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Pam Alexis is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. She represented the electoral district of Abbotsford-Mission as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP). She served as the Minister of Agriculture and Food of British Columbia in the cabinet of David Eby.
In the 2024 British Columbia general election, Alexis was defeated in her bid for reelection by Reann Gasper.
Biography
Born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Alexis attended University of Victoria, receiving a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1980 and a teaching certificate in 1982. She lived in Japan with her family from 1985 to 1990 before moving to Dallas, Texas, teaching English as a second or foreign language during that time. They returned to Canada in 1994, settling in the District of Mission in the Fraser Valley. She worked at the Clarke Theatre in Mission from 1996 to 2001, before founding an event management company.
Prior to politics, she served on several boards and non-profit organizations, including the Mission Chamber of Commerce (vice-president), the Rotary Club of Mission Midday, and the Sunshine Rotary Club, where she also served as president and earned four Paul Harris Fellowships. She was vice-president for the 2014 BC Winter Games hosted in Mission.
She was first elected as a Mission school trustee in the 2005 municipal election and was re-elected in 2008. She unsuccessfully ran for a seat on Mission District Council in 2011, before winning election to council in 2014 by taking the largest number of votes. In 2018, she won the district's mayoral race.
She ran in the 2020 provincial election as a BC NDP candidate in the riding of Abbotsford-Mission, defeating the two-term incumbent Liberal candidate Simon Gibson to become the riding's member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). She resigned as mayor of Mission on November 12, 2020. She suffered a stroke in September 2021, but recovered with no permanent side effects and resumed her work as MLA the following month.
She was named Minister of Agriculture and Food by Premier David Eby on December 7, 2022.
Electoral record
References
External links
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia - Pam Alexis
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