Spencer Chandra Herbert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Spencer Chandra Herbert

politician

Date of Birth: 15-May-1981

Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Spencer Chandra Herbert

  • Spencer Chandra Herbert is a Canadian politician who serves in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Canada.
  • Representing the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), he won an October 2008 by-election in the electoral district of Vancouver-Burrard.
  • He was re-elected to the Legislature, this time in the newly created riding of Vancouver-West End, in the May 2009 general election.
  • Chandra Herbert's BC NDP formed the Official Opposition in both the 38th and 39th British Columbia parliaments, and he was assigned to be the party's critic on tourism, arts and culture.
  • He has introduced several pieces of legislation as private members' bills, though none have been adopted.
  • The Long Term Tenants Protection Act, and his more comprehensive Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, were meant to address evictions and high rent increases that were occurring in the West End.
  • He also introduced the Consumer Protection in Ticket Sales Act, 2009 which would have made ticket scalping illegal and the Gender Identity and Expression Human Rights Recognition Act which would have included gender identity and gender expression into the British Columbia Human Rights Code as characteristics protected from discrimination.
  • He entered the 38th Parliament at age 27, as its youngest member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), and remained the youngest throughout the 39th Parliament. Prior to becoming an MLA, he was elected to the Vancouver Parks Board.
  • He served as a parks commissioner between 2005 and 2008 as a member of the municipal Coalition of Progressive Electors party.
  • On the Parks Board, he voted against removing the requirement for a referendum on an expansion of the Vancouver Aquarium but later voted in favour of the expansion.
  • He advocated for bicycle valet service at large public events, investigating environmentally friendly means of disposing of animal waste, and implementing a zero-net-loss of greenspace policy. He is openly gay and married his partner, Romi Chandra, in March 2010.
  • Afterwards, he legally changed his name to Spencer Chandra Herbert.
  • Both men have been active supporting causes within the LGBT community.
  • At the provincial level, Chandra Herbert has advocated for a community victim services worker in Davie Village, a specialized telephone line for people to call to report incidents involving gay-bashing or verbal and physical assaults, and for school boards to include LGBT issues, especially in anti-bullying lessons.

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