| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Karla MacFarlane | |
| Office1: | Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia |
| Lieutenant Governor1: | Arthur J. LeBlanc |
| Premier1: | Tim Houston |
| Term Start1: | October 12, 2023 |
| Term End1: | April 5, 2024 |
| Predecessor1: | Keith Bain |
| Office2: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Term Start2: | January 24, 2018 |
| Term End2: | October 27, 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Jamie Baillie |
| Successor2: | Tim Houston |
| Assembly3: | Nova Scotia House of |
| Constituency Am3: | Pictou West |
| Term Start3: | October 8, 2013 |
| Term End3: | April 12, 2024 |
| Predecessor3: | Charlie Parker |
| Successor3: | Marco MacLeod |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Karla Michelle MacFarlane (born 1969)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, she represents the electoral district of Pictou West.[2] MacFarlane is a graduate of Husson University in Maine with an associate degree in Business Communications.[3] In 2016, MacFarlane was named "Legislator of the Year" at the non-profit Springtide Collective's Better Politics Awards.[4] She was re-elected in the 2017 provincial election.
MacFarlane was appointed interim leader of the Progressive Conservative party and Leader of the Opposition on January 24, 2018, when her predecessor, Jamie Baillie, was forced to resign due to allegations of inappropriate behaviour.[5] She was succeeded by Tim Houston on October 27, 2018.
On August 31, 2021, MacFarlane was made Minister of Community Services as well as Minister Responsible for the Status of Women and the Office of L'nu Affairs.[6] The latter appointment caused backlash among some Nova Scotians as MacFarlane is white as well as the fact that the riding she represents has no First Nations communities.[7] She resigned from cabinet on September 14, 2023,[8] and was elected Nova Scotia's first female Speaker of the House on October 12, 2023.[9]
MacFarlane announced her resignation as Speaker the House of Assembly on April 5, 2024.[10] She resigned as an MLA one week later on April 12.[11] [12] The provincial by-election to replace her is scheduled for May 21, 2024.[13]
MacFarlane has two children.[3]
|- |Progressive Conservative|Karla MacFarlane|align="right"|3,026|align="right"|40.10|align="right"||- |New Democratic Party|Charlie Parker|align="right"|2,588|align="right"|34.29|align="right"||- |Liberal|Glennie Langille|align="right"|1,933|align="right"|25.61|align="right"||}