 | – | $86,706 | |||
| New Democratic | Jen Ford | 7,212 | 26.31 | +0.6 | $31,452 | |||
| Total valid votes | 27,412 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Green notional hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[8][9][10] | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jordan Sturdy | 9,249 | 37.54 | −5.53 | $51,349.99 | |||
| Green | Jeremy Valeriote | 9,189 | 37.30 | +8.66 | $37,603.39 | |||
| New Democratic | Keith Murdoch | 6,197 | 25.16 | −1.77 | $9,806.90 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,635 | 99.45 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 137 | 0.55 | +0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,772 | 56.89 | −4.20 | |||||
| Registered voters | 43,546 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –7.10 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[11][12] | ||||||||
2014 Gibsons Town Council election
Top 4 candidates elected
| Council candidate[13] | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Silas White | 1,529 | 67.99 |
| Jeremy Valeriote | 1,325 | 58.92 |
| Charlene SanJenko (X) | 1,244 | 55.31 |
| Stafford Lumley | 1,117 | 49.67 |
| LeeAnn Johnson (X) | 925 | 41.13 |
| Dan Bouman (X) | 849 | 37.75 |
| Barry Janyk | 832 | 36.99 |
| Katie Janyk | 698 | 31.04 |
| Turnout | 2,249 | 62.47 |
