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Lisa Beare

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The Honourable
Lisa Beare
MLA
Campaign portrait, 2016[a]
Minister of Education and Child Care of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 18, 2024
PremierDavid Eby
Preceded byRachna Singh
Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills of British Columbia
In office
February 20, 2024 – November 18, 2024
PremierDavid Eby
Preceded bySelina Robinson
Succeeded byAnne Kang
Minister of Citizens' Services of British Columbia
In office
November 26, 2020 – February 20, 2024
Premier
Preceded byAnne Kang
Succeeded byGeorge Chow
Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture
In office
September 28, 2022 – December 7, 2022
Premier
  • John Horgan
  • David Eby
Preceded byMelanie Mark
Succeeded byLana Popham
In office
July 18, 2017 – November 26, 2020
Preceded by
Succeeded byMelanie Mark (Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport)
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 9, 2017
Preceded byDoug Bing
Personal details
Born1975 or 1976 (age 49–50)[1]
PartyBC NDP
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Victoria

Lisa Marie Beare MLA (born 1975 or 1976) is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) representing the electoral district of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows since 2017. A member of the New Democratic Party, she has served in both cabinets of Premier John Horgan and David Eby, and currently as minister of Education and Child Care.[2]

Background

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Beare grew up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, and attended Thomas Haney Secondary School. She earned a diploma in local government management from the University of Victoria before starting her career as a flight attendant for Air Transat.[3] During that time she became involved in her union, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4078, and eventually served as the local's vice-president.[3]

Political career

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In 2014, Beare was elected a Maple Ridge school board trustee with 6,433 votes.[4] Two years later, she announced her decision to seek the BC NDP nomination for the riding of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in the next provincial election.[5] She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 election, defeating the incumbent one-term BC Liberal candidate Doug Bing.[6] In the incoming Horgan ministry, she was named Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture.[7] The following year, she was diagnosed with a medical condition affecting her heart which required surgery.[8]

She was re-elected in the 2020 election,[9] after which she was named the Minister of Citizens' Services.[10][11] On September 28, 2022, after Tourism Minister Melanie Mark stepped down from cabinet for medical reasons, Beare took over responsibility for the tourism portfolio in addition to her work in citizens' services.[12]

She remained as Minister of Citizens' Services in the Eby ministry announced on December 7, 2022, while the tourism and arts portfolio was re-assigned to Lana Popham.[13][14] She became Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills in February 2024, replacing Selina Robinson.[15] After the 2024 election, she was named Minister of Education and Child Care.[2]

In January 2025, Beare fired the entire elected board of School District 61 in Victoria.[16] The decision was made because of the school district ending their police liaison program and the Ministry's concern that the school district did not have an adequate safety plan. This led to a legal challenge between the fired school board members and the Ministry of Education. The Ministry abandoned its case in May 2026, when it was revealed that several text messages were omitted from discovery in March 2026. These text messages showed coordination between the Associate Deputy Minister and Chief of the Victoria Police.[17]

Electoral history

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2024 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticLisa Beare14,48054.89-9.1$50,684.56
ConservativeMike Morden11,90145.11–$38,078.29
Total valid votes/expense limit 26,38199.64–$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots 940.36–
Turnout 26,47559.03–
Registered voters 44,850
New Democratic notional hold Swing -27.1
Source: Elections BC[18][19]
2020 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticLisa Beare15,87763.41+18.61$47,200.48
LiberalCheryl Ashlie9,16336.59−2.21$42,453.66
Total valid votes 25,040100.00–
Total rejected ballots   
Turnout   
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[20][21]
2017 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticLisa Beare12,04544.80+1.92$60,276
LiberalDoug Bing10,42838.79−6.70$55,180
GreenAlex Pope3,32912.38+3.23$6,534
ConservativeGary John O'Driscoll6762.51+0.03
IndependentSteve Ranta4081.52–$979
Total valid votes 26,886100.00
Total rejected ballots 1730.64
Turnout 27,05964.50
Source: Elections BC[22]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Used as the campaign portrait in 2017, 2020, and 2024

References

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  1. ↑ "Candidate Q&A: Lisa Beare". Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News. October 16, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows MLA Beare named education minister". Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News. November 18, 2024. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Who is Lisa Beare?". Maple Ridge News. July 19, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  4. ↑ Corbett, Neil (November 18, 2014). "Election 2014: Trustee incumbents keep seats". Maple Ridge News. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  5. ↑ Melnychuk, Phil (October 3, 2016). "School trustee wants to run for NDP in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows". BC Local News. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ Hall, Mike (May 9, 2017). "NDP sweeps Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Mission". Maple Ridge News. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ McElroy, Justin (June 29, 2017). "B.C.'s new NDP government sworn into office". CBC News. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  8. ↑ Ip, Stephanie (April 9, 2018). "B.C. Minister Lisa Beare expected to make full recovery following heart surgery". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  9. ↑ Corbett, Neil (March 21, 2023). "NDP's Beare defends her seat in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows". Maple Ridge News. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Lisa Beare is the new Minister of Citizens' Services replacing Anne Kang #bcpoli". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  11. ↑ Lindsay, Bethany (November 26, 2020). "New faces join B.C.'s new cabinet, while stalwarts stay on in key roles". CBC News. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  12. ↑ "B.C. Tourism Minister Melanie Mark resigns from cabinet to take medical leave". CBC News. September 28, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  13. ↑ "New cabinet ready to take action on cost of living, health care, housing, climate" (Press release). Office of the Premier of British Columbia. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  14. ↑ deRosa, Katie (December 8, 2022). "B.C. Premier David Eby unveils new cabinet with Niki Sharma, Katrine Conroy and Ravi Kahlon in top posts". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  15. ↑ Brougham, Laura (February 20, 2024). "Eby announces new roles for three B.C. MLAs". CHEK News. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  16. ↑ "B.C. fires Victoria School Board over ban on police in schools". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. January 30, 2025. Retrieved May 29, 2026.
  17. ↑ Egan-Elliott, Roxanne (May 27, 2026). "School board chair calls reinstatement of nine trustees 'complete vindication'". Times Colonist. Retrieved May 29, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Statement of Votes – 43rd Provincial General Election – October 19, 2024" (PDF). Elections BC. April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  19. ↑ "2024 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available". Elections BC. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
  20. ↑ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  21. ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  22. ↑ "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
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