BC Election
About
Lisa Beare is the BC NDP candidate for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows and the sitting MLA, first elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2020 and 2024. She was appointed Minister of Education and Child Care in November 2024 and previously held Citizens’ Services, Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport, and Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills. She grew up in Maple Ridge, worked as a flight attendant (and has been described as a pilot in some official bios), holds a diploma in local government management from the University of Victoria, and entered politics as a Maple Ridge school-board trustee in 2014.