Steve Thomson has a long record of service to the community and of working on behalf of BC ranchers and farmers. He represented Kelowna Mission as the MLA from 2009 to 2020 and served as Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources and Rural Development and as Member of the Treasury Board and Chair of the Environment and Land Use Committee of Cabinet.

Steve is the former executive director of the BC Agriculture Council. He has served with the BC Fruit Growers Association, the BC Milk Producers Association, as the President of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce and as a director of the Kelowna Museum. He was also a partner in Greenaway Thomson Communications, a full-service public relations and strategic communications firm.