Pam Alexis

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.

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. 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. In 2018, she won the district's mayoral race. 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.

In the 2024 British Columbia general election, Alexis was unseated in her bid for re-election by Reann Gasper.

Alexis is the NDP candidate against Kerry-Lynne Findlay in the 2026 Abbotsford-Mission provincial by-election.

Electoral record