Stephanie Higginson

Stephanie Higginson is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia representing the electoral district of Ladysmith-Oceanside since 2024. She is a member of the New Democratic Party.

Early life and career

Higginson lives with her husband and two children in Cedar, British Columbia. She holds a Master of Arts degree in educational studies and is a small business owner, education consultant, and former secondary school teacher.
Higginson served two terms as a school trustee in the Nanaimo Ladysmith district, having been elected to the board of education in 2014 and 2018. During this time, she also spent three years as the president of the B.C. School Trustees' Association. She opted not to run for re-election to the board in 2022.

In June 2024, it was announced that Higginson would run in the 2024 provincial election as the BC NDP candidate for the newly-created riding of Ladysmith-Oceanside. She went on to win the riding with over 40 per cent of the vote, defeating Conservative candidate Brett Fee, Green candidate Laura Ferreira, and Independent Adam Walker, the Parksville-Qualicum incumbent who was ousted from the NDP caucus in September 2023.