Jeremy Valeriote

Jeremy Valeriote
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
Assumed office
October 19, 2024
Preceded byJordan Sturdy
Personal details
Political partyBC Greens
ProfessionEngineer, environmental consultant

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.

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, British Columbia from 2014 to 2018. He worked in the mayor's office in Squamish, British Columbia from 2021 to 2023.[3]

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,[4] but after the advance ballots were counted he was found to have narrowly lost to Jordan Sturdy of the British Columbia Liberal Party.[5]

Electoral results

2024 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Green Jeremy Valeriote 10,221 38.15 +0.85
Conservative Yuri Fulmer 9,555 35.16 New
New Democratic Jen Ford 7,018 26.19 +1.03
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[6]
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[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "BC election 2024 results: West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. ^ Barrett, Brandon (20 October 2024). "Greens' Valeriote takes West Vancouver-Sea to Sky in historic B.C. election win". North Shore News. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  3. ^ Kurial, Alex (October 11, 2024). "Bowen Election Q&A: Jeremy Valeriote - Green Party". Bowen Island Undercurrent. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "BC Green Party wins first seat outside of Vancouver Island". Daily Hive, October 24, 2020.
  5. ^ Larsen, Karin (November 7, 2020). "Projected Green seat flipped to Liberals following tightest race in B.C." CBC News. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "- Event Night Reporting". Elections BC. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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