Jenny Wai Ching Kwan is a Canadian politician who is the member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver East. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP),Kwan was elected to the House of Commons in 2015.
North Coast-Haida Gwaii is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada.
Prince George-Mount Robson was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada from 1991 to 2009.
Surrey-White Rock is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada. During the 2008 re-distribution of riding boundaries,Surrey-White Rock kept the majority of its existing region.
Richmond East was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada. It was replaced by the Richmond-Queensborough electoral district after the British Columbia electoral redistribution,2015.
Vancouver-Hastings is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada.
Vancouver-Kensington is a provincial electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Canada.
North Island is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada.
Esquimalt-Metchosin is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada. It existed with this name from 1991 to 2009,and again from 2017 to 2024. In the gap,the overlapping electoral district was called Esquimalt-Royal Roads. The "Royal Roads" in the district's name references the maritime passage that connects the Harbour to the sea and is the namesake of Royal Roads Military College.
Ida Chong is a Canadian politician who served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia for Oak Bay-Gordon Head from 1996 until 2013. As part of the Liberal Party caucus,she was a provincial cabinet minister from 2004 to 2013,serving in various portfolios under premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark. Chong and New Democratic Party MLA Jenny Kwan together became the first Chinese-Canadian members of the BC Legislative Assembly.
Penny Priddy is a politician from British Columbia (BC),Canada. She served as member of Parliament (MP) from 2006 to 2008,representing the electoral district of Surrey North in the House of Commons of Canada. Prior to that,she was a Surrey city councillor (2002–2005),a member of the BC legislature representing Surrey-Newton (1991–2001),and a trustee with the Surrey School District (1986–1991). She is the only woman in Canadian history to be elected to school board,city council,a provincial legislature and the House of Commons.
Satinder Kaur "Sindi" Hawkins was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia,representing Okanagan West from 1996 to 2001 and Kelowna-Mission from 2001 to 2009. A caucus member of the British Columbia Liberal Party,she served in the cabinet of Premier Gordon Campbell as Minister of Health Planning from 2001 to 2004,and Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations from 2004 to 2005. She was the first Punjabi woman elected to a Canadian legislature,and the first Indo-Canadian woman provincial cabinet minister.
Sue Hammell is a Canadian politician who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Green Timbers in the province of British Columbia from 1991 to 2001,and from 2005 to 2017. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party,she served in several cabinet posts under Premiers Mike Harcourt,Glen Clark and Ujjal Dosanjh.
Joan McIntyre is a former BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly,in the province of British Columbia,Canada. She was elected to represent the riding of West Vancouver-Garibaldi in the 2005 election. In 2009 she was re-elected to the same riding under its new name of West Vancouver-Sea to Sky.
Linda Reid is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia,representing Richmond East from 1991 to 2017,and Richmond South Centre from 2017 to 2020. A caucus member of the British Columbia Liberal Party,she served in the cabinets of premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark as Minister of State for Early Childhood Development from 2001 to 2005,Minister of State for Childcare from 2005 to 2009,and Minister of Advanced Education in 2017. She was also the 37th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2013 to 2017.
Joan Marie Sawicki is a former Canadian politician. She served as a NDP Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2001,representing Burnaby-Willingdon. She served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 1994,and as Minister of Environment,Lands and Parks from 1999 to 2000.
Evelyn Marie Gillespie is a former Canadian politician. She served as MLA for the Comox Valley riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2001,as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. She served as Minister of Women's Equality from November 1,2000 to June 5,2001.
Kathleen Anne Edwards was a Canadian politician. She served as MLA for the Kootenay riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1996,as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. Edwards served as British Columbia's first female Minister for Energy,Mines and Petroleum Resources in the government of Michael Harcourt (1991–1996). Anne Edwards was also the author of Seeking Balance:Conversations with BC Women in Politics. Edwards died in Calgary,Alberta on October 15,2022.
Darlene Marzari is a former Canadian politician. She was elected as a Vancouver alderman under the TEAM banner in 1972 and remained on city council for eight years. She served as MLA for the riding of Vancouver-Point Grey in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1996,as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
Anita Mae Joan Hagen was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of New Westminster in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1996. As part of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus,she served as the province's Deputy Premier,Minister of Education,and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism and Human Rights from 1991 to 1993.
