Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for North Vancouver-Seymour
In office May 12, 2009 – September 21, 2020
Preceded by
Daniel Jarvis
Succeeded by
Susie Chant
Personal details
Born
1958 or 1959 (age 65–66)[1]
Political party
BC Liberal
Residence(s)
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Occupation
Politician, dietitian, activist
Jane Ann Thornthwaite is a Canadian politician, who represented the North Vancouver-Seymour electoral district Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2009 to 2020. She is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party and was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 2009 election and re-elected in the 2013 and 2017 elections. Her party formed a majority government during the 39th and 40th Parliaments during which she was appointed to be Parliamentary Secretary for Student Support and Parent Engagement (2012–17). Her party briefly formed a minority government in the 41st Parliament during which she was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary for Child Mental Health and Anti-Bullying (2017) but became the critic for issues relating to Mental Health and Addictions when she became part of the official opposition.
She sponsored three private member's bills: Bill M-214 in 2012 that would have established standards of care for pet breeders, which while it was not adopted, a version was included in a 2017 amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act; the Safe Care Act (2018) that would have given parents and case workers the power to have children dealing with issues of mental health, substance abuse and sexual exploitation held involuntarily for up to 30 days for assessment and to create a care plan; and the Welfare Payment System Reflection Act that would have required the Minister responsible to prepare a report on alternative payment processing methods for individuals receiving assistance.
Prior to her election to the legislature, Thornthwaite worked as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for her own consulting business. She was an advocate for labelling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients. She is a long-time resident of North Vancouver and graduated from Windsor Hillside Secondary School and the University of British Columbia. She was arrested for drunk driving in February 2010 and charged with driving over the legal limit, during the 2010 Winter Olympics. She pled "not guilty" and reached a plea bargain, pleading guilty to "driving without due care and attention".
^Thornthwaite pleads to lesser charge than drunk driving
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that she could return to the Legislature. The Green Party, under leader Jane Sterk, won its first seat in the legislature, though Sterk herself was not...
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formed the Official Opposition. The BC Green Party under the leadership of Jane Sterk and the BC Conservative Party under John Cummins were also included...
John Slater (Boundary-Similkameen), Steve Thomson (Kelowna-Mission), JaneThornthwaite (North Vancouver-Seymour) John van Dongen (Abbotsford South), Naomi...
the leaders of the three major parties: Gordon Campbell, Carole James, and Jane Sterk on all three major BC networks on Sunday May 3 at 5:00 p.m. CKNW had...
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cabinet minister 2001–09; deputy speaker 2009–13; Speaker 2013–17), JaneThornthwaite (North Vancouver-Seymour, since 2009), Steve Thomson (Kelowna-Mission...
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Library. Retrieved 11 February 2013. Thornthwaite, W. H. (1851). Guide to Photography. London: Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood. OCLC 316441617. Ware, Mike...
the hills around the valley of Coledale, and in the far northwest is Thornthwaite Forest and Lord's Seat. The fells in this area are rounded Skiddaw slate...
"The Benefice of Dacre (Holy Trinity) with Hartwith and Darley with Thornthwaite". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2019. "The Benefice of Nidderdale...
Christopher Windley Lonsdale (1886 in Thornthwaite, Cumberland, England – 1952 at Parksville, British Columbia, on Canada's Vancouver Island), was the...
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