Stephanie Bowman

Stephanie Bowman MPP
Bowman in November 2022
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Don Valley West
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2, 2022
Preceded by	Kathleen Wynne
Personal details
Party	Liberal

Stephanie Bowman is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election and re-elected in 2025 with 57% of the vote. She represents the riding of Don Valley West as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.

Career before politics

Before entering provincial politics, Bowman worked in the financial services sector. She was a partner at Ernst & Young and later held senior positions at Scotiabank, where she worked for nine years and served as senior vice-president of structural cost transformation.

In June 2018, federal finance minister Bill Morneau appointed Bowman to the board of directors of the Bank of Canada.

Political career

Bowman entered provincial politics in 2021. On October 13, she was nominated as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate in Don Valley West for the 2022 Ontario general election. She ran in the seat of former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne, who was not seeking re-election. In the general election, she defeated the PC candidate and former Toronto police chief, Mark Saunders.

Following the resignation of Steven Del Duca as Ontario Liberal leader, Bowman considered running in the 2023 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election. In February 2023, she confirmed that she was exploring a leadership bid. Bowman ultimately did not enter the race. In June 2023, she endorsed Bonnie Crombie for the leadership and became a co-chair of Crombie's campaign.

In 2024, Bowman introduced a private member's bill called the Cutting Taxes on Small Businesses Act, 2024 (Bill 195), which proposed changes to Ontario's small business deduction. The bill was defeated on second reading on November 18, 2024, by a vote of 64–35.

Re-election and 2026 leadership race

Bowman was re-elected in Don Valley West in the 2025 Ontario general election.

Following her re-election, Bowman served as deputy third party House leader and as the Liberal critic for finance and Treasury Board and for interprovincial trade, tariffs and international trade. She also became a commissioner of the Board of Internal Economy.

During the 2026 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, Bowman supported Rob Cerjanec when he entered the race in May 2026 and served as co-chair of his campaign. After Cerjanec withdrew from the race in July, Bowman began considering a candidacy of her own. She subsequently entered the leadership election before the July 31 candidate-registration deadline.

Electoral history

2025 Ontario general election: Don Valley West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stephanie Bowman	18,350	57.21	+13.20
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Moini	10,870	33.89	–4.76
	New Democratic	Linnea Löfström-Abary	1,268	3.95	–5.27
	Green	Sheena Sharp	1,052	3.28	–2.23
	New Blue	Laurel Hobbs	287	0.89	–0.25
	Independent	Bahira Abdulsalam	247	0.77	–
Total valid votes			32,074	99.45
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			177	0.55	–0.04
Turnout			32,251	42.43	–6.93
Eligible voters			76,018
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.98
Source: Elections Ontario

2022 Ontario general election: Don Valley West
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stephanie Bowman	16,177	44.01	+5.12	$70,514
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Saunders	14,208	38.65	+0.16	$82,792
	New Democratic	Irwin Elman	3,392	9.23	–9.60	$38,819
	Green	Sheena Sharp	2,025	5.51	+2.74	$29,106
	New Blue	Laurel Hobbs	421	1.15	–	$4,429
	Libertarian	John Kittredge	225	0.61	–0.22	$0
	Ontario Party	Kylie McAllister	167	0.45	–	$0
	Independent	John Kladitis	85	0.23	–	$2,390
	Consensus Ontario	Paul Reddick	60	0.16	–	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,760	99.41	–	$104,889
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			218	0.59	–0.31
Turnout			36,978	49.36	–11.91
Eligible voters			74,921
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.48
Source: Elections Ontario