Kelly Greene

Not to be confused with Kelly Green.

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.

The Honourable Kelly Greene MLA
Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness for British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office November 18, 2024
Premier	David Eby
Preceded by	Bowinn Ma
Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of British Columbia
In office December 7, 2022 – November 18, 2024
Premier	David Eby
Preceded by	Fin Donnelly
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment of British Columbia
In office November 26, 2020 – December 7, 2022
Premier	John Horgan David Eby
Preceded by	Sheila Malcolmson
Succeeded by	Aman Singh
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Richmond-Steveston
Incumbent
Assumed office October 24, 2020
Preceded by	John Yap
Member of the Richmond, British Columbia City Council
In office October 21, 2018 – November 16, 2020
Personal details
Born	Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	New Democratic
Other political affiliations	Richmond Citizen's Association (municipal)
Residence(s)	Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Alma mater	University of British Columbia (BA)

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

Provincial elections

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election: Richmond-Steveston
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Kelly Greene	10,332	44.27	-7.2	$38,338.99
	Conservative	Michelle Mollineaux	9,848	42.20	–	$18,513.57
	Unaffiliated	Jackie Lee	2,354	10.09	–	$58,942.71
	Green	Elodie Vaudandaine	803	3.44	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			23,337	99.78	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			52	0.22	–
Turnout			23,389	59.87	–
Registered voters			39,067
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		-24.7
Source: Elections BC[13][14]

v t e 2020 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			20,614	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			192	0.92	+0.04
Turnout			20,806	56.09	−6.68
Registered voters			37,092
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.37
Source: Elections BC[15][16]

v t e 2017 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			21,707	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			192	0.88	+0.22
Turnout			21,899	62.77	+7.38
Registered voters			34,889
	Liberal hold		Swing		−7.68
Source: Elections BC[17][18]

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