Who is a “senior public office holder”?

Senior public office holders are a subset of public office holders. All of these may be senior public office holders: 

  • Premier and ministers 
  • Staff of premier/staff of ministers (other than administrative support staff) 
  • MLAs 
  • Staff of MLAs (other than administrative support staff) 
  • Parliamentary secretary 
  • Deputy minister, chief executive officer, positions of comparable rank in a ministry BC Lobbyists Registry: Getting Started – Reference Guide, October 2021 8 
  • Associate deputy minister, assistant deputy minister, positions of comparable rank in a ministry 
  • The two most senior ranking executive positions in a Provincial entity 
  • Chair, vice chair, equivalent position in governing body of a Provincial entity