Kelly Greene

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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.

PremierDavid Eby
Preceded byBowinn Ma
PremierDavid Eby
Preceded byFin Donnelly
Quick facts The HonourableMLA, Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness for British Columbia ...
The Honourable
Kelly Greene
MLA
Campaign portrait, 2024
Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness for British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 18, 2024
PremierDavid Eby
Preceded byBowinn Ma
Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of British Columbia
In office
December 7, 2022 – November 18, 2024
PremierDavid Eby
Preceded byFin Donnelly
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment of British Columbia
In office
November 26, 2020 – December 7, 2022
PremierJohn Horgan
David Eby
Preceded bySheila Malcolmson
Succeeded byAman Singh
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Richmond-Steveston
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 24, 2020
Preceded byJohn Yap
Member of the Richmond, British Columbia City Council
In office
October 21, 2018 – November 16, 2020
Personal details
Born
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
PartyNew Democratic
Other political
affiliations		Richmond Citizen's Association (municipal)
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia (BA)
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Biography

Born 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

Provincial elections

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2024 British Columbia general election: Richmond-Steveston
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticKelly Greene10,33244.27-7.2$38,338.99
ConservativeMichelle Mollineaux9,84842.20–$18,513.57
UnaffiliatedJackie Lee2,35410.09–$58,942.71
GreenElodie Vaudandaine8033.44–$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 23,33799.78–$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots 520.22–
Turnout 23,38959.87–
Registered voters 39,067
New Democratic notional hold Swing -24.7
Source: Elections BC[13][14]
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More information Party, Candidate ...
2020 British Columbia general election: Richmond-Steveston
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticKelly Greene10,73352.07+12.72$35,020.17
LiberalMatt Pitcairn9,39845.59−2.01$49,104.63
IndependentVince Li4832.34–$0.00
Total valid votes 20,614100.00–
Total rejected ballots 1920.92+0.04
Turnout 20,80656.09−6.68
Registered voters 37,092
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +7.37
Source: Elections BC[15][16]
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2017 British Columbia general election: Richmond-Steveston
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJohn Yap10,33247.60−4.07$63,896
New DemocraticKelly Greene8,54239.35+11.28$21,429
GreenRoy Sakata2,83313.05+4.91$2,449
Total valid votes 21,707100.00–
Total rejected ballots 1920.88+0.22
Turnout 21,89962.77+7.38
Registered voters 34,889
Liberal hold Swing −7.68
Source: Elections BC[17][18]
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Municipal elections

Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold

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2018 British Columbia municipal elections: Richmond City Council
Party Council candidate Vote %
  RITE RichmondCarol Day (X)20,8717.01
  Richmond Citizens' AssociationHarold Steves (X)19,1366.43
  Richmond Community CoalitionChak Au (X)18,0266.05
  Richmond FirstBill McNulty (X)17,2425.79
  Richmond Citizens' AssociationKelly Greene16,4645.53
  Richmond FirstLinda McPhail (X)15,5215.21
  RITE RichmondMichael Wolfe13,6274.58
  IndependentAlexa Loo (X)13,2124.44
  Richmond FirstDerek Dang (X)13,1154.40
  Richmond FirstAndy Hobbs12,3364.14
  Richmond Citizens' AssociationJudie Schneider11,6723.92
  Richmond Community CoalitionKen Johnston (X)11,1613.75
  Richmond Community CoalitionJonathan Ho11,1403.74
  Richmond Citizens' AssociationJack Trovato10,9153.67
  Richmond FirstSunny Ho8,9333.00
  RITE RichmondNiti Sharma8,9172.99
  RITE RichmondHenry Yao8,4672.84
  Richmond FirstPeter Liu8,3572.81
  Richmond Community CoalitionParm Bains7,9732.68
  IndependentJohn Roston7,9612.67
  Richmond Community CoalitionMelissa Zhang7,7082.38
  IndependentKerry Starchuk6,9592.34
  IndependentJason Tarnow5,7201.92
  IndependentAdil Awan4,2781.44
  IndependentManjit Singh4,1341.39
  IndependentDennis Page3,4781.17
  IndependentAndy Chiang3,3371.12
  IndependentTheresa Head3,2511.09
  IndependentPatrick J. Saunders2,2410.75
  IndependentZhe Zhang2,2410.75
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