Joan Phillip
Joan Phillip MLA (born 1952/1953) is a Canadian politician who has served as member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant since 2023, as part of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) caucus.
Joan Phillip | |
|---|---|
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | |
| Assumed office June 24, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Melanie Mark |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 or 1953 (age 70–71)[1] North Vancouver, British Columbia[2] |
| Political party | BC NDP |
| Spouse | Stewart Phillip[3] |
| Relations | Chief Dan George (grandfather)[2] |
An Indigenous leader and climate activist, Phillip grew up in North Vancouver and Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.[4] She previously worked as a land manager for the Penticton Indian Band,[1][4] and ran for the federal New Democrats during the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections in the riding of Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola.[2][3]
Following the 2023 resignation of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Melanie Mark, Phillip was acclaimed as the BC NDP's candidate to contest the by-election.[4] She was elected the riding's MLA at the June 24, 2023 by-election.[5]
Electoral history edit
| British Columbia provincial by-election, Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, June 24, 2023: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Joan Phillip | 5,459 | 67.79 | +0.84 | ||||
| United | Jackie Lee | 1,101 | 13.67 | +0.69 | ||||
| Green | Wendy Hayko | 931 | 11.56 | -8.51 | ||||
| Conservative | Karin Litzcke | 395 | 4.91 | |||||
| Communist | Kimball Cariou | 167 | 2.07 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,053 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 21 | 0.26 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,074 | 17.84 | -30.17 | |||||
| Registered voters | 45,265 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Dan Albas | 30,563 | 47.6 | −0.4 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joan Phillip | 13,813 | 21.5 | +4.7 | ||||
| Liberal | Sarah Eves | 13,291 | 20.7 | −4.3 | ||||
| People's | Kathryn Mcdonald | 4,788 | 7.5 | +5.4 | ||||
| Green | Brennan Wauters | 1,755 | 2.7 | −5.1 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 64,210 | 99.3 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 466 | 0.7 | ||||||
| Turnout | 64,676 | 64.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 100,133 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.6 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Dan Albas | 31,135 | 47.95 | +8.39 | $45,571.84 | |||
| Liberal | Mary Ann Murphy | 16,252 | 25.03 | -12.21 | $46,808.57 | |||
| New Democratic | Joan Phillip | 10,904 | 16.79 | -2.51 | $29,000.61 | |||
| Green | Robert Mellalieu | 5,086 | 7.83 | +3.90 | none listed | |||
| People's | Allan Duncan | 1,345 | 2.07 | - | none listed | |||
| Libertarian | Jesse Regier | 213 | 0.33 | - | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 64,935 | 99.48 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 341 | 0.52 | +0.22 | |||||
| Turnout | 65,276 | 69.28 | -2.68 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 95,597 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +10.28 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b DeRosa, Katie (June 16, 2023). "Advance polls are open as five candidates vie to replace Melanie Mark in Vancouver byelection". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c Kidd, Steve (May 18, 2019). "Penticton Indian Band councillor trying for federal seat". Pentiction Western News. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ a b Meissner, Dirk (June 22, 2023). "NDP expected to win B.C. byelections in safe ridings, but eyes on second place". Vancouver Sun. The Canadian Press. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c Shaw, Rob (April 30, 2023). "Indigenous leader and climate activist Joan Phillip to run in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant". Business in Vancouver. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ Meissner, Dirk (June 23, 2023). "Joan Phillip predicted to win B.C. byelection". Penticton Herald. The Canadian Press. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant By-election Interim Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 12, 2021.