Mable Elmore

Mable Elmore
Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives of British Columbia
Assumed office
December 7, 2022
Preceded byRachna Singh
Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors Services & Long Term Care of British Columbia
In office
November 26, 2020 – December 7, 2022
Preceded byPosition Created
Succeeded byHarwinder Sandhu
Parliamentary Secretary for Poverty Reduction of British Columbia
In office
July 18, 2017 – November 26, 2020
Preceded byPosition Created
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Vancouver-Kensington
Assumed office
May 12, 2009
Preceded byDavid Chudnovsky
Personal details
BornLangley, British Columbia
Political partyNew Democrat
ResidenceVancouver
OccupationPolitician

Mable Elmore is a Canadian politician that represents the Vancouver-Kensington electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), she was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the 2009 provincial election. Currently the Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives, she previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Poverty Reduction (2017–2020) and Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors Services and Long Term Care (2020–2022).

Elmore is the first MLA of Filipino descent. Previously, she worked in Vancouver driving buses for the Coast Mountain Bus Company. She was active within Vancouver's Filipino Canadian community and within her union. Coming out of the University of British Columbia she volunteered and then worked at the BC Philippine Women Centre. Since her high school years, she had helped organize campaigns regarding social justice issues and the peace movement.

Elmore was a candidate for the New Democratic Party nomination in Vancouver East for the 2015 federal election, though Jenny Kwan won and went on to become the riding's Member of Parliament.