2017 British Columbia general election

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The 41st British Columbia general election is tentatively scheduled for May 9, 2017, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It will take place after the Premier of British Columbia formally advises the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the Legislative Assembly.

Timing

Section 23 of British Columbia's Constitution Act provides that general elections occur on the second Tuesday of the fourth calendar year after the last election. As an election was held on May 14, 2013, the next election will be scheduled for May 9, 2017. The same section, though, makes the fixed election date subject to the Lieutenant Governor's right to dissolve the Legislative Assembly as he or she sees fit.

Background

Main article: 40th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

In the 2013 general election, the BC Liberal Party under the leadership of Premier Christy Clark were re-elected with a majority government. The New Democratic Party, under the leadership of Adrian Dix, again formed the Official Opposition with a slightly reduced total of 34 seats. Despite the victory, Clark was defeated by NDP candidate David Eby in her riding, and was re-elected in a by-election in Westside-Kelowna. The Green Party, under the leadership of Jane Sterk, won its first seat in the legislature, though Sterk herself was not elected. Dix resigned as NDP leader following the election, and was succeeded by John Horgan. On August 13, 2013 Sterk announced she would resign as Green Party leader, Adam Olsen was appointed interim leader on August 25, 2013. The Conservative Party, under the leadership of John Cummins, failed to win a seat and Cummins resigned after the Westside-Kelowna by-election.

Current standings

Summary of the current standings of the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Party		Party leader	Seats
			2013	Current
	Liberal	Christy Clark	49	49
	New Democratic	John Horgan	34	34
	Green	Adam Olsen (interim)	1	1
	Independent		1	1
	Vacant			0
Total			85	85

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	Lib.	NDP	Green	Cons.	Other	Type of poll	Sample size
Insights West	May 10, 2014	HTML	38	39	14	8	1	online	824
Justason Market Intelligence	January 19, 2014	HTML	37	35	19	7	1	telephone/online	600
Insights West	December 3, 2013	HTML	40	36	14	6	3	online	866
Election 2013	May 14, 2013	HTML	44.14	39.71	8.13	4.76	3.25	ballot	1,803,051

External links

• Elections BC
• Legislative Assembly Library Election Weblinks