| Gavin DewMLA | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Kelowna-Mission | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Renee Merrifield |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal (until 2022) |
| Spouse | Erin Dew |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia University of Oxford |
Gavin Dew is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 British Columbia general election. He represents the electoral district of Kelowna-Mission as a member of the Conservative Party of British Columbia.
Early life and career
Dew holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from Oxford. He serves on the boards of the Business Council of British Columbia and the Veterans Transition Network, and is an advisor to Arthritis Canada.
Dew is married with two kids. In 2023, he moved to Kelowna and opened up a childcare facility with his wife.
Political career
In 2016, Dew was the BC Liberal Party candidate in the Vancouver-Mount Pleasant by-election. He also ran in the 2022 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, where he was eliminated on the third ballot with 6.01% of the vote.
Electoral record
| 2024 British Columbia general election: Kelowna-Mission | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Gavin Dew | 14,071 | 51.5% | |||||
| New Democratic | Harpreet Badohal | 8,913 | 32.6% | |||||
| N/A | Ashley Ramsay | 2,996 | 11.0% | |||||
| Green | Billy Young | 1,349 | 4.9% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 27,329 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC | ||||||||
| British Columbia provincial by-election, February 2, 2016: Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Melanie Mark | 5,627 | 60.14 | −5.69 | $71,603 | |||
| Green | Pete Fry | 2,533 | 27.07 | +15.16 | $29,065 | |||
| Liberal | Gavin Dew | 1,056 | 11.29 | −7.46 | $66,547 | |||
| Libertarian | Bonnie Boya Hu | 79 | 0.84 | – | $250 | |||
| Your Political Party | Jeremy Gustafson | 61 | 0.65 | – | $454 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,356 | 99.53 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 44 | 0.47 | −0.51 | |||||
| Turnout | 9,400 | 23.17 | −26.60 | |||||
| Registered voters | 40,561 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | −10.42 | ||||||
References
- "BC election 2024 results: Kelowna-Mission | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- Johansen, Nicholas (October 19, 2024). "BC Conservative candidate Gavin Dew declared MLA-elect for Kelowna Mission - Kelowna News". Castanet. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- Seymour, Ron (October 21, 2024). "A can-Dew kind of guy". Penticton Herald. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- ^ "Meet Gavin Dew B.C. Conservative candidate for Kelowna-Mission". Peace Arch News. October 4, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- MacNaull, Steve (October 19, 2024). "New Conservative Kelowna-Mission MLA Gavin Dew ready to get to work". KelownaNow. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- ^ Johansen, Nicholas (October 19, 2024). "BC Conservative candidate Gavin Dew declared MLA-elect for Kelowna Mission - Kelowna News". www.castanet.net. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- Lee, Jeff (February 2, 2016). "NDP wins both provincial by-elections in Metro Vancouver". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- https://globalnews.ca/news/10779015/bc-election-2024-results-kelowna-mission/
See also
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