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Laurel Collins

b. 1984

Canadian politician

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Born 1984. Laurel Collins is a Canadian politician, educator and teacher.

Laurel Collins (born May 7, 1984) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Victoria in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Prior to her election in the House of Commons, she was a city councillor for Victoria City Council. Prior to losing her seat in the 2025 Canadian federal election, she was the NDP Critic for the Environment and Climate Change and the NDP Deputy Caucus Chair.

Background Collins was born in Kispiox in northern British Columbia, one of three children. Her parents, school teachers, separated when she was a baby, and she moved around the province, attending elementary school on Salt Spring Island, Alert Bay, and in Port Hardy. She went to high school in Sussex, New Brunswick and did her undergraduate degree at the University of King’s College and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She did a master's degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding at Royal Roads University.

From 2014 to 2019, Collins taught courses at the University of Victoria, including courses in Social Inequality, Social Justice Studies, Political Sociology, and the Sociology of Genders. And, in 2017, she won a Victoria Community Leadership Award in Sustainability and Community Building.

In October 2018, Collins was elected as a city councillor for Victoria City Council with the electoral organization Together Victoria. She would resign from this position a year later, after her election to the House of Commons in late October 2019. The byelection following her departure was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic until December 2020, where it eventually resulted in the by-election of Stephen Andrew.

Collins was re-elected in the 2021 federal election.

She was the NDP Critic for the Environment and Climate Change and the Deputy Critic for Families, Children, and Social Development.

In the 2025 Canadian federal election, she was unseated by Liberal candidate Will Greaves.

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Education
University of King's College, Dalhousie University, Royal Roads University
Positions held
Member of parliament, Member of the House of Commons of Canada

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Canadian politician

When was Laurel Collins born?

Laurel Collins was born on 7 May 1984 in Kispiox.

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Laurel Collins is a politician, educator and teacher.

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Laurel Collins is Canadian.

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· Wikipedia: Laurel Collins

· Wikidata: Q71942460

· DBpedia: Laurel Collins

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