| Kelly Greene | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
| Office: | Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of British Columbia |
| Term Start: | December 7, 2022 |
| Premier: | David Eby |
| Predecessor: | Fin Donnelly |
| Office1: | Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment of British Columbia |
| Term Start1: | November 26, 2020 |
| Term End1: | December 7, 2022 |
| Premier1: | John Horgan David Eby |
| Predecessor1: | Sheila Malcolmson |
| Successor1: | Aman Singh |
| Assembly2: | British Columbia Legislative |
| Constituency Am2: | Richmond-Steveston |
| Term Start2: | October 24, 2020 |
| Predecessor2: | John Yap |
| Office3: | Member of the Richmond, British Columbia City Council |
| Term Start3: | October 21, 2018 |
| Term End3: | November 16, 2020 |
| Party: | New Democratic |
| Otherparty: | Richmond Citizen's Association (municipal) |
| Birth Place: | Richmond, British Columbia, Canada |
| Residence: | Richmond, British Columbia, Canada |
| Alma Mater: | University 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.
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]
Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold
| 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 |