Draft:Melissa De Genova

Melissa De Genova is a Canadian politician, community and public servant, and wife of a cop in Vancouver, British Columbia, who has served as councillor on the Vancouver City Council from 2014 to 2022.

She was a member of the Non-Partisan Association (NPA) Party in Vancouver. She was a Park Board Commissioner with NPA and Director of Development at Vancouver Resource Society from from 2011 to 2014.

Melissa has a political science degree from Simon Fraser University.

Melissa is the daughter of Allan De Genova who was a Parks Board Commissioner from 1993 until 2008, when he ran against Gregor Robertson for Mayor and was defeated. She is Italian-Canadian. She lives in Vancouver with her husband, Constable Blair Da Costca, and daughter, Lili.

Criticisms
During the 2022 Vancouver municipal election, De Genova listed a Chinese name, gifted to her by members of Vancouver’s Chinese community, on the ballot.