Sheila Malcolmson (born March 26, 1966) is a

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politician who has served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the electoral district of

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since January 30, 2019. She was previously the federal

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for Nanaimo-Ladysmith from 2015 to 2019."NDP's Sheila Malcolmson wins new Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding"
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'', October 19, 2015. She won a by-election to succeed

Leonard Krog Leonard Eugene Krog is a Canadian politician and lawyer in British Columbia, who currently serves as Mayor of Nanaimo. Prior to his tenure as mayor, Krog served in the provincial legislature, and was first elected in the 1991 general election r ...

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

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to maintain its working majority with the Greens in the British Columbia legislature over the opposition Liberals. On July 26, 2019 she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment by Premier

. Prior to her election to Parliament, she was the chair of the Islands Trust Council, and also served as the trustee for

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Electoral record

Provincial elections

Federal elections

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malcolmson, Sheila Living people British Columbia New Democratic Party MLAs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia New Democratic Party MPs Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Women in British Columbia politics 21st-century Canadian politicians 1966 births 21st-century Canadian women politicians