Brenda Bailey
Brenda Bailey 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 Vancouver-False Creek as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
Brenda Bailey | |
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| Parliamentary Secretary for Technology and Innovation of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office November 26, 2020 | |
| Premier | John Horgan |
| Preceded by | Rick Glumac |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-False Creek | |
| Assumed office October 24, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Sam Sullivan |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
Prior to her election, Bailey had served as the Executive Director of Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland, and served as Executive Director of DigiBC, the Interactive and Digital Media Industry Association of British Columbia.[2] In 2010 she cofounded Silicon Sisters, the first Canadian video game studio owned and run solely by women.[3]
Electoral Record
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-False Creek | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Brenda Bailey | 11,484 | 46.77 | +6.30 | $47,212.32 | |||
| Liberal | Sam Sullivan | 9,217 | 37.54 | −4.62 | $85,582.35 | |||
| Green | Maayan Kreitzman | 3,108 | 12.66 | −3.11 | $9,079.62 | |||
| Conservative | Erik Gretland | 465 | 1.89 | – | $1,126.02 | |||
| Libertarian | Naomi Chocyk | 280 | 1.14 | +0.27 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,554 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 201 | 0.81 | +0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,755 | 51.06 | −4.62 | |||||
| Registered voters | 48,482 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.46 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
References
- Dan Fumano, "B.C. election results: NDP flips False Creek, takes nine of 11 Vancouver seats". Vancouver Sun, October 25, 2020.
- "Brenda Bailey". New Democrat BC Government Caucus. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- Braganza, Chantal (2011-03-08). "Silicon Sisters developing games for women". thestar.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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