Lisa Beare

The Honourable Lisa Beare MLA
Minister of Education and Child Care of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office November 18, 2024
Premier	David Eby
Preceded by	Rachna Singh
Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills of British Columbia
In office February 20, 2024 – November 18, 2024
Premier	David Eby
Preceded by	Selina Robinson
Succeeded by	Anne Kang
Minister of Citizens' Services of British Columbia
In office November 26, 2020 – February 20, 2024
Premier	John Horgan David Eby
Preceded by	Anne Kang
Succeeded by	George Chow
Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture
In office September 28, 2022 – December 7, 2022
Premier	John Horgan David Eby
Preceded by	Melanie Mark
Succeeded by	Lana Popham
In office July 18, 2017 – November 26, 2020
Preceded by	Shirley Bond (Tourism) Sam Sullivan (Arts and Culture)
Succeeded by	Melanie Mark (Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport)
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Incumbent
Assumed office May 9, 2017
Preceded by	Doug Bing
Personal details
Born	1975 or 1976 (age 48–49)[1]
Political party	New Democratic Party
Children	1
Residence(s)	Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
Education	University of Victoria

Lisa Marie Beare (born 1975 or 1976) is a Canadian politician who has represented the electoral district of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2017. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) caucus, she has served in the cabinets of Premiers John Horgan and David Eby, currently as Minister of Education and Child Care.^[2]

Background

Beare grew up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia and attended Thomas Haney Secondary School. She earned a diploma in local government management from the University of Victoria before starting her career as a flight attendant for Air Transat.^[3] During that time she became involved in her union, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4078, and eventually served as the local's vice-president.^[3]

Political career

In 2014, Beare was elected a Maple Ridge school board trustee with 6,433 votes.^[4] Two years later, she announced her decision to seek the BC NDP nomination for the riding of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in the next provincial election.^[5] She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 election, defeating the incumbent one-term BC Liberal candidate Doug Bing.^[6] In the incoming Horgan ministry, she was named Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture.^[7] The following year, she was diagnosed with a medical condition affecting her heart which required surgery.^[8]

She was re-elected in the 2020 election,^[9] after which she was named the Minister of Citizens' Services.^[10][11] On September 28, 2022, after Tourism Minister Melanie Mark stepped down from cabinet for medical reasons, Beare took over responsibility for the tourism portfolio in addition to her work in citizens' services.^[12]

She remained as Minister of Citizens' Services in the Eby ministry announced on December 7, 2022, while the tourism and arts portfolio was re-assigned to Lana Popham.^[13][14] She became Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills in February 2024, replacing Selina Robinson.^[15] After the 2024 election, she was named Minister of Education and Child Care.^[2]

Electoral record

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lisa Beare	15,877	63.41	+18.61	$47,200.48
	Liberal	Cheryl Ashlie	9,163	36.59	−2.21	$42,453.66
Total valid votes			25,040	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[16][17]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lisa Beare	12,045	44.80	+1.92	$60,276
	Liberal	Doug Bing	10,428	38.79	−6.70	$55,180
	Green	Alex Pope	3,329	12.38	+3.23	$6,534
	Conservative	Gary John O'Driscoll	676	2.51	+0.03
	Independent	Steve Ranta	408	1.52	–	$979
Total valid votes			26,886	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173	0.64
Turnout			27,059	64.50
Source: Elections BC[18]

References

1. "Candidate Q&A: Lisa Beare". Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News. October 16, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
2. "Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows MLA Beare named education minister". Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News. November 18, 2024. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
3. "Who is Lisa Beare?". Maple Ridge News. July 19, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
4. Corbett, Neil (November 18, 2014). "Election 2014: Trustee incumbents keep seats". Maple Ridge News. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
5. Melnychuk, Phil (October 3, 2016). "School trustee wants to run for NDP in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows". BC Local News. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
6. Hall, Mike (May 9, 2017). "NDP sweeps Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Mission". Maple Ridge News. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
7. McElroy, Justin (June 29, 2017). "B.C.'s new NDP government sworn into office". CBC News. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
8. Ip, Stephanie (April 9, 2018). "B.C. Minister Lisa Beare expected to make full recovery following heart surgery". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
9. Corbett, Neil (March 21, 2023). "NDP's Beare defends her seat in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows". Maple Ridge News. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
10. "Lisa Beare is the new Minister of Citizens' Services replacing Anne Kang #bcpoli". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
11. Lindsay, Bethany (November 26, 2020). "New faces join B.C.'s new cabinet, while stalwarts stay on in key roles". CBC News. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
12. "B.C. Tourism Minister Melanie Mark resigns from cabinet to take medical leave". CBC News. September 28, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
13. "New cabinet ready to take action on cost of living, health care, housing, climate" (Press release). Office of the Premier of British Columbia. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
14. deRosa, Katie (December 8, 2022). "B.C. Premier David Eby unveils new cabinet with Niki Sharma, Katrine Conroy and Ravi Kahlon in top posts". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
15. Brougham, Laura (February 20, 2024). "Eby announces new roles for three B.C. MLAs". CHEK News. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
16. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
17. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
18. "Statement of Votes – 41st Provincial General Election – May 9, 2017" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.

External links

• Legislative Assembly of British Columbia - Lisa Beare

British Columbia provincial government of David Eby

British Columbia provincial government of John Horgan