Jan Pullinger

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jan Pullinger

| image = File:Jan Pullinger Minister of Human Resources.jpg

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| birth_date = 1947

| birth_place =

| residence =

| constituency_AM1 = Cowichan-Ladysmith

| assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative

| term_start1 = October 17, 1991

| term_end1 = May 16, 2001

| predecessor1 = Riding Established

| successor1 = Graham Bruce

| constituency_AM2 = Nanaimo

| assembly2 = British Columbia Legislative

| term_start2 = March 15, 1989

| term_end2 = October 17, 1991

| predecessor2 = Dave Stupich

| alongside2 = Dale Lovick (1989-1991)

| successor2 = Dale Lovick

| party = New Democrat

| occupation =

| spouse =

}}

Janis Margaret "Jan" Pullinger (born 1947)[http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/women_mlas.pdf Women Members of the Legislature of British Columbia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220035507/http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/Public/Reference/Women_MLAs.pdf |date=2011-02-20 }}. Legislative Library of British Columbia, July 2, 2010. is a former Canadian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1989 to 2001.[http://www.cbc.ca/canada/bcvotes2009/ridings/035/ British Columbia Votes 2009: Nanaimo-North Cowichan]. CBC News, May 12, 2009. She was a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Pullinger was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a 1989 by-election, succeeding Dave Stupich in the riding of Nanaimo. In what was then a dual-member district, she served alongside Dale Lovick, whom she would later marry.[http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/background/200903bp_families.pdf Political Families: A List of Related BC MLAs]{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Legislative Library of British Columbia, December 3, 2009. In the 1991 election, the electoral districts were realigned and Pullinger ran in the new riding of Cowichan-Ladysmith, which she represented for two terms until her retirement from politics in 2001, while Lovick continued to represent Nanaimo.

She served in the Executive Council of British Columbia, as Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture, Minister of Human Resources, Minister of Community Development, Co-Operatives and Volunteers, and Minister of Social Development and Economic Security.