Rob Botterell
Canadian politician
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Rob Botterell is a Canadian politician who is a member of the Green Party of British Columbia representing the riding of Saanich North and the Islands[1] in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was first elected in 2024 succeeding retiring Green MLA Adam Olsen. Botterell's victory marked the first time in Canadian history, on either the provincial or federal levels, that a Green politician held a seat left open by a Green predecessor at a general election.
Preceded byAdam Olsen
LeaderSonia Furstenau (2024–2025)
Jeremy Valeriote (interim; 2025)
Emily Lowan (2025–present)
Jeremy Valeriote (interim; 2025)
Emily Lowan (2025–present)
Preceded byAdam Olsen
Rob Botterell | |
|---|---|
Botterell in 2024 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for Saanich North and the Islands | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Adam Olsen |
| House Leader of the Green Party of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office November 12, 2024 | |
| Leader | Sonia Furstenau (2024–2025) Jeremy Valeriote (interim; 2025) Emily Lowan (2025–present) |
| Preceded by | Adam Olsen |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Green Party |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Botterell is a retired lawyer who has represented First Nations governments, and previously worked for the provincial Ministry of Finance.[2]
Electoral history
| 2024 British Columbia general election: Saanich North and the Islands | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Green | Rob Botterell | 12,307 | 36.15 | -16.8 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sarah Riddell | 10,958 | 32.19 | +3.6 | ||||
| Conservative | David Busch | 10,143 | 29.79 | – | ||||
| Independent | Amy Haysom | 635 | 1.87 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 34,043 | 100 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Green notional hold | Swing | -10.2 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC | ||||||||
| 2001 British Columbia general election: Victoria-Beacon Hill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Jeff Bray | 9,297 | 37.04 | $52,485 | ||||
| New Democratic | Carole James | 9,262 | 36.90 | $44,963 | ||||
| Green | Walter Meyer zu Erpen | 5,453 | 21.72 | $8,210 | ||||
| Marijuana | Troy Tompkins | 532 | 2.12 | $70 | ||||
| Unity | Gregory Paul Michael Hartnell | 290 | 1.15 | $3,817 | ||||
| Independent | Rob Botterell | 205 | 0.82 | $911 | ||||
| Communist | Kirsten Goodacre | 64 | 0.25 | $427 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 25,103 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 153 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,238 | 68.63 | ||||||
