Darlene Rotchford is a Canadian politician who was elected to the

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in the

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. She represents the electoral district of

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as a member of the

British Columbia New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) is a social democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum and is one of the two major parties in British Columbia; since ...

. She is a former municipal councillor in

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, a mental health and addictions worker, and a labour leader. She resigned from her councillor position after her election to the provincial legislature. In May 2025, a

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put forward by Rotchford prohibiting MLAs from simultaneously holding municipal offices such as councilors and school board trusteeships was passed with support from both the NDP and the

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Electoral record

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