Jeremy Valeriote
Jeremy Valeriote | |
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.jpg) BC Green MLA Jeremy Valeriote at the BC Legislature in 2025 | |
| Parliamentary leader of the Green Party of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office September 24, 2025 | |
| Leader | Emily Lowan |
| Preceded by | himself (as interim leader) |
| Interim leader of the Green Party of British Columbia | |
| In office January 28, 2025 – September 24, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Sonia Furstenau |
| Succeeded by | Emily Lowan |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jordan Sturdy |
| Gibsons town councillor | |
| In office 2014–2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Green |
| Profession | Engineer, environmental consultant |
Jeremy Valeriote is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) representing the electoral district of West Vancouver-Sea to Sky since 2024.[1][2] He is the first member of the Green Party of British Columbia elected on British Columbia's mainland. Following the resignation of Sonia Furstenau, Valeriote briefly served as interim leader of the Green Party of British Columbia until the 2025 leadership election, where he was succeeded by Emily Lowan.[3][4]
Biography
[edit]Valeriote is a geological engineer by training who worked for more than two decades as an environmental consultant in the mining, environmental management and impact assessment sectors. He has also consulted for local government and sat on the town council in Gibsons from 2014 to 2018. He worked in the mayor's office in Squamish from 2021 to 2023.[5]
He previously ran in the same district in the 2020 British Columbia general election, and was briefly reported as the winner of the seat that year,[6] but after the advance ballots were counted he was found to have narrowly lost to Jordan Sturdy of the British Columbia Liberal Party.[7]
Electoral results
[edit]| 2024 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Green | Jeremy Valeriote | 10,438 | 38.08 | -0.1 | $209,825 | |||
| Conservative | Yuri Fulmer | 9,762 | 35.61 | – | $86,706 | |||
| New Democratic | Jen Ford | 7,212 | 26.31 | +0.6 | $31,452 | |||
| Total valid votes | 27,412 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Green notional hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[8][9][10] | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jordan Sturdy | 9,249 | 37.54 | −5.53 | $51,349.99 | |||
| Green | Jeremy Valeriote | 9,189 | 37.30 | +8.66 | $37,603.39 | |||
| New Democratic | Keith Murdoch | 6,197 | 25.16 | −1.77 | $9,806.90 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,635 | 99.45 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 137 | 0.55 | +0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,772 | 56.89 | −4.20 | |||||
| Registered voters | 43,546 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –7.10 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[11][12] | ||||||||
Top 4 candidates elected
| Council candidate[13] | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Silas White | 1,529 | 67.99 |
| Jeremy Valeriote | 1,325 | 58.92 |
| Charlene SanJenko (X) | 1,244 | 55.31 |
| Stafford Lumley | 1,117 | 49.67 |
| LeeAnn Johnson (X) | 925 | 41.13 |
| Dan Bouman (X) | 849 | 37.75 |
| Barry Janyk | 832 | 36.99 |
| Katie Janyk | 698 | 31.04 |
| Turnout | 2,249 | 62.47 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "BC election 2024 results: West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ↑ Barrett, Brandon (20 October 2024). "Greens' Valeriote takes West Vancouver-Sea to Sky in historic B.C. election win". North Shore News. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ↑ Nicholson, Marcy (28 January 2025). "B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau stepping down". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ↑ Madtha, Rippon (2025-01-28). "Sonia Furstenau Steps Down as Leader of the BC Greens". BC Green Party. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ Kurial, Alex (October 11, 2024). "Bowen Election Q&A: Jeremy Valeriote - Green Party". Bowen Island Undercurrent. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ↑ "BC Green Party wins first seat outside of Vancouver Island". Daily Hive, October 24, 2020.
- ↑ Larsen, Karin (November 7, 2020). "Projected Green seat flipped to Liberals following tightest race in B.C." CBC News. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ↑ "- Event Night Reporting". Elections BC. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ↑ https://globalnews.ca/news/10779144/bc-election-2024-results-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky/
- ↑ Barrett, Brandon (31 January 2025). "Here's what the Sea to Sky's B.C. election candidates spent in their campaign bids". North Shore News. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ↑ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ↑ "CivicInfo BC: Election Results - 2014 - Municipality - Gibsons (Town)". www.civicinfo.bc.ca. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
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