Jaimie McEvoy

Who is Jaimie McEvoy?

Jaimie McEvoy is an author, historian, politician, and community activist in New Westminster, British Columbia.

McEvoy was elected to the New Westminster City Council in 2008, and re-elected in 2011. He was the proponent of New Westminster's Living Wage policy, which was first municipal Living Wage policy adopted in Canada. He is the Chair of three city committees: Seniors Advisory Committee, Environment Advisory Committee, and Community Heritage Commission. His is also the city's representative to the Fraser Health Municipal Advisory Committee. He worked to preserve the Columbia Theatre as a functional heritage building.

He is a member of New Westminster's Homelessness Coalition and previously served on the Museum Advisory Committee and the Parks and Recreation Commission. He is a past president of the Brow of the Hill Residents’ Association, the Twelfth Street Neighborhood Society, and a past director for the Royal City Humane Society and the New Westminster Heritage Preservation Society. He is the Director of the Hospitality Project at the New Westminster Food Bank.