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Fiona Stewart Gow

Legal Counsel at BC Public Service. On British Columbia’s salary disclosure list 19 years between 2007 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Fiona Stewart Gow
Legal Counsel
BC Public Service
Gross salary
$251,301.00
Source: Government of British Columbia, Financial Information Act. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Change from 2024: +$68,265 (+37.3%)
19years on
the list

Among 190 people with the title “Legal Counsel” in 2025

Paid more than 96% of them. Their median: $203,866.

Among 22,704 people at BC Public Service in 2025

201st highest paid. Their median: $97,346.

Paid more than 99% of everyone on the 2025 salary disclosure list, which only lists people paid $75,000 or more.

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Gross salary by year

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YearGross salaryMedian for the job
2007$84,007$85,071
2008$80,125$84,745
2009$108,167$128,775
2010$113,070$132,994
2011$116,986$139,192
2012$124,177$148,801
2013$123,815$146,608
2014$118,109$141,593
2015$128,386$143,134
2016$136,491$151,406
2017$138,077$147,585
2018$164,976$173,965
2019$156,086$164,838
2020$153,132$160,894
2021$163,794$174,652
2022$174,572$174,572
2023$175,475$187,655
2024$183,036$197,098
2025$251,301$203,866

History

YearEmployer and jobGross salaryIn 2025 dollarsChange
2025BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$251,301$256,644+$68,265 (+37.3%)
2024BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$183,036$191,873+$7,561 (+4.3%)
2023BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$175,475$191,153+$903 (+0.5%)
2022BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$174,572$203,304+$10,778 (+6.6%)
2021BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$163,794$196,083+$10,662 (+7.0%)
2020BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$153,132$184,714−$2,954 (−1.9%)
2019BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$156,086$192,676−$8,890 (−5.4%)
2018BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$164,976$209,190+$26,899 (+19.5%)
2017BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$138,077$178,801+$1,586 (+1.2%)
2016BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$136,491$179,982+$8,105 (+6.3%)
2015BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$128,386$171,145+$10,277 (+8.7%)
2014BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$118,109$159,051−$5,706 (−4.6%)
2013BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$123,815$166,593−$362 (−0.3%)
2012BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$124,177$168,945+$7,191 (+6.1%)
2011BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$116,986$162,937+$3,916 (+3.5%)
2010BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$113,070$159,587+$4,903 (+4.5%)
2009BC Public ServiceLegal Counsel$108,167$152,667+$28,042 (+35.0%)
2008BC Public Service$80,125$115,453−$3,882 (−4.6%)
2007BC Public Service$84,007$123,174

In 2025 dollars: each year’s pay at 2025 prices, by British Columbia’s consumer price index (Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0005-01), each fiscal year priced at the calendar year most of its months fall in.

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Questions and answers

Why is Fiona Stewart Gow on the salary disclosure list?

BC Public Service paid Fiona Stewart Gow $251,301 in 2025. British Columbia’s public employers must disclose everyone they paid $75,000 or more in a fiscal year, under the Financial Information Act.

What is “gross salary”?

The one pay figure British Columbia publishes for each person for the fiscal year, shown as published. British Columbia does not publish taxable benefits separately, so none are shown. How the lists work

What do the comparisons mean?

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