Lisa Beare
Canadian politician
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lisa Marie Beare MLA (born 1975 or 1976) is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) representing the electoral district of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows since 2017. A member of the New Democratic Party, she has served in both cabinets of Premier John Horgan and David Eby, and currently as minister of Education and Child Care.[2]
.jpg)
Lisa Beare | |
|---|---|
Campaign portrait, 2016[a] | |
| Minister of Education and Child Care of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office November 18, 2024 | |
| Premier | David Eby |
| Preceded by | Rachna Singh |
| Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills of British Columbia | |
| In office February 20, 2024 – November 18, 2024 | |
| Premier | David Eby |
| Preceded by | Selina Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Anne Kang |
| Minister of Citizens' Services of British Columbia | |
| In office November 26, 2020 – February 20, 2024 | |
| Premier |
|
| Preceded by | Anne Kang |
| Succeeded by | George Chow |
| Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture | |
| In office September 28, 2022 – December 7, 2022 | |
| Premier |
|
| Preceded by | Melanie Mark |
| Succeeded by | Lana Popham |
| In office July 18, 2017 – November 26, 2020 | |
| Preceded by |
|
| Succeeded by | Melanie Mark (Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport) |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | |
| Assumed office May 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Doug Bing |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1975 or 1976 (age 49–50)[1] |
| Party | BC NDP |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Victoria |
Background
Beare grew up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, and attended Thomas Haney Secondary School. She earned a diploma in local government management from the University of Victoria before starting her career as a flight attendant for Air Transat.[3] During that time she became involved in her union, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4078, and eventually served as the local's vice-president.[3]
Political career
In 2014, Beare was elected a Maple Ridge school board trustee with 6,433 votes.[4] Two years later, she announced her decision to seek the BC NDP nomination for the riding of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in the next provincial election.[5] She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 election, defeating the incumbent one-term BC Liberal candidate Doug Bing.[6] In the incoming Horgan ministry, she was named Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture.[7] The following year, she was diagnosed with a medical condition affecting her heart which required surgery.[8]
She was re-elected in the 2020 election,[9] after which she was named the Minister of Citizens' Services.[10][11] On September 28, 2022, after Tourism Minister Melanie Mark stepped down from cabinet for medical reasons, Beare took over responsibility for the tourism portfolio in addition to her work in citizens' services.[12]
She remained as Minister of Citizens' Services in the Eby ministry announced on December 7, 2022, while the tourism and arts portfolio was re-assigned to Lana Popham.[13][14] She became Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills in February 2024, replacing Selina Robinson.[15] After the 2024 election, she was named Minister of Education and Child Care.[2]
Electoral history
| 2024 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Lisa Beare | 14,480 | 54.89 | -9.1 | $50,684.56 | |||
| Conservative | Mike Morden | 11,901 | 45.11 | – | $38,078.29 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 26,381 | 99.64 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 94 | 0.36 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 26,475 | 59.03 | – | |||||
| Registered voters | 44,850 | |||||||
| New Democratic notional hold | Swing | -27.1 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[16][17] | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Lisa Beare | 15,877 | 63.41 | +18.61 | $47,200.48 | |||
| Liberal | Cheryl Ashlie | 9,163 | 36.59 | −2.21 | $42,453.66 | |||
| Total valid votes | 25,040 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[18][19] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Lisa Beare | 12,045 | 44.80 | +1.92 | $60,276 | |||
| Liberal | Doug Bing | 10,428 | 38.79 | −6.70 | $55,180 | |||
| Green | Alex Pope | 3,329 | 12.38 | +3.23 | $6,534 | |||
| Conservative | Gary John O'Driscoll | 676 | 2.51 | +0.03 | ||||
| Independent | Steve Ranta | 408 | 1.52 | – | $979 | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,886 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 173 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Turnout | 27,059 | 64.50 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[20] | ||||||||
