Bowinn Ma is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.
She represents the electoral district of North Vancouver-Lonsdale as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus.
She also serves as the Parliamentary Secretary for TransLink, as a member of the provincial Treasury Board, as a member of the Cabinet Housing Working Group Committee, a member of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, and as the Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations.,Ma is the youngest member of the current British Columbia Legislative Assembly, and the Canadian born daughter of Taiwanese immigrants.
Ma, Katrina Chen, and Anne Kang are the first MLAs of Taiwanese heritage to be elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.Ma was the first New Democrat to win a seat on the North Shore since David Schreck in 1991.
She defeated two-term incumbent BC Liberal Minister Naomi Yamamoto as a first-time candidate.
The North Vancouver-Lonsdale upset result is often credited in part to increased turnout from Squamish Nation voters and the political mobilization of the Iranian-Canadian community, both of which strongly favoured Ma.