Charles Puchmayr (born 1953 or 1954) is a retired Canadian politician who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for New Westminster in British Columbia from 2005 to 2009, as part of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) caucus.

[3][4][6] He disclosed his liver cancer diagnosis in January 2009, and announced that he would not run in that May's provincial election.

[3][7] He received a liver transplant in the same month,[8] and served out the remainder of his term as MLA.

Puchmayr returned to New Westminster City Council in 2011 following a successful run for councillor, and was re-elected in 2014 and 2018.

[9] He ran for mayor of the city in 2022, but came in third place behind winner Patrick Johnstone and runner-up Ken Armstrong; he subsequently announced his retirement from politics.