Sheila Malcolmson
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Sheila Malcolmson | |
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 Campaign portrait, 2024 | |
| Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction | |
| Assumed office December 7, 2022 | |
| Premier | David Eby |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Simons |
| Minister of Mental Health and Addictions | |
| In office November 26, 2020 – December 7, 2022 | |
| Premier | John Horgan David Eby |
| Preceded by | Judy Darcy |
| Succeeded by | Jennifer Whiteside |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Nanaimo-Gabriola Island Nanaimo (2019–2024) | |
| Assumed office January 30, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Leonard Krog |
| Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Ladysmith | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – January 2, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Paul Manly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 26, 1966 |
| Party | BC NDP (provincial) |
| Other political affiliations | New Democratic (federal) |
Sheila Malcolmson MLA is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) since 2019. A member of the New Democratic Party, she was first elected to represent the electoral district of Nanaimo in a 2019 by-election.[1][2] In 2024, she was re-elected in the newly formed district of Nanaimo-Gabriola Island. Prior to provincial politics, she served as a member of Parliament (MP) representing the federal riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith from 2015 to 2019.[3]
Malcolmson won a by-election to succeed Leonard Krog as MLA for Nanaimo on January 30, 2019. Krog, who had held the seat since 2005, resigned after being elected mayor of Nanaimo in the October 20, 2018 municipal elections. Her by-election victory allowed the minority government of NDP Premier John Horgan to maintain its working majority with the Greens in the British Columbia legislature over the opposition Liberals.[4] On July 26, 2019 she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment by Premier John Horgan.[5]
Prior to her election to Parliament, she was the chair of the Islands Trust Council, and also served as the trustee for Gabriola Island.