| Party: | NDP |
| Honorific Suffix: | MLA |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Ladysmith-Oceanside |
| Termstart: | October 19, 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Adam Walker |
Stephanie Higginson is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 general election. She represents the electoral district of Ladysmith-Oceanside as a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP).
Higginson lives with her husband and two children in Cedar, British Columbia.[1] [2] She holds a Master of Arts degree in educational studies and is a small business owner, education consultant, and former secondary school teacher.[3]
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.[4] During this time, she also spent three years as the president of the B.C. School Trustees' Association.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] [8]