predecessor successor birth_place nationality party office term_start article_title term_end name occupation
gregor robertson margaret macdiarmid charlottetown , prince edward island canadian british columbia new democratic party mla for vancouver-fairview 2008 jenn mcginn
 2009 jenn mcginn account manager
jenn mcginn

jenn mcginn -lrb- born in charlottetown , prince edward island -rrb- is a canadian politician , who was elected to the legislative assembly of british columbia , representing the electoral district of vancouver-fairview , in a by-election on october 29 , 2008 .
she is the first openly lesbian mla to serve in the british columbian legislature .
a member of the british columbia new democratic party , her candidacy was endorsed in a `` georgia straight '' editorial .
mcginn is an account manager with the community business banking team of vancity savings credit union .
she is a former vice-president of little mountain neighbourhood house and past executive director of the south granville seniors centre .
she was also the director of development for the surrey women 's centre .
after the 2008 by-election the provincial constituency of vancouver-fairview was redistributed by elections bc as part of a larger provincewide redistribution .
she was defeated by bc liberal candidate margaret macdiarmid in the 2009 provincial election .
