Kelly Greene
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{distinguish|Kelly Green (disambiguation){{!}}Kelly Green}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
|name = Kelly Greene
|image= Kelly Greene.png
| honorific-suffix = MLA
| office = Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness for British Columbia
| term_start = November 18, 2024
| term_end =
| premier = David Eby
| predecessor = Bowinn Ma
| successor =
| 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
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = John Yap
| successor3 =
| 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_date =
|birth_place = Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
|residence = Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
|alma_mater = University of British Columbia
|occupation =
}}
Kelly Greene is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election.{{Cite web|last=Rantanen|first=Maria|title=Mail-in results solidify three Richmond candidates' wins|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/news/mail-in-results-solidify-three-richmond-candidates-wins-1.24235334|publisher=Richmond News (richmond-news.com)|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Richmond News|date=November 7, 2020 }} 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.{{cite web |last1=Rantanen |first1=Maria |title=Richmond MLA named minister of climate, emergencies |url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/richmond-mla-named-minister-of-climate-emergencies-9828770 |website=Richmond News |date=November 19, 2024 |publisher=Glacier Media Group |access-date=19 November 2024}} From 2018 to 2020 she served as a city councillor in Richmond.
Biography
Born in Richmond,{{cite web |title=About Kelly |publisher=kellygreene.ca |url=https://www.kellygreene.ca/about |access-date=February 21, 2023 }} Greene grew up in the community of Steveston and went to Hugh Boyd Secondary School.{{cite web |title=MLA: Kelly Greene |publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |url=https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members/42nd-Parliament/Greene-Kelly |access-date=February 21, 2023 }}{{cite news |title=Meet your MLAs: Kelly Greene (Richmond-Steveston) |first=Hannah |last=Scott |publisher=Richmond Sentinel |date=November 25, 2020 |url=https://www.richmondsentinel.ca/article-detail/11201/meet-your-mlas-kelly-greene-richmond-steveston |access-date=February 21, 2023 }} She attended the University of British Columbia, graduating with a bachelor of arts in 2002, then worked for accounting and banking firms.
In 2016 she became involved in a local parent group against school closures in Richmond, leading her to consider entering politics. In the 2017 provincial election she ran for the NDP in Richmond-Steveston, placing second against incumbent Liberal candidate John Yap.{{cite news |title=B.C. Votes 2017: Richmond-Steveston riding profile |first=Justin |last=McElroy |publisher=CBC News |date=April 11, 2017 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/british-columbia-2017-election-richmond-steveston-1.4053944 |access-date=February 21, 2023 }}{{cite news |title=BC election 2017: Liberals, NDP battle in tight race, Greens win 3 seats |first=Jon |last=Azpiri |publisher=Global News |date=May 9, 2017 |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3439289/british-columbians-cast-their-votes-after-bruising-28-day-election-campaign/ |access-date=February 21, 2023 }} She was then elected to the Richmond City Council in the 2018 municipal election.{{Cite web|title=City of Richmond BC - City Council Members|url=https://www.richmond.ca/cityhall/council/about/members.htm?PageMode=HTML|access-date=2020-11-10|website=www.richmond.ca}}
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.{{cite news |title=B.C. election 2020: Richmond-Steveston results |first1=Richard |last1=Zussman |first2=Simon |last2=Little |publisher=Global News |date=November 7, 2020 |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7335839/b-c-election-2020-richmond-steveston/ |access-date=February 21, 2023 }} On November 16, 2020, she resigned her city council role to become a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).{{Cite web|last=Rantanen|first=Maria|title=Richmond councillor plans to step aside next Monday|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/news/richmond-councillor-plans-to-step-aside-next-monday-1.24236989|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Richmond News|date=November 10, 2020 }} 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.{{Cite news|last1=Clarke|first1=Kirsten|last2=Rantanen|first2=Maria|title=Richmond MLA named parliamentary secretary of the environment|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/richmond-mla-named-parliamentary-secretary-of-the-environment-3145074|access-date=2023-02-21|date=2020-11-26|website=Richmond News}}
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.{{Cite news|last=Leung|first=Valerie|title=Two Richmond MLAs given parliamentary secretary roles in B.C. cabinet shuffle|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/two-richmond-mlas-given-parliamentary-secretary-roles-in-bc-cabinet-shuffle-6220102|access-date=2023-02-21|date=2022-12-08|website=Richmond News}}
Electoral history
= Provincial elections =
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2020/Richmond-Steveston}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2017/Richmond-Steveston}}
= Municipal elections =
Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold
| class="wikitable"
|+2018 British Columbia municipal elections: Richmond City Council ! colspan="2" | Party ! Council candidate ! Vote ! % | |||
| style="background:#472D8C;" width="30px"|
| RITE Richmond | Carol Day (X) | 20,871 | 7.01 |
| style="background:#002F6C;" width="30px"|
| Richmond Citizens' Association | Harold Steves (X) | 19,136 | 6.43 |
| style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"|
| Richmond Community Coalition | Chak Au (X) | 18,026 | 6.05 |
| style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"|
| Richmond First | Bill McNulty (X) | 17,242 | 5.79 |
| style="background:#002F6C;" width="30px"|
| Richmond Citizens' Association | Kelly Greene | 16,464 | 5.53 |
| style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"|
| Richmond First | Linda McPhail (X) | 15,521 | 5.21 |
| style="background:#472D8C;" width="30px"|
| RITE Richmond | Michael Wolfe | 13,627 | 4.58 |
| style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"|
| Independent | Alexa Loo (X) | 13,212 | 4.44 |
| style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"|
| Richmond First | Derek Dang (X) | 13,115 | 4.40 |
| style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"|
| Richmond First | Andy Hobbs | 12,336 | 4.14 |
| style="background:#002F6C;" width="30px"|
| Richmond Citizens' Association | Judie Schneider | 11,672 | 3.92 |
| style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"|
| Richmond Community Coalition | Ken Johnston (X) | 11,161 | 3.75 |
| style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"|
| Richmond Community Coalition | Jonathan Ho | 11,140 | 3.74 |
| style="background:#002F6C;" width="30px"|
| Richmond Citizens' Association | Jack Trovato | 10,915 | 3.67 |
| style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"|
| Richmond First | Sunny Ho | 8,933 | 3.00 |
| style="background:#472D8C;" width="30px"|
| RITE Richmond | Niti Sharma | 8,917 | 2.99 |
| style="background:#472D8C;" width="30px"|
| RITE Richmond | Henry Yao | 8,467 | 2.84 |
| style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"|
| Richmond First | Peter Liu | 8,357 | 2.81 |
| style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"|
| Richmond Community Coalition | Parm Bains | 7,973 | 2.68 |
| style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"|
| Independent | John Roston | 7,961 | 2.67 |
| style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"|
| Richmond Community Coalition | Melissa Zhang | 7,708 | 2.38 |
| style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"|
| Independent | Kerry Starchuk | 6,959 | 2.34 |
| style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"|
| Independent | Jason Tarnow | 5,720 | 1.92 |
| style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"|
| Independent | Adil Awan | 4,278 | 1.44 |
| style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"|
| Independent | Manjit Singh | 4,134 | 1.39 |
| style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"|
| Independent | Dennis Page | 3,478 | 1.17 |
| style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"|
| Independent | Andy Chiang | 3,337 | 1.12 |
| style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"|
| Independent | Theresa Head | 3,251 | 1.09 |
| style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"|
| Independent | Patrick J. Saunders | 2,241 | 0.75 |
| style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"|
| Independent | Zhe Zhang | 2,241 | 0.75 |
References
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External links
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