Simon Gibson

Simon John Gibson (born 1950) is a Canadian politician who, after being defeated in the 1996 provincial election as a candidate for the Reform Party, was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election and again in the 2017 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Abbotsford-Mission as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party until his defeat in the 2020 provincial election. During his two terms in the BC Legislature, he served as Parliamentary Secretary for Independent Schools and as Opposition critic for Advanced Education.

Prior to his election, Gibson was a member of Abbotsford City Council for more than 30 years. In the 2022 municipal elections, he was again elected to Abbotsford City Council.

Electoral record

vte2017 British Columbia general election: Abbotsford-Mission
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Simon Gibson	12,879	51.19	+0.52	$50,561
	New Democratic	Andrew Murray Christie	7,339	29.17	+1.97	$284
	Green	Jennifer Holmes	4,297	17.08	+8.01	$1,482
	Christian Heritage	Dan Cameron	644	2.56	–	$466
Total valid votes	25,159	100.00
Total rejected ballots	135	0.53
Turnout	25,294	59.20
Source: Elections BC

vte2013 British Columbia general election: Abbotsford-Mission
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Simon Gibson	10,417	50.67	−7.7	$61,719
	New Democratic	Preet Rai	5,591	27.20	−5.37	$51,805
	Conservative	Don Stahl	1,946	9.47	–	$5,271
	Green	Aird Flavelle	1,865	9.07	+0.01	$3,377
	Independent	Wendy Bales	415	2.02	–	$2,699
	Independent	Roman Bojczuk	204	0.99	–	$2,547
	Excalibur	Marcus Halliday	119	0.58	–	$310
Total valid votes	20,557	100.00
Total rejected ballots	117	0.57
Turnout	20,674	56.63
Source: Elections BC