Kelly Greene
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| Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office December 7, 2022 | |
| Premier | David Eby |
| Preceded by | Fin Donnelly |
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment of British Columbia | |
| In office November 26, 2020 – December 7, 2022 | |
| Premier | John Horgan David Eby |
| Preceded by | Sheila Malcolmson |
| Succeeded by | Aman Singh |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Richmond-Steveston | |
| Assumed office October 24, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | John Yap |
| Member of the Richmond, British Columbia City Council | |
| In office October 21, 2018 – November 16, 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richmond, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Richmond Citizen's Association (municipal) |
| Residence(s) | Richmond, British Columbia, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
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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). From 2018 to 2020 she served as a city councillorinRichmond.
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]
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| 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] | ||||||||
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| 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] | ||||||||
Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold
| Party | Council candidate | Vote | % | |
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| 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 | |
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