{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_suffix = MLA | image = BC Green MLA Jeremy Valeriote (2025).jpg | caption = BC Green MLA Jeremy Valeriote at the BC Legislature in 2025 | image_upright = yes | office = Parliamentary leader of the Green Party of British Columbia | term_start = September 24, 2025 | term_end = | leader = Emily Lowan | predecessor = ''himself'' (as interim leader) | successor = | office1 = Interim leader of the Green Party of British Columbia | term_start1 = January 28, 2025 | term_end1 = September 24, 2025 | successor1 = Emily Lowan | predecessor1 = Sonia Furstenau | office3 = Member of the Legislative Assembly <br />for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | term_start3 = October 19, 2024 | predecessor3 = Jordan Sturdy | office4 = Gibsons town councillor | term_start4 = 2014 | term_end4 = 2018 | 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=BC election 2024 results: West Vancouver-Sea to Sky {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10779144/bc-election-2024-results-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky/ |access-date=20 October 2024 |work=Global News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Barrett |first1=Brandon |title=Greens' Valeriote takes West Vancouver-Sea to Sky in historic B.C. election win |url=https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/greens-valeriote-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky-bc-election-9682757 |access-date=20 October 2024 |work=North Shore News |date=20 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-green-party-leader-sonia-furstenau-stepping-down/ |title=B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau stepping down |date=28 January 2025 |work=Globe and Mail |access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="GPBCFurstenauResigns">{{Cite web |last=Madtha |first=Rippon |date=2025-01-28 |title=Sonia Furstenau Steps Down as Leader of the BC Greens |url=https://bcgreens2024.ca/sonia-furstenau-steps-down-as-leader-of-the-bc-greens/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=BC Green Party |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Biography == 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kurial |first1=Alex |title=Bowen Election Q&A: Jeremy Valeriote - Green Party |url=https://www.bowenislandundercurrent.com/local-news/bowen-election-qa-jeremy-valeriote-green-party-9649876 |access-date=October 20, 2024 |work=Bowen Island Undercurrent |date=October 11, 2024}}</ref>
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,<ref>[https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-green-party-west-vancouver-sea-to-sky "BC Green Party wins first seat outside of Vancouver Island"]. ''Daily Hive'', October 24, 2020.</ref> but after the advance ballots were counted he was found to have narrowly lost to Jordan Sturdy of the British Columbia Liberal Party.<ref>{{cite news |last=Larsen |first=Karin |date=November 7, 2020 |title=Projected Green seat flipped to Liberals following tightest race in B.C. |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/projected-green-seat-in-jeopardy-ndp-bag-more-ridings-as-mail-in-ballot-count-continues-in-b-c-1.5794297 |work=CBC News |accessdate=November 9, 2020}}</ref>
==Electoral results== {{2024 British Columbia general election/West Vancouver-Sea to Sky}} {{British Columbia provincial election, 2020/West Vancouver-Sea to Sky}}
===2014 Gibsons Town Council election=== ''Top 4 candidates elected'' {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="200px" | Council candidate<ref>{{Cite web |title=CivicInfo BC: Election Results - 2014 - Municipality - Gibsons (Town) |url=https://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/election-results-v3/index?localgovernmentid=37&select-year=2014&select-view-by=municipality?select-year=2014&select-view-by=municipality&localgovernmentid=37 |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=www.civicinfo.bc.ca}}</ref> ! width="50px" | Vote ! width="30px" | % |- |'''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 == * 43rd Parliament of British Columbia
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