# Gavin Dew

Gavin Dew (born 1983 or 1984) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Kelowna-Mission as a member of the Conservative Party of British Columbia.

## Early life and career

Dew holds a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from Oxford, and was the director of external relations at the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation. He served on the boards of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, the Business Council of British Columbia and the Veterans Transition Network, and is an advisor to Arthritis Canada.
He is married with two children. He moved to Kelowna in 2023 and opened a childcare facility with his wife; they previously operated a childcare centre in East Vancouver.

## Political career

Formerly a member of the BC Liberal Party, Dew was involved in the campaigns of Kevin Falcon and Michael Lee for party leadership in 2011 and 2018 respectively, and served as campaign manager for West Vancouver-Capilano member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Ralph Sultan in the 2013 provincial election. He was also a director of the Non-Partisan Association, a municipal political party in Vancouver.
After Jenny Kwan announced she would be resigning as MLA for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant to stand in the 2015 federal election, Dew was nominated as the Liberal candidate for the ensuing by-election, held on February 2, 2016; he came in third behind New Democratic Party candidate Melanie Mark and Green Party candidate Pete Fry. He also ran in the 2022 Liberal leadership election, where he was eliminated on the third ballot with 6.01% of the vote.
After securing the nomination as the BC Conservative candidate for Kelowna-Mission in August 2024, he was elected the riding's MLA in that October's provincial election, and was named the opposition critic for jobs, economic development and innovation in November 2024.

## Electoral record

vte2024 British Columbia general election: Kelowna-Mission :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Gavin Dew | 14,071 | 51.5% | |
| | New Democratic | Harpreet Badohal | 8,913 | 32.6% | +1.4 |
| | N/A | Ashley Ramsay | 2,996 | 11.0% | |
| | Green | Billy Young | 1,349 | 4.9% | -12.1 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,329 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vteBritish Columbia provincial by-election, February 2, 2016: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Melanie Mark | 5,627 | 60.14 | −5.69 | $71,603 |
| | Green | Pete Fry | 2,533 | 27.07 | +15.16 | $29,065 |
| | Liberal | Gavin Dew | 1,056 | 11.29 | −7.46 | $66,547 |
| | Libertarian | Bonnie Boya Hu | 79 | 0.84 | – | $250 |
| | Your Political Party | Jeremy Gustafson | 61 | 0.65 | – | $454 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,356 | 99.53 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 44 | 0.47 | −0.51 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,400 | 23.17 | −26.60 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 40,561 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | −10.42 |