Jeremy Valeriote Explained

Party:BC Greens
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
Termstart:October 19, 2024
Predecessor:Jordan Sturdy
Profession:Engineer, environmental consultant

Jeremy Valeriote is a member of the Green Party of British Columbia representing the riding of West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. He was first elected in the 2024 British Columbia general election.[1] [2] He was the first BC Green elected on the B.C. mainland.

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, British Columbia from 2014 to 2018. He worked in the mayor's office in Squamish, British Columbia from 2021 to 2023.[3]

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,[4] but after the advance ballots were counted he was found to have narrowly lost to Jordan Sturdy of the British Columbia Liberal Party.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: BC election 2024 results: West Vancouver-Sea to Sky Globalnews.ca . 20 October 2024 . Global News.
  2. News: Barrett . Brandon . Greens' Valeriote takes West Vancouver-Sea to Sky in historic B.C. election win . 20 October 2024 . North Shore News . 20 October 2024 . en.
  3. News: Kurial . Alex . Bowen Election Q&A: Jeremy Valeriote - Green Party . October 20, 2024 . Bowen Island Undercurrent . October 11, 2024.
  4. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-green-party-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky "BC Green Party wins first seat outside of Vancouver Island"
  5. News: Larsen . Karin . November 7, 2020 . Projected Green seat flipped to Liberals following tightest race in B.C. . . November 9, 2020.