Lisa Lapointe

Lisa Lapointe is a longtime public servant, law graduate, and former Chief Coroner of British Columbia who has spent three decades working to support healthier and safer communities across the province. From 2011 until her retirement in 2024, Lisa served as B.C.’s Chief Coroner, overseeing the independent and objective investigation of unnatural and unexpected deaths across the province. During her tenure, she became known as an advocate for evidence and public-health data informing government decision-making. In 2018, the BC Coroners Service received the inaugural Premier’s Award for Evidence-Based Design for its analysis and timely reporting of illicit drug overdose deaths during the ongoing public-health emergency.