Angela Reid
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Angela Reid is an elected City Councillor in the City of Kelowna and the former Deputy Leader for the Green Party of British Columbia
Green Party of British Columbia
The Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...

, a position she held from 2007 to 2009. Angela was elected to the Green Party of Canada
Green Party of Canada
The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...

 Federal Council in 2006, where she served for two years, and is the CEO of the Kelowna Federal Green Party. She has run for the Green Party in five elections, two provincial and three federal. Angela is also a co-founder of the Okanagan Greens, a non-profit, non-partisan society focused on enhancing the local quality of life.

Career Background

Angela is the President of Tigress Ventures, with the vision to "influence positive change for a world where people, business and the environment thrive in balance with each other." The current focus for her company is alternative energy and clients/projects that measurably reduce green house gas emissions. She is also the CEO of GreenStep Sustainability Coaching, a consulting firm that helps businesses understand and apply sustainability principles.

Community Activities

She worked for the City of Kelowna as part of the team to raise over $1 Million to build the Mission Creek Greenway and worked with the Return of the Peregrine Falcon Society to reintroduce an endangered species to the Okanagan. She has served on the board for Theatre Kelowna Society and HOSOTO House Society, and is a member of JCI Okanagan (Junior Chamber of Commerce). As a young adult, she traveled to Mexico twice to build homes for impoverished families, and was crowned Miss Kelowna, Lady of the Lake in 1994.

Electoral history

Provincial: 10.9% Kelowna-Mission
Kelowna-Mission
Kelowna-Mission is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :-MLAs:*Cliff Serwa, Social Credit *Sindi Hawkins, Liberal *Steve Thomson, Liberal...

 in 2001. 10% in Okanagan-Westside
Okanagan-Westside
Okanagan-Westside was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009.It included the small cities of Westbank, Westside, Peachland, and Summerland, and extended from the city limit of Summerland to the Okanagan Lake bridge, in Westside...

 in 2005.

Federal: 5% in Burlington (electoral district)
Burlington (electoral district)
Burlington is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.-Geography:It consists of the southern part of the city of Burlington, Ontario....

 in 2004, 8% in Kelowna-Lake Country
Kelowna—Lake Country
Kelowna—Lake Country is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997....

 in 2006 and 13.72% in Kelowna-Lake Country
Kelowna—Lake Country
Kelowna—Lake Country is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997....

 in 2008.

Angela won a Kelowna City Council
Kelowna City Council
-2008-2011:* Mayor: Sharon ShepherdCouncilors: Robert Hobson, Brian Given, Andre Blanleil, Angela Reid, Michele Rule, Graeme James, Luke Stack, Charlie Hodge.* As of the November 2009 by-election; Kevin Craig has replaced the late Brian Given.*-2005-2008:*...

council seat November 15th, 2008 finishing 5th with 5.44% and 6213 votes.

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