Brenda Locke

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Brenda Locke
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Surrey-Green Timbers
In office
May 16, 2001 – May 17, 2005
Preceded bySue Hammell
Succeeded bySue Hammell
Surrey City Councillor
Assumed office
November 5, 2018
Personal details
Political partySurrey Connect (municipal)
Liberal (provincial)
Other political
affiliations		Safe Surrey Coalition (2018-2019)
Spouse(s)John
Children2
ResidenceSurrey, British Columbia

Brenda Joy Locke is a Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. She represented the electoral district of Surrey-Green Timbers as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party.[1] Locke was appointed Minister of State for Mental Health and Addiction Service on Sept. 20, 2004.

Before becoming an MLA, Locke was the executive director of the BC Liquor Licensee and Retailers Association, a position she held since 1985. From 1979 to 1983, she was the office manager for the Richmond Association for Children's Services which managed three group homes for troubled youth and an outreach program for youth under twelve.

Locke defeated New Democrat incumbent Sue Hammell in the 2001 provincial election. In the 2005 election, however, Hammell defeated Locke to reclaim the seat.

She subsequently ran as the federal Liberal Party candidate in Fleetwood—Port Kells in the 2006 federal election and the 2008 federal election, but lost both times to Conservative incumbent Nina Grewal.

Locke works as executive director for the B.C. Massage Therapist Association.[2] On October 20, 2018, Locke was elected as a councillor of the city of Surrey, as a part of the Safe Surrey Coalition.[3]

On June 27, 2019, Locke left the Safe Surrey Coalition, becoming an independent.[4][5]

Electoral record[]

B.C. General Election 2001: Surrey-Green Timbers
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Liberal Brenda Locke 7,539 48.95% +15.16% $46,658
  NDP Sue Hammell 5,592 36.31% -13.80% $37,237
Unity C. Lewis Robinson 1,067 6.93% n/a $7,196
Marijuana Dennis Kalsi 561 3.65% n/a $394
Reform Jim Paterson 538 3.49% -2.28% $3,277
Communist Harjit Singh Daudharia 103 0.67% +0.37% $332
Total valid votes 15,400 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 151 0.98%
Turnout 15,551 66.77%
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2005 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Green Timbers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Sue Hammell 10,836 60.82 +24.51
Liberal Brenda Locke 5,619 31.54 −17.41
Green Sebastian Sajda 791 4.44 –
Marijuana Amanda Boggan 225 1.26 −2.39
Emerged Democracy Rob Norberg 151 0.85 –
Democratic Reform Ravi Chand 142 0.80 –
Communist Harjit Singh Daudharia 52 0.29 +0.38
Total 17,816 100.00
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Nina Grewal 14,577 33.5 -2.3 $72,464
Liberal Brenda Locke 13,749 31.6 +2.1 $54,768
New Democratic Barry Bell 10,961 25.2 -2.8 $18,907
Independent Jack Cook 3,202 7.4 +7.4 $75,818
Green Duncan McDonald 1,059 2.4 -3.9 --
Total valid votes 43,548 100.0
Total rejected ballots 127 0.3 -0.3
Turnout 43,675 59 0
Conservative hold Swing -2.2 –
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Nina Grewal 21,389 44.7 +11.2 $79,909
Liberal Brenda Locke 12,502 26.1 -5.5 $75,331
New Democratic Nao Fernando 10,916 22.8 -2.4 $65,022
Green Brian Newbold 3,045 6.4 +4.0 --
Total valid votes/Expense limit 47,852 100.0 $88,579
Total rejected ballots 219 0.5 +0.2
Turnout 48,071 56 +3
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2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Green Timbers
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Rachna Singh 8,945 58.29 +0.23 $58,322
Liberal Brenda Locke 5,056 32.95 −1.57 $20,975
Green Saira Aujla 1,112 7.25 +3.2 $7,739
No affiliation Vikram Bajwa 163 1.06 – $7,980
Your Political Party Kanwaljit Singh Moti 69 0.44 – $3,612
Total valid votes 15,345 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 163 1.05 −0.14
Turnout 15,508 54.61 +2.29
Registered Voters 28,400
Source: Elections BC[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ Anne Edwards, Seeking Balance: Conversations with BC Women in Politics. Caitlin Press, 2008. ISBN 1894759311.
  2. ^ https://www.rmtbc.ca/about/contact-us
  3. ^ https://www.surrey.ca/election/documents/2018FinalDeterminationOfOfficialElectionResultsSigned.pdf
  4. ^ Little, Simon; Macdonald, Gord. "2nd councillor quits Surrey mayor's Safe Surrey Coalition, citing 'dysfunctional' council". Global News. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. ^ Recksiedler, Dean; Nassar, Hana Mae. "City Councillor Brenda Locke bolts from Safe Surrey Coalition - NEWS 1130". www.citynews1130.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

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