Andrea Reimer
Andrea Reimer is a Canadian politician, currently serving on Vancouver, British Columbia's City Council. She was first elected in 2002 to the Vancouver School Board as a Green Party candidate.[1] She was defeated as a Green Party candidate in her re-election campaign in 2005[2] and then joined the Vision Vancouver party to run and win a council seat in the 2008 municipal election.[3]
Background
Andrea Reimer was a co-chair of Gregor Robertson’s successful people-powered campaign to be the Vision Vancouver mayor candidate in the November 2008 municipal election.
Andrea has been previously elected to municipal office, sitting on the Vancouver School Board from 2002 – 2005 as the first school trustee to be elected in Canada under the Green Party banner. As a school trustee, Andrea played a leadership role in successful advocacy campaigns to restore provincial funding for public schools and worked to increase community access and meet community expectations for the public school system. Andrea also was one of the first elected officials to maintain a blog while in public office.
As a long time supporter of sustainability, community economic development and social justice, Andrea has volunteered as a board member of many community organizations including:
• City of Vancouver Food Policy Council (Co-Chair) • Canadian Women’s Voter’s Congress (President) • Vancouver Foundation Health and Social Development Advisory Committee • Your Local Farmer’s Market Society (Vice Chair) • Vancouver Green Party (past Chair) • CCEC Credit Union (past President)
Andrea works as the Executive Director of the Wilderness Committee, a position she has held since 2002, and is a recognized in BC’s environmental movement. In her seven years as the senior manager, the Wilderness Committee has increased in membership by 10,000 members, seen a 65% increase in budget and established itself as the group of record on environmental issues in British Columbia.
A prolific public speaker and commentator, Andrea is asked to provide her analysis on topics ranging from province-wide 2005 municipal election results for CBC TV to being a Go Green Challenge judge for CKNW Radio. In 2007 she was chosen to be trained by Al Gore to deliver his An Inconvenient Truth powerpoint presentation to local audiences.
Political career
Reimer was the first Green Party candidate ever elected to a school board seat in Canada, when she was elected in 2002.[1][4] Prior to that she served as Chair of the Vancouver Green Party and was Communications Chair for the Green Party of BC's 2001 provincial election campaign that saw the party establish itself as an electoral force in British Columbia.
She ran for re-election as a Green Party candidate in 2005 yet was defeated.[5] She subsequently joined the Vision Vancouver party and won a council seat in the 2008 municipal election.[6]
Her local appointments at Vancouver City Council include:
* Chair, Standing Committee on Planning and Environment * Greenest City Action Team * Vancouver Economic Development Commission * Joint Childcare Council * Family Court-Youth Justice Committee
Her regional appointments at the Metro Vancouver Regional District include:
* Director, Greater Vancouver Regional District (Metro Vancouver) * Metro Vancouver Regional Planning Committee * Metro Vancouver Agriculture Committee * Metro Vancouver Electoral Area Committee * Metro Vancouver GVRD UBC Joint Committee
Family
Andrea is a fourth generation British Columbian who lives right across from her father’s family home at Trout Lake on Vancouver’s east side. On a sunny day, you can find her in the garden with her husband and daughter, enjoying a walk around the lake, or playing soccer with the Vancouver Vixens soccer club.
References
- ^ a b "2002 Election Results", Vancouver City Website, Accessed September 1, 2009.
- ^ "2005 Election Results", Vancouver City Website, Accessed September 1, 2009.
- ^ "2008 Election Results", Vancouver City Website, Accessed September 1, 2009.
- ^ "Speakers", Women's Campaign School Website, Accessed September 1, 2009.
- ^ "2005 Election Results", Vancouver City Website, Accessed September 1, 2009.
- ^ "2008 Election Results", Vancouver City Website, Accessed September 1, 2009.
External links
- Andrea Reimer at Vancouver City Council
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