# Kelly Greene

Kelly Greene is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. 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. From 2018 to 2020 she served as a city councillor in Richmond.

## Biography

Born in Richmond, Greene grew up in the community of Steveston and went to Hugh Boyd Secondary School. 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. She was then elected to the Richmond City Council in the 2018 municipal election.
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. On November 16, 2020, she resigned her city council role to become a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). 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.
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.

## Electoral history
### Provincial elections

vte2020 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,614 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 192 | 0.92 | +0.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,806 | 56.09 | −6.68 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 37,092 |
| | New Democratic gain from Liberal | New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +7.37 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vte2017 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,707 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 192 | 0.88 | +0.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,899 | 62.77 | +7.38 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 34,889 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | −7.68 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||

### 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 |