Rob Botterell

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Rob Botterell

| honorific-suffix = MLA

| image = Rob Botterell.jpg

| caption = Botterell in 2024

| image_upright = yes

| assembly = British Columbia Legislative

| constituency_AM = Saanich North and the Islands

| term_start = October 19, 2024

| term_end =

| predecessor = Adam Olsen

| successor =

| office1 = House Leader of the Green Party of British Columbia

| leader1 = Sonia Furstenau {{small|(2024–2025)}}
{{nowrap|Jeremy Valeriote {{small|(interim; 2025–present)}}}}

| term_start1 = November 12, 2024

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Adam Olsen

| successor1 =

| party = Green Party

| profession = Lawyer

}}

Rob Botterell is a Canadian politician who is a member of the Green Party of British Columbia representing the riding of Saanich North and the Islands{{cite news |title=B.C. ELECTION: Greens' Botterell wins Saanich North and the Islands race |url=https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/local-news/bc-election-greens-botterell-ahead-by-over-a-thousand-votes-in-saanich-north-and-the-islands-7590585 |access-date=20 October 2024 |work=Goldstream News Gazette |date=20 October 2024 |language=en}} in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was first elected in 2024 succeeding retiring Green MLA Adam Olsen. Botterell's victory marked the first time in Canadian history, on either the provincial or federal levels, that a Green politician held a seat left open by a Green predecessor at a general election.

Botterell is a retired lawyer who has represented First Nations governments, and previously worked for the provincial Ministry of Finance.{{cite news |title=Green candidate for Saanich North and Islands wants to give back to community|url=https://www.peninsulanewsreview.com/local-news/green-candidate-for-saanich-north-and-islands-wants-to-give-back-to-community-7512797 |access-date=October 20, 2024 |work=Peninsula News Review |date=September 2, 2024}}