Spencer Chandra Herbert was first elected as the youngest MLA in the BC Legislature in 2008.
Well known as a strong community and human rights activist, Spencer has been voted Vancouver’s Unsung Hero by readers of the Westender and voted Best MLA by readers of the Georgia Straight twice.
Among his time in the BC Legislature, Spencer has stood up for renters facing illegal evictions, worked to reduce homelessness by founding Vancouver’s Rent Bank, helped ensure that Christy Clark’s government wouldn’t close and move St. Paul’s Hospital, led the successful fight to explicitly protect transgender people in BC’s Human Rights Code, had the government name the Pacific Salmon British Columbia’s Official Fish, supported the BC Arts Council and restored an industry-led tourism marketer.
Before becoming an MLA, Spencer was an award-winning artist and arts producer working primarily in theatre and dance, he was the associate producer of the United Nations World Urban Festival and served as an elected Vancouver Park Board commissioner from 2005 to 2008.
In his time in the legislature Spencer has seen where Christy Clark and her government’s priorities lie. She isn’t there for British Columbians, only looks out for the wealthy and well connected and allowed Vancouver’s housing market to skyrocket, the public education system to suffer, health care and seniors supports to deplete and the Fentanyl crisis to get out of control.
That’s why Spencer is stand