Kelly Greene Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Kelly Greene
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Office:Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness for British Columbia
Term Start:November 18, 2024
Premier:David Eby
Predecessor:Bowinn Ma
Office1:Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of British Columbia
Term Start1:December 7, 2022
Term End1:November 18, 2024
Premier1:David Eby
Predecessor1:Fin Donnelly
Successor1:Position abolished
Office2:Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment of British Columbia
Term Start2:November 26, 2020
Term End2:December 7, 2022
Premier2:John Horgan
David Eby
Predecessor2:Sheila Malcolmson
Successor2:Aman Singh
Assembly3:British Columbia Legislative
Constituency Am3:Richmond-Steveston
Term Start3:October 24, 2020
Predecessor3:John Yap
Office4:Member of the Richmond, British Columbia City Council
Term Start4:October 21, 2018
Term End4: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). She also serves as Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness for British Columbia.[2] From 2018 to 2020 she served as a city councillor in Richmond.

Biography

Born in Richmond,[3] Greene grew up in the community of Steveston and went to Hugh Boyd Secondary School.[4] [5] She attended the University of British Columbia, graduating with a bachelor of arts in 2002, then worked for accounting and banking firms.[3]

In 2016 she became involved in a local parent group against school closures in Richmond, leading her to consider entering politics.[5] In the 2017 provincial election she ran for the NDP in Richmond-Steveston, placing second against incumbent Liberal candidate John Yap.[6] [7] She was then elected to the Richmond City Council in the 2018 municipal election.[8]

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.[9] On November 16, 2020, she resigned her city council role to become a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).[10] 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.[11]

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.[12]

Electoral history

Municipal elections

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

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 Hobbs12,336 4.14
 Richmond Citizens' Association Judie Schneider11,672 3.92
 Richmond Community Coalition Ken Johnston (X) 11,161 3.75
 Richmond Community Coalition Jonathan Ho11,140 3.74
 Richmond Citizens' Association Jack Trovato10,915 3.67
 Richmond First Sunny Ho8,933 3.00
 RITE Richmond Niti Sharma8,917 2.99
 RITE Richmond Henry Yao8,467 2.84
 Richmond First Peter Liu8,357 2.81
 Richmond Community Coalition Parm Bains7,973 2.68
 Independent John Roston7,961 2.67
 Richmond Community Coalition Melissa Zhang7,708 2.38
 Independent Kerry Starchuk6,9592.34
 Independent Jason Tarnow5,720 1.92
 Independent Adil Awan4,278 1.44
 Independent Manjit Singh4,134 1.39
 Independent Dennis Page3,478 1.17
 Independent Andy Chiang3,337 1.12
 Independent Theresa Head3,251 1.09
 Independent Patrick J. Saunders2,241 0.75
 Independent Zhe Zhang2,241 0.75

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rantanen. Maria. Mail-in results solidify three Richmond candidates' wins. Richmond News (richmond-news.com). 2020-11-10. Richmond News.
  2. Web site: Rantanen . Maria . Richmond MLA named minister of climate, emergencies . Richmond News . Glacier Media Group . 19 November 2024.
  3. Web site: About Kelly . kellygreene.ca . February 21, 2023 .
  4. Web site: MLA: Kelly Greene . . February 21, 2023 .
  5. News: Meet your MLAs: Kelly Greene (Richmond-Steveston) . Hannah . Scott . Richmond Sentinel . November 25, 2020 . February 21, 2023 .
  6. News: B.C. Votes 2017: Richmond-Steveston riding profile . Justin . McElroy . CBC News . April 11, 2017 . February 21, 2023 .
  7. News: BC election 2017: Liberals, NDP battle in tight race, Greens win 3 seats . Jon . Azpiri . Global News . May 9, 2017 . February 21, 2023 .
  8. Web site: City of Richmond BC - City Council Members. 2020-11-10. www.richmond.ca.
  9. News: B.C. election 2020: Richmond-Steveston results . Richard . Zussman . Simon . Little . Global News . November 7, 2020 . February 21, 2023 .
  10. Web site: Rantanen. Maria. Richmond councillor plans to step aside next Monday. 2020-11-18. Richmond News.
  11. News: Clarke. Kirsten. Rantanen. Maria. Richmond MLA named parliamentary secretary of the environment. 2023-02-21. 2020-11-26. Richmond News.
  12. News: Leung. Valerie. Two Richmond MLAs given parliamentary secretary roles in B.C. cabinet shuffle. 2023-02-21. 2022-12-08. Richmond News.