Kelly Greene

Not to be confused with Kelly Green.

Kelly Greene
MLA
Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 7, 2022
PremierDavid Eby
Preceded byFin Donnelly
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
BornRichmond, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyNew Democratic
Other political
affiliations		Richmond Citizen's Association (municipal)
Residence(s)Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia

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). From 2018 to 2020 she served as a city councillor in Richmond.

Biography

Born in Richmond,[2] Greene grew up in the community of Steveston and went to Hugh Boyd Secondary School.[3][4] She attended the University of British Columbia, graduating with a bachelor of arts in 2002, then worked for accounting and banking firms.[2]

In 2016 she became involved in a local parent group against school closures in Richmond, leading her to consider entering politics.[4] In the 2017 provincial election she ran for the NDP in Richmond-Steveston, placing second against incumbent Liberal candidate John Yap.[5][6] She was then elected to the Richmond City Council in the 2018 municipal election.[7]

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.[8] On November 16, 2020, she resigned her city council role to become a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).[9] 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.[10]

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.[11]

Electoral history

Provincial elections

2020 British Columbia general election: Richmond-Steveston
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Kelly Greene 10,733 52.07 +12.72 $35,020.17
Liberal Matt Pitcairn 9,398 45.59 −2.01 $49,104.63
Independent Vince Li 483 2.34 – $0.00
Total valid votes 20,614 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 192 0.92 +0.04
Turnout 20,806 56.09 −6.68
Registered voters 37,092
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +7.37
Source: Elections BC[12][13]
2017 British Columbia general election: Richmond-Steveston
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal John Yap 10,332 47.60 −4.07 $63,896
New Democratic Kelly Greene 8,542 39.35 +11.28 $21,429
Green Roy Sakata 2,833 13.05 +4.91 $2,449
Total valid votes 21,707 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 192 0.88 +0.22
Turnout 21,899 62.77 +7.38
Registered voters 34,889
Liberal hold Swing −7.68
Source: Elections BC[14][15]

Municipal elections

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

2018 British Columbia municipal elections: Richmond City Council
Party Council candidate Vote %
  RITE Richmond Carol Day (X) 20,871 7.01
  Richmond Citizens' Association Harold Steves (X) 19,136 6.43
  Richmond Community Coalition Chak Au (X) 18,026 6.05
  Richmond First Bill McNulty (X) 17,242 5.79
  Richmond Citizens' Association Kelly Greene 16,464 5.53
  Richmond First Linda McPhail (X) 15,521 5.21
  RITE Richmond Michael Wolfe 13,627 4.58
  Independent Alexa Loo (X) 13,212 4.44
  Richmond First Derek Dang (X) 13,115 4.40
  Richmond First Andy Hobbs 12,336 4.14
  Richmond Citizens' Association Judie Schneider 11,672 3.92
  Richmond Community Coalition Ken Johnston (X) 11,161 3.75
  Richmond Community Coalition Jonathan Ho 11,140 3.74
  Richmond Citizens' Association Jack Trovato 10,915 3.67
  Richmond First Sunny Ho 8,933 3.00
  RITE Richmond Niti Sharma 8,917 2.99
  RITE Richmond Henry Yao 8,467 2.84
  Richmond First Peter Liu 8,357 2.81
  Richmond Community Coalition Parm Bains 7,973 2.68
  Independent John Roston 7,961 2.67
  Richmond Community Coalition Melissa Zhang 7,708 2.38
  Independent Kerry Starchuk 6,959 2.34
  Independent Jason Tarnow 5,720 1.92
  Independent Adil Awan 4,278 1.44
  Independent Manjit Singh 4,134 1.39
  Independent Dennis Page 3,478 1.17
  Independent Andy Chiang 3,337 1.12
  Independent Theresa Head 3,251 1.09
  Independent Patrick J. Saunders 2,241 0.75
  Independent Zhe Zhang 2,241 0.75

References

  1. ^ Rantanen, Maria. "Mail-in results solidify three Richmond candidates' wins". Richmond News. Richmond News (richmond-news.com). Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "About Kelly". kellygreene.ca. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "MLA: Kelly Greene". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Scott, Hannah (November 25, 2020). "Meet your MLAs: Kelly Greene (Richmond-Steveston)". Richmond Sentinel. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  5. ^ McElroy, Justin (April 11, 2017). "B.C. Votes 2017: Richmond-Steveston riding profile". CBC News. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  6. ^ Azpiri, Jon (May 9, 2017). "BC election 2017: Liberals, NDP battle in tight race, Greens win 3 seats". Global News. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  7. ^ "City of Richmond BC - City Council Members". www.richmond.ca. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  8. ^ Zussman, Richard; Little, Simon (November 7, 2020). "B.C. election 2020: Richmond-Steveston results". Global News. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  9. ^ Rantanen, Maria. "Richmond councillor plans to step aside next Monday". Richmond News. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  10. ^ Clarke, Kirsten; Rantanen, Maria (November 26, 2020). "Richmond MLA named parliamentary secretary of the environment". Richmond News. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  11. ^ Leung, Valerie (December 8, 2022). "Two Richmond MLAs given parliamentary secretary roles in B.C. cabinet shuffle". Richmond News. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  12. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  13. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  14. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  15. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.


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