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Spencer Chandra Herbert is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Representing the British Columbia New Democratic Party, he won the October 29, 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 13, 2009 general election. Chandra Herbert's BC NDP formed the Official Opposition in both the 38th and 39th 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 BC Human Rights Code as characteristic 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 a MLA, he was elected to the Vancouver Parks Board. He served as a Parks Commissioner between 2005 and 2008 and was then a member of the Coalition of Progressive Electors. 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 advocate 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 Spencer and Romi 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. ==Background== Born and raised in Vancouver, Herbert attended Prince of Wales Mini School and graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He has worked in various jobs in the entertainment and culture industry, such as being a manager of a dance company, and a worker at the Roundhouse Community Centre. He worked as a producer of the United Nations World Urban Forum Arts and Culture Festival, and been involved with the Better Environmentally Sound Transportation, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and the GLBT Centre.〔 He has volunteered with Qmunity, the Coal Harbour Residents Association, the West End Residents Association, and the Save St. Paul's Coalition.〔 In 2006, he won a City of Vancouver Youth Award in the "Youth 19 – 24" category. In the November 2005 municipal elections, Herbert was a COPE nominee for the Vancouver Park Board. The 24-year-old Hebert was one of two COPE nominees to be elected, with the NPA taking the five other seats. On the Board, Herbert resisted using the park funds to pay for Olympic-related projects. Herbert and fellow COPE board member Loretta Woodcock, resisted the Board decision to eliminate the culture and recreation committee by continuing the committee by themselves. Herbert voted with the board in opposing a proposal to bring animatronic dinosaurs to Stanley Park. Following the December 2006 windstorm that hit Stanley Park, Herbert held the first fundraiser assist rehabilitation and enlisted local wood-turners and wood-workers in salvaging trees.〔 In response to homeless people camping in public parks, Herbert suggested that the city open regulated tent cities, which was quickly rejected by the mayor. On the Vancouver Aquarium, Herbert voted against removing the policy requiring a referendum to approve an expansion but ultimately voted in favour of the $80-million expansion after the board agreed to distribute 23,000 free passes to low-income people. To address the loss of greenspace to new construction, he proposed a zero-net-loss of greenspace policy but it was rejected by the Board. The NPA-dominated Board also rejected Herbert's initiatives regarding investigating environmentally friendly means to dispose of dog feces at parks and to have a bicycle valet service at public events (like what was being done at Vancouver Canadians baseball games). Herbert was successful in having the board direct its food concessionaires to serve only seafood that was Ocean Wise endorsed, though he was alone in voting against extending concessionairy leases from one year to ten. In February 2008, the local newspaper ''WestEnder'' named Herbert Unsung Hero of Vancouver of the year.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spencer Chandra Herbert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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