BC Election
About
Josie Osborne is the BC NDP candidate for Mid Island-Pacific Rim and the sitting MLA, first elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2024. She was appointed Minister of Health in November 2024 after earlier portfolios including Municipal Affairs; Land, Water and Resource Stewardship and Fisheries; and Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation. A fisheries biologist who worked for the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council and later led an environmental education non-profit, she was mayor of Tofino (2013–2020) and held regional-district and hospital-district roles. She studied marine biology at UBC and resource management at SFU.