Honourable Niki Sharma

Niki Sharma is the Deputy Premier and Attorney General of British Columbia. Niki was elected MLA for Vancouver-Hastings in 2020 and previously served as the deputy caucus chair and parliamentary secretary for community development and non-profits.

As Attorney General, Niki has led many reforms to help build a more equitable justice system, including strengthening protections from online harms, a record investment in family law legal aid, combatting racism and helping implement an Indigenous justice strategy. Through her work in public interest litigation, she has been successful in holding multinational corporations, such as tobacco and opioid manufacturers, accountable for harming people.

Niki is leading reforms to the justice system to address the systemic issues in responding to gender-based violence. 

Niki is a lawyer, and prior to becoming elected, her practice focused on representing Indigenous people, including residential school survivors.