Michelle Mungall

Michelle Mungall MLA
Mungall speaking at Rally April 2016
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Nelson-Creston
Incumbent
Assumed office May 12, 2009
Preceded by	Corky Evans
Personal details
Born	1978 St. Albert, Alberta
Political party	New Democrat
Spouse(s)	Zak Matieschyn
Residence	Nelson, British Columbia

Michelle Mungall is a Canadian politician, who is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. She served as a municipal councillor in the city of Nelson prior to being elected in the 2009 provincial election, and re-elected in 2013 in the Nelson-Creston riding. Mungall has introduced two private member bills, neither advancing beyond first reading: the Private Career Training Institutions Amendment Act in the 39th Parliament which would have English as a foreign or second language schools under the Private Career and Training Institutions Act; and the Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act in the 40th Parliament which would have mandated the preparation and implementation of a provincial poverty reduction strategy. For the BC NDP, Mungall served as the Opposition Spokesperson for Social Development, Advanced Education and Caucus Deputy House Leader.

Michelle Mungall was born and raised in St. Albert, Alberta. She graduated from Paul Kane High School in 1996 and then attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She majored in political science and graduated with honours in 2001. At her university she organized a group named the Preservation of Education Accessibility for Society which sought public funding for post-secondary education. She grew up in a household that debated politics, and in which her parents favoured the Progressive Conservative Party, but she became involved with the New Democratic Party during her first year of university. During her final year, she became the NDP candidate in the St. Albert riding during the 2001 Alberta general election. Mungall was an underdog, the race was expected to be close between the incumbent Progressive Conservative Mary O'Neill and the Liberal challenger Len Bracko. Also in 2001 she worked as a youth organizer for the Northern Alberta Alliance on Race Relations and was profiled in the Edmonton Journal as one of Alberta's 30 most-promising people under 30 years old.