Mitzi Dean
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Mitzi Dean
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| Minister of State for Child Care | |
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Assumed office January 15, 2024 |
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| Premier | David Eby |
| Preceded by | Grace Lore |
| Minister of Children and Family Development of British Columbia | |
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In office November 26, 2020 – January 15, 2024 |
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| Premier |
John Horgan David Eby |
| Preceded by | Katrine Conroy |
| Succeeded by | Grace Lore |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity of British Columbia | |
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In office February 15, 2018 – November 26, 2020 |
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| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Grace Lore |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Esquimalt-Metchosin | |
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Assumed office May 9, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Maurine Karagianis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 or 1969 (age 54–55) Sevenoaks, England |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Residence(s) | Metchosin, British Columbia |
| Alma mater | Royal Roads University |
| Profession | Administrator |
Mitzi Jayne Dean is a British-Canadian non-profit administrator and politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Esquimalt-Metchosin as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus. She is currently Minister of State for Child Care in British Columbia.
Private life
In the UK, Dean served in a fundraising role as a national development manager for children's services with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She was born in Sevenoaks, England and worked in fundraising and development in organizations offering child protection social work and community-based social services across Great Britain for more than 20 years.
Prior to her election, Dean was appointed the executive director for Pacific Centre Family Services in 2007, having moved to Victoria from England in 2005.
In 2014, Dean received a certificate in executive study for six months of online part-time study at Royal Roads University.
Cabinet positions
Dean was appointed as the province's Parliamentary Secretary of the newly created Gender Equity Secretariat, in the Ministry of Finance, in February 2018 by Premier John Horgan. She then served as the Minister of Children and Family Development. She is currently Minister of State for Child Care in British Columbia.
Electoral record
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Esquimalt-Metchosin | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Mitzi Dean | 15,070 | 59.32 | +13.07 | $36,746.64 | |||
| Green | Andy MacKinnon | 6,140 | 24.17 | −0.64 | $9,644.51 | |||
| Liberal | RJ Senko | 3,940 | 15.51 | −12.11 | $16,844.69 | |||
| Independent | Desta McPherson | 254 | 1.00 | – | $1,062.36 | |||
| Total valid votes | 25,404 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Esquimalt-Metchosin | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| New Democratic | Mitzi Dean | 11,816 | 46.25 | $65,033 | ||||
| Liberal | Barb Desjardins | 7,055 | 27.62 | $52,675 | ||||
| Green | Andy MacKinnon | 6,339 | 24.81 | 10,290 | ||||
| Libertarian | Josh Steffler | 171 | 0.67 | $200 | ||||
| Independent | Delmar Martay | 102 | 0.40 | $475 | ||||
| Communist | Tyson Riel Strandlund | 65 | 0.25 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 25,548 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 84 | 0.33 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,632 | 65.88 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 38,909 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC | ||||||||