Brenda Locke
| Brenda Locke | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Surrey-Green Timbers | |
|
In office 2001–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Sue Hammell |
| Succeeded by | Sue Hammell |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | John |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Surrey, British Columbia |
Brenda 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 served as s 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. In spring 2014, Locke declared her intention to run as an Independent candidate in the November 2014 municipal election for Surrey City Council.[2]
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% | ||||
| British Columbia general election, 2005: 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% | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
References
- ↑ Anne Edwards, Seeking Balance: Conversations with BC Women in Politics. Caitlin Press, 2008. ISBN 1894759311.
- ↑ Zytaruk, Tom (21 April 2014). "Former MLA Brenda Locke to run for Surrey council". The Now (newspaper). Retrieved 21 April 2014.
External links
- Hon. Brenda Locke, 37th Parliament biography.