Sonia Furstenau (born June 8, 1970) is a Canadian former politician who served leader of the Green Party of British Columbia from 2020 to 2025.

[2] Furstenau attended the University of Victoria starting at age 20, attaining an MA in History and a Bachelor of Education.

Here she encountered the dumping of toxic soil close to the water supply, which led her to citizen involvement and to becoming a director of the Cowichan Valley Regional District (see below).

In 2014, Furstenau started her political career when she was elected to serve as a director of Electoral Area B within the Cowichan Valley Regional District.

[10] Furstenau expressed her disagreement with her opponents in the statement: "I feel like I live in a different place from John Rustad — his vision of B.C.