Claire Trevena

Quick Facts

Full Name	Claire Trevena
Date Of Birth	May 26, 1962(1962-05-26)
Age	62
Country	Canada
Horoscope	Gemini

Claire Trevena Biography

Claire Trevena is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on May 26, 1962 in Canada.

Trevena was raised in a town in Northern England. She worked as an editor for the BBC World Service and came to Canada, in 1993, as a Canadian correspondent for the BBC and other British media outlets. She eventually went to work for CBC Newsworld International in Toronto and became a Canadian citizen. At the same time, in the late-1990s, she worked for a strategic communications firm. Between 1999 and 2004, she was involved with the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe as a public information officer for their missions in the Balkans. In 2003, she was awarded a Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal (Civilian) for her efforts in Macedonia.

With her husband, Mike McIvor, she moved to British Columbia and settled on Quadra Island where they started their own business, Start Communicating Strategies. She was hired in 2003 by the BC government as the communications director of the Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. When the assembly chair discovered she had joined the Green Party of British Columbia she was fired on the belief, as a party member, she would not be able to perform with the political neutrality the job demanded. Trevena filed a complaint with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal claiming she was being discriminated against due to her political beliefs. In April 2004, the tribunal sided in favour of Citizens’ Assembly.

Claire Trevena Net Worth

Claire Trevena is one of the richest Politician from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Claire Trevena 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Claire Trevena (born May 26, 1962) is a Canadian politician that represents the North Island electoral district Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Since July 2017, during the 41st Parliament, she has been the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. She is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election and re-elected in the 2009, 2013 and 2017 elections. In the 38th Parliament of British Columbia, she sat on the Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture and the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, as well as serving as the opposition critic on the Employment and Income Assistance ministry, followed by the critic on child care, early childhood development, and women’s issues. In the 39th Parliament she acted as a deputy speaker before returning to her role as critic on the children and family development portfolio. In the 40th Parliament, she was the critic on transportation and BC Ferries and, in that role, produced a report comparing the BC Ferries system with the Washington State Ferries system and introduced the Provincial Shipbuilding Act in both 2014 and 2015 seeking to have future ferries constructed in Canada.

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Who is Claire Trevena Dating?

According to our records, Claire Trevena married to Mike McIvor. As of December 1, 2023, Claire Trevena’s is not dating anyone.

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Originally from England, Trevena has a background in journalism having worked as a Canadian correspondent for British media. After she immigrated, she worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and then as a public information officer for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. After moving to British Columbia with her husband, she started her own business specializing communication strategies. She unsuccessfully filed a complaint with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal after being fired from a job because of her political affiliation. She was an advocate of renovations to the hospitals in Campbell River and Comox, opposing the health authority’s plans to replace them with a new regional hospital near Courtenay. In November 2010, Trevena was one of thirteen party members to ask for a leadership convention, resulting in the resignation of Carole James as leader of the BC NDP. She endorsed John Horgan in both the 2011 and 2014 leadership elections.

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Claude Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Claire Trevena celebrates birthday on May 26 of every year.

In the 41st BC general election, Trevena was challenged by Dallas Smith of the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations for the BC Liberals, Sue Moen for the Green Party, and former BC Refederation Party party leader John Twigg for the BC First Party. Trevena was again re-elected with her party forming the Official Opposition, but this time in a BC Liberal minority government. However, in the first session of the 41st Parliament the BC Liberal government lost a confidence vote and the second session began with the BC NDP forming a minority government. In July 2017, Premier John Horgan appointed Trevena Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. In her mandate letter, she was charged with eliminating tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears Bridges, and reviewing BC Ferries to freeze user fees and bring ferry ship-building back to British Columbia. Among other reforms, the 2017-18 government review of coastal ferry service operated by the independently managed BC Ferries led to Trevena introducing the Coastal Ferry Amendment Act, 2019 which addes that the BC Ferry Authority must consider the public’s interest in safe, reliable and affordable service in addition to the other factors. Also in that ministerial role, Trevena led the government’s introduction of the Passenger Transportation Amendment Act, 2018 that enabled ride-hailing companies to enter into the BC market.