2009 British Columbia general election

British Columbia general election, 2009

May 12, 2009
85 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 43 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gordon Campbell Carole James Jane Sterk Party Liberal New Democratic Green Leader since September 11, 1993 November 23, 2003 October 21, 2007 Leader's seat Vancouver-Point Grey Victoria-Beacon Hill Ran in Esquimalt-Royal Roads (Lost) Last election 46 33 0 Seats won 49 35 0 Seat change +3 +2 0 Popular vote 751,661 691,564 134,570 Percentage 45.82% 42.15% 8.21% Swing +0.03% +0.62% -0.97%
Premier before election Gordon Campbell Liberal Premier after election Gordon Campbell Liberal

The 39th British Columbia general election was held on May 12, 2009, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals) formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell. The British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) under the leadership of Carole James is the Official Opposition.

The election was the first contested on a new electoral map completed in 2008, with the total number of constituencies increased from 79 in the previous legislature to 85. Under amendments to the BC Constitution Act passed in 2001, BC elections are now held on fixed dates which are the second Tuesday in May every four years.

A second referendum on electoral reform was held in conjunction with the election.

The election did not produce a significant change in the province's political landscape. The BC Liberals, who have been in power since the 2001 provincial election, were returned to power, constituting the first time in 23 years a party has won three elections in a row. As a result of the seat redistribution, both the Liberals and the New Democrats gained seats, and both parties increased their popular vote by less than one per cent over 2005. Each party lost two incumbent MLAs: the BC NDP's Jenn McGinn and Charlie Wyse, and the Liberals' John Nuraney and Wally Oppal were defeated. All other seat changes in the election resulted from the new seats or from retiring incumbents.

Voter turnout was 50.99% of eligible voters (1,651,567 registered voters).

Political parties

British Columbia Liberal Party

Leader: Gordon Campbell The BC Liberal party dropped from 72 to 46 seats in the legislature after the 2005 provincial election. Having formed a majority government since 2001 the party promoted its own track record as the government. Much of the party's platform was revealed in the 2009 Budget which included a three-year fiscal plan including revenue expectations, tax measures, and spending priorities. The budget proposed cost savings from reduced budgets in half of the ministries, 76% less government advertising, public sector wage freezes, and less spending on government travel costs, contracted professional services, and discretionary spending. The budget plan proposed to increase spending by $4.8 billion over 3 years for healthcare, $300 million over three years for social services, and $800 million more annually for education, as well as some new funding for childcare, policing, victims services, and social housing. The BC Liberal platform, some of it already promised in the budget, advocates hospital improvements in Surrey, Victoria, Vernon, Fort St. John and Kelowna; travel and accommodation assistance to families who must travel long distances to be with their children when they are receiving care; new measures to help remote communities get new access to fresh fruit and vegetables; provide citizens electronic access to their health records; establishing voluntary five-year-old kindergarten classes; establishing a law school at Thompson Rivers University, a medical school at UBC Okanagan, and a Wood Design and Innovation Centre at UNBC; doubling the BC Training Tax Credit; exempting the first $20,000 of seniors' pension income from income tax; legislating a Residents Bill of Rights for seniors living in residential care facilities and a registry for residential care aides; installing cameras to monitor school yards and high-risk public areas; outlaw dumping of raw sewage into the Strait of Juan de Fuca and help build a new sewage treatment plan for Greater Victoria.

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

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Leader: Carole James Under Carole James' leadership the NDP won seats to 33 in the 2005 election and two by-elections in 2008. Among other points, its platform involved repealing the carbon tax, instituting a cap and trade plan of greenhouse gas emissions, adopting California's tough vehicle tailpipe emission standards, expanding the capacity and efficiency of public hospitals, instituting health care wait time guarantees, a 1-year small business tax holiday, freezing post-secondary tuition fees, hire more Crown Prosecutors, restoring public oversight to BC Ferries, restricting raw log exports, increasing the minimum wage to $10/hr indexed to inflation, placing a moratorium on new private run-of-the-river power projects, reinstating the Buy BC program, creating a new Rural Economic Development Fund, and promoting farm gate sales of agricultural products (including meat).

Green Party of British Columbia

Leader: Jane Sterk The Green Party ran a full slate of candidates, as it did in 2005 when it won over 9 percent of the vote but no seats in the legislature. Its new leader was Jane Sterk, a former Esquimalt councillor. It supported the BC-STV proposal in the referendum. The party released its platform in a book titled British Columbia's Green Book, 2009—2013. Amongst other points, it advocated balanced budgets, reducing taxes on industry and business while increasing taxes on pollution, creating a Green Venture Capital Fund to invest in green collar jobs, directing 1% from the PST to municipal governments, allowing municipalities to issue municipal bonds, creating a provincial police force, reducing tuition fees by 20%, increasing funding to post-secondary institutions, refunding full tuition fees to graduates who work and live in the province for five years after receiving their degree, banning use of cosmetic pesticides, expanding the Medical Service Plan (to cover chiropractic, physiotherapy, eye exams, massage therapy, routine physical exams, and counselling for addictions), creating a Guaranteed Livable Income by unifying all current income support programs, supporting harm reduction practices, regulating cannabis, halting river-based hydro projects pending a review of the environmental assessment process, re-establishing BC Ferries as a Crown corporation, halting the Gateway Program, using usage based insurance for ICBC rates, and creating a BC Legacy Fund from oil and gas royalties for municipal and rural community projects.

Minor parties

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British Columbia Conservative Party Leader: Wilf Hanni The Conservatives nominated 24 candidates, up from seven candidates in 2005 when they won 0.55% of the vote. In spite of his low profile party leader Wilf Hanni participated in a leaders' "Forum" in May 2009. Their platform advocated, among other points, competitive and performance-based healthcare delivery within a publicly funded system, opposing the Recognition and Reconciliation Bill with Aboriginal peoples, returning treaty responsibility to the federal government, repealing the carbon tax and opposing a carbon trading system, expanding resource development (including offshore drilling), reducing the PST by 1%, harmonizing the PST with the Federal GST, eliminating the Property Transfer Tax, rolling back salary increases of MLAs and senior government employees, permitting parents more choices in which schools to send their children to and funding the schools accordingly, repealing the Corren Agreement, reducing tuition fees for students who meet certain standards in post-secondary education, light rail transit in southern Vancouver Island and in Chilliwack, eliminating tolls on bridges (including a proposed toll on the Port Mann Bridge), work requirements on public projects for criminals serving time in jail, a new program to address small crime separately from more serious crimes, creation of a program called Communities That Care to strengthen family dynamics and reduce negative youth behaviors, publishing a Criminal Offenders Registry, creating a substantive appeal process beyond the BC Human Rights Tribunal, enact a 'Right to a Free Vote' legislation for MLAs to freely vote in the Legislature, hold votes for federal senators, and implement a preferential voting system for provincial elections.

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British Columbia Libertarian Party Leader: None The Libertarian Party ran six candidates in this election, as it did in 2005. The party supported reducing government involvement in delivery of health care, education, and car insurance; reducing taxes as services are privatized; and reducing government regulation on guns and drugs.

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British Columbia Marijuana Party Leader: Marc Emery The Marijuana Party ran one candidate in this election and endorsed the Green Party. In 2005 it ran 44 candidates, while in 2001 it ran a full slate.

BC Refederation Party Leader: Mike Summers The Refederation Party nominated 22 candidates, up from four candidates in 2005 under its previous name the "Western Refederation Party of BC". The party mainly advocates for direct democracy based on the Swiss model, the creation of a provincial constitution, and re-negotiating with the federal government the terms of confederation. According to its website its platform also includes the creation of a provincial police force, homogeneous schools and classes of students with similar abilities, reinstating alternative medical options (such as physiotherapy, dental, and chiropractic) into the Medical Services Plan and placing the Medical Services Plan under the jurisdiction of Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, making WorkSafe an enforcement agency only by moving its insurance component to ICBC, a moratorium on run-of-river hydro projects and fish farms, holding a referendums on the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement and the sale of Crown Corporations, and a judicial review of the sale of BC Rail.

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Communist Party of British Columbia Leader: George Gidora The Communist Party of BC is the provincial branch of the national Communist Party. It had three candidates running in the 2009 election, as it did in 2005. The CPBC campaigned against BC-STV in favour of Mixed Member Proportional representation. It advocates progressive tax based on ability to pay, raising the minimum wage to $16/hour indexed to the cost of living, ending the $6/hour training wage, holding a public inquiry into the sale of BC Rail, banning raw log exports, requiring by legislation the processing of timber locally for export, banning evictions for the purpose of renovation, scrapping the Gateway Program, holding elections for the TransLink board with a $1 single zone fare for the Lower Mainland, removing guns and tasers from transit police, eliminating tuition fees, expanding the apprenticeship program, lowering the voting age to 16, withdrawing from the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement, and reintegrating BC Transmission Corporation back into BC Hydro.

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Nation Alliance Party Leader: Wei Ping Chen The Nation Alliance Party is a new party that nominated two candidates in this election, both in Richmond ridings. The party seeks to promote the rights of ethnic minorities and recent immigrants. Among other points, it advocates promoting participation in the public affairs, promoting non-violence, and opposing racialism.

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People's Front Leader: Charles Boylan The People's Front is the provincial wing of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) which generally advocates, among other points, increased spending on health, education and other social programs, a moratorium on the debt, hereditary rights of the Aboriginal peoples, recognition of the equality of all languages and cultures, instituting recall elections, and rights for individuals to initiate legislation. It nominated four candidates in this election, down from five in 2005 and 11 in 2001.

Reform Party of British Columbia Leader: David Charles Hawkins The BC Reform Party nominated four candidates. It had only one candidate in the 2005 election but nine in 2001 and a full slate of 75 in the 1996 election. According to its website, its platform includes, amongst other points, replacing the provincial income tax with a sales tax and a business tax on gross receipts, use of an employee payroll credit, repudiation of any carbon taxes and carbon credit trading, re-establishing public equity in BC Investment Management Corporation, re-establishment a Grand jury system, restrictions on judicial reviews of legislative actions, and elections for local provincial court judges.

Sex Party Leader: John Ince Billing itself as "the world's first sex-positive party", the Sex Party nominated three candidates in Vancouver ridings, as it did in 2005. According to its website, its platform includes, amongst other points, requiring sexual health and hygiene education in schools, requiring school districts to establish professional support programs to address discrimination of sexual minorities, providing provincial funding for institutes studying and teaching human sexuality or researching sexuality policy issues, reserve designate areas for nudists on all public parks and beaches larger than one hectare, establish a Sex Worker Empowerment Program as an agency providing counseling, education, and advocacy to sex workers, requiring municipalities to treat sex toy businesses as other retail businesses, repeal sex negative regulations, requiring all long term care institutions to articulate a sexuality policy that is non-judgmental about residents' sexuality, creating a Sex-Positive Press Council to expose overt and subtle censorship in BC media, changing Victoria Day to Eros Day to celebrate and encourage sex-positive expression, and proclaiming Valentine's Day a statutory holiday.

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Western Canada Concept Leader: Doug Christie The Western Canada Concept had one candidate running in this election, down from two candidates in the 2005 election. The party strongly advocates independence for western Canada, and amongst other points advocates for anti-abortion legislation, strong private property rights, balanced budgets, promotion of cultural assimilation rather than multiculturalism, and compulsory public service with a volunteer armed forces.

Work Less Party of British Columbia Leader: Conrad Schmidt The WLP is an anti-materialist political movement that hopes to achieve socialist and green ends through, among other things, the promotion of a four-day, 32-hour work-week. The party had 2 candidates down from 11 in 2005. The 2005 BC election marked the debut in Western politics of any registered party expressly driven by the ideology of voluntary simplicity.

Your Political Party Leader: James Filippelli The party nominated one candidate in 2005 and two in 2009. Among other points, it advocates publishing reports explaining where every tax dollar is spent, free votes in the legislature, making all campaign promises legally binding, requiring MLAs hold public townhall-style meetings at least once every four months, labelling products sold in BC indicating environmental standards, adding generating capacity to existing dams, opening run-of-river dam project areas to recreational use, providing periodic written statements detailing the cost of each citizen's use of the health care system, provide forgivable loans to post-secondary students who continue to live and work in BC after graduation, permit more private post-secondary institutions, requiring all people serving time in jail to work to pay for the cost of their incarceration, legalization of marijuana, eliminate the property transfer tax, disallow restrictions on secondary suites and minimum home sizes, harvesting all Pine Beetle affected timber immediately, limiting the total allowable yearly fishing catch (rather than regulating length of the fishing season), require weekly educational programs for anyone receiving welfare payments, provide before and after school childcare, permitting private insurance companies to compete with ICBC.

Timeline of the campaign

April 10, 2008, passage of the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 moving BC from 79 to 85 constituencies.

October 29, 2008, by-elections in Vancouver-Burrard and Vancouver-Fairview, both won by the New Democrats.

April 14, 2009, the campaign will officially begin when the writ is issued.

April 24, 2009 1pm close of nominations for the election.

May 12, 2009, Election day.

Debates

There was one TV debate featuring the leaders of the three major parties: Gordon Campbell, Carole James, and Jane Sterk on all three major BC networks on Sunday May 3 at 5:00 p.m.

CKNW had a debate of the three leaders on April 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

CBC Radio One had a debate of the three leaders on April 21 at 7:30 a.m.

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Dates	Link	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal style="width: 6em; text-align: center"|Liberal	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP style="width: 6em; text-align: center"|NDP	Green	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independent style="width: 6em; text-align: center"|Others
Ipsos Reid	May 9, 2009	[1]	47%	39%	10%	4%
Angus Reid Strategies	May 7, 2009	[2]	44%	42%	10%	4%
Mustel Group	May 7, 2009	[3]	47%	38%	12%	3%
Environics	May 2, 2009	[4]	47%	36%	13%	5%
Angus Reid Strategies	April 28, 2009	[5]	42%	39%	13%	6%
Mustel Group	April 7, 2009	[6]	52%	35%	13%	-
Angus Reid Strategies	March 25, 2009	[7]	43%	37%	13%	7%
Ipsos Reid	March 24, 2009	[8]	46%	35%	15%	4%
Mustel Group	February 10, 2009	[9]	52%	36%	12%	1%
Mustel Group	January 15, 2009	[10]	47%	33%	16%	4%
Election 2005	May 17, 2005	-	45.8%	41.5%	9.2%	2.9%

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				2005	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	#		% Change
	Liberal	Gordon Campbell	85	46	42	49	+6.52%	751,661	45.82	+0.02	New Democrats	Carole James	85	33	34	35	+6.06%	691,564	42.15	+0.63
	Green	Jane Sterk	85	-	-	-		134,616	8.21	-0.90	Conservative	Wilf Hanni	24	-	-	-		34,451	2.10	+1.55	Independent		14	-	-	1		17,253	1.05	+0.05
	Refederation1	Mike Summers	22	-	-	-		3,748	0.23	+0.191	Libertarian	(vacant)	6	-	-	-		1,486	0.09	+0.03	No Affiliation		2	-	-	-		1,433	0.09	*
	Reform	David Charles Hawkins	4	-	-	-		1,106	0.07	+0.05	Nation Alliance	Wei Ping Chen	2	*	-	-		818	0.05	*	Communist	George Gidora	3	-	-	-		433	0.03	+0.02	People's Front	Charles Boylan	4	-	-	-		401	0.02	+0	Marijuana	Marc Emery	1	-	-	-		361	0.02	-0.63
	Your Political Party	James Filippelli	2	-	-	-		335	0.02	-0.01
	Work Less	Conrad Schmidt	2	-	-	-		322	0.02	-0.07
	Sex	John Ince	3	-	-	-		319	0.02	+0	Western Canada Concept	Doug Christie	1	-	-	-		235	0.01	-0.01
	Vacant				3
Total			346	79	79	85		1,640,542	100%	-12.1%

Source: "Statement of Votes: 39th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2011.

1. The BC Refederation Party was previously known as the Western Refederation Party.

Candidates

• Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers.
• The victorious Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for each district has a coloured bar to the left of his or her name.
• Incumbents who did not seek re-election are denoted by †
• Because of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term.

Northern British Columbia

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header 3plus |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Nechako Lakes |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |John Rustad
4,949 | |Byron Goerz
3,133 | |Gerard Riley
559 | |Mike Summers
(Refed.) 235 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |John Rustad |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|North Coast | |Herb Pond
3,110 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Gary Coons
5,097 | |Lisa Girbav
683 | | |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Gary Coons |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Peace River North |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Pat Pimm
3,992 | |Jackie Allen
1,293 | |Liz Logan
1,010 | |Arthur A. Hadland (Ind.) 2,899
Sue Arntson (Refed.) 58 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| | style="text-align:center;"|(vacant)^a |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Peace River South |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Blair Lekstrom
4,801 | |Pat Shaw
2,057 | |Grant Fraser
553 | |Donna Young
(Ind.) 220 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Blair Lekstrom |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Prince George-Mackenzie |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Pat Bell
9,816 | |Tobias Lawrence
6,452 | |Kevin Creamore
1,245 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Pat Bell |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Prince George-Valemount |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Shirley Bond
9,072 | |Julie Carew
6,737 | |Andrej De Wolfe
1,225 | |Don Roberts (Refed.) 113
Gordon Dickie (Cons.) 780 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Shirley Bond |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Skeena | |Donny Van Dyk
4,328 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Robin Austin
5,865 | |Anita Norman
467 | |Michael Brousseau (Cons.) 893 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Robin Austin |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Stikine | |Scott Groves
3,829 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Doug Donaldson
4,274 | |Roger Benham
375 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Dennis MacKay† |-

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^a - Previously held by BC Liberal Richard Neufeld, who resigned his seat on January 19, 2009, following his appointment to the Senate on December 22, 2008.

Kootenays

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header 3plus |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Columbia River-Revelstoke | |Mark McKee
5,093 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Norm Macdonald
7,419 | |Sarah Svensson
907 | | |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Norm Macdonald |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kootenay East |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Bill Bennett
8,404 | |Troy Sebastian
5,844 | |Jen Tsuida
549 | |Wilf Hanni (Cons.) 1,612 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Bill Bennett |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kootenay West | |Brenda Binnie
4,072 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Katrine Conroy
12,126 | |Andy Morel
1,791 | |Zachary Crispin (Comm.) 204 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Katrine Conroy |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Nelson-Creston | |Josh Smienk
5,191 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Michelle Mungall
9,060 | |Sean Kubara
1,189 | |David Duncan (Cons.)1,083 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Corky Evans† |-

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Okanagan, Shuswap and Boundary

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header 3plus |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Boundary-Similkameen |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |John Slater
6,681 | |Lakhvinder Jhaj
5,869 | |Robert Grieve
1,691 | |Joe Cardoso
(Cons.) 3,596 | colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kelowna-Lake Country |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Norm Letnick
10,283 | |Matthew Reed
5,251 | |Ryan Fugger
1,375 | |Mary-Ann Graham
(Cons.) 2,253
Alan Clarke
(Ind.) 571 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Al Horning† |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kelowna-Mission |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Steve Thomson
11,506 | |Tisha Kalmanovich
5,566 | |Crystal Wariach
1,563 | |Mark Thompson (Cons.) 2,531
Daniel Thorburn (Refed.) 51
Silverado Socrates (Ind.) 130 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Sindi Hawkins† |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Penticton |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Bill Barisoff
10,346 | |Cameron Phillips
7,331 | |Julius Bloomfield
3,685 | |Chris Delaney (Cons.) 2,095
Wendy Dion (Refed.) 78 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Bill Barisoff |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Shuswap |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |George Abbott
10,764 | |Steve Gunner
7,051 | |Michel Saab
2,539 | |Beryl Ludwig (Cons.) 2,374
Chris Emery (BCMP) 361 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |George Abbott |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vernon-Monashee |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Eric Foster
9,015 | |Mark Olsen
7,698 | |Huguette Allen
4,029 | |Dean Skoreyko (Cons.) 1,972
R.J. Busch
(Refed.) 76
Gordon Campbell (Not Affil.) 1,397 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Tom Christensen† |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Westside-Kelowna |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Ben Stewart
10,334 | |Tish Lakes
5,656 | |Robin McKim
1,617 | |Peter Neville
(Cons.) 1,772 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Rick Thorpe† |-

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Thompson and Cariboo

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header 3plus |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cariboo-Chilcotin |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Donna Barnett
6,259 | |Charlie Wyse
6,171 | |Eli Taylor
650 | | |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Charlie Wyse |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cariboo North | |Bruce Ernst
6,501 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Bob Simpson
7,004 | |Doug Gook
643 | | |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Bob Simpson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fraser-Nicola | |Ella Brown
5,830 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Harry Lali
6,703 | |Desiree Maher-Schley
891 | |Dian Brooks (Refed.)
223 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Harry Lali |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kamloops-North Thompson |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Terry Lake
9,830 | |Doug Brown
9,320 | |April Snowe
1,418 | |Wayne Russell (Refed.) 251
Keston C. Broughton (Work Less) 124 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Kevin Krueger^b |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kamloops-South Thompson |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Kevin Krueger
12,548 | |Tom Friedman
8,132 | |Bev Markle
1,529 | |Maria Dobi (Cons.)
1,090 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Claude Richmond† |-

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^b - Krueger sought re-election in the adjacent redrawn riding of Kamloops-South Thompson

Fraser Valley

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header 3plus |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Abbotsford-Mission |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Randy Hawes
10,372 | |Lynn Perrin
5,788 | |Bill Walsh
1,611 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Randy Hawes |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Abbotsford South |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |John van Dongen
9,766 | |Bonnie Rai
4,188 | |Daniel Bryce
1,244 | |Gurcharan Dhaliwal (Cons.) 1,019
Tim Felger
(Ind.) 334 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |John van Dongen |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Abbotsford West |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Mike de Jong
8,992 | |Taranjit Purewal
5,106 | |Karen Durant
970 | |Dalbir Benipal (Cons.) 1,043 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Mike de Jong |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Chilliwack |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |John Les
8,138 | |Mason Goulden
5,908 | |Fraea Bolding
1,523 | |Benjamin Besler (Cons.) 2,672 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |John Les |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Chilliwack-Hope |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Barry Penner
8,985 | |Gwen O'Mahony
5,638 | |Guy Durnin
951 | |Hans Mulder (Cons.) 1,198
Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell (P.F.) 93 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Barry Penner |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort Langley-Aldergrove |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Rich Coleman
15,139 | |Gail Chaddock-Costello 7,492 | |Travis Erbacher
1,765 | |Jordan Braun (Refed.) 387 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Rich Coleman |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Langley |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Mary Polak
13,295 | |Kathleen Stephany
8,400 | |Ron Abgrall
1,788 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Mary Polak |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Maple Ridge-Mission |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Marc Dalton
8,802 | |Mike Bocking
8,738 | |Michael Gildersleeve
1,387 | |Ian Vaughan (Reform) 325 | colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | |Ken Stewart
9,498 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Michael Sather
9,772 | |Rob Hornsey
1,149 | |Jay Ariken
(Refed.) 140
Chum Richardson (Ind.) 202 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Michael Sather |-

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Surrey

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header 3plus |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Surrey-Cloverdale |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Kevin Falcon
13,815 | |Deborah Payment
6,567 | |Kevin Purton
1,651 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Kevin Falcon |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Surrey-Fleetwood | |Jagmohan Singh
6,860 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Jagrup Brar
8,852 | |Christin Geall
1,120 | |Chamkaur Sandhu
(Con.) 818 | colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Surrey-Green Timbers | |Rani Mangat
3,624 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Sue Hammell
10,965 | |Dan Kashagama
488 | | |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Sue Hammell |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Surrey-Newton | |Ajay Caleb
4,011 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Harry Bains
10,709 | |Trevor Loke
759 | |George Gidora
(Comm.) 58 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Harry Bains |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Surrey-Panorama |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Stephanie Cadieux
11,820 | |Debbie Lawrance
8,675 | |Murray Weisenburger
1,290 | | |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Jagrup Brar^c |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Surrey-Tynehead |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Dave Hayer
8,814 | |Pat Zanon
7,257 | |Gerald Singh
717 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Dave Hayer |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Surrey-Whalley | |Radhia Benalia
4,083 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Bruce Ralston
10,453 | |Bernadette Kennan
1,189 | | |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Bruce Ralston |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Surrey-White Rock |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Gordon Hogg
15,121 | |Drina Allen
6,668 | |Don Pitcairn
2,118 | |David Charles Hawkins (Reform) 464 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Gordon Hogg |-

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^c - Brar will seek re-election in new riding of Surrey-Fleetwood

Richmond and Delta

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header 3plus |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Delta North | |Jeannie Kanakos
8,490 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Guy Gentner
10,381 | |Matthew Laine
938 | |Marc McPherson (Cons.) 756 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Guy Gentner |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Delta South | |Wally Oppal
9,945 | |Dileep Athaide
2,940 | |Duane Laird
555 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents| |Vicki Huntington (Ind.) 9,977
John Shavluk (Ind.) 60 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Val Roddick† |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Richmond Centre |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Rob Howard
10,483 | |Kam Brar
4,949 | |Michael Wolfe
1,213 | |Kang Chen (NAP)
409 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Olga Ilich† |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Richmond East |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Linda Reid
10,853 | |Shawkat Hasan
5,998 | |Stephen Rees
1,211 | |Wei Ping Chen
(NAP) 419 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Linda Reid |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Richmond-Steveston |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |John Yap
13,167 | |Sue Wallis
5,925 | |Jeff Hill
1,491 | |Barry Chilton
(Cons.) 1,082 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |John Yap |-

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Vancouver's eastern suburbs

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header 3plus |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Burnaby-Deer Lake | |John Nuraney
7,591 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Kathy Corrigan
8,103 | |Bruce Friesen
928 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |John Nuraney |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Burnaby-Edmonds | |Lee Rankin
6,385 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Raj Chouhan
8,647 | |Carrie McLaren
1,122 | |Dan Cancade
(Lbt.) 493 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Raj Chouhan |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Burnaby-Lougheed |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Harry Bloy
9,207 | |Jaynie Clark
8,511 | |Helen Chang
1,285 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Harry Bloy |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Burnaby North |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Richard T. Lee
9,880 | |Mondee Redman
9,332 | |Doug Perry
1,292 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Richard T. Lee |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Coquitlam-Burke Mountain |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Douglas Horne
8,644 | |Heather McRitchie
5,393 | |Jared Evans
907 | |Paul Geddes
(Lbt.) 266 | colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Coquitlam-Maillardville | |Dennis Marsden
9,150 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Diane Thorne
9,818 | |Stephen Reid
1,040 | |Doug Stead
(Ind.) 481 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Diane Thorne |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|New Westminster | |Carole Millar
8,240 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Dawn Black
13,418 | |Matthew Laird
2,151 | | |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Chuck Puchmayr† |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Port Coquitlam | |Bernie Hiller
7,896 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Mike Farnworth
11,121 | |Cole Bertsch
994 | |Brent Williams
(YPP) 137
Lewis Dahlby
(Lbt.) 178 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Mike Farnworth |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Port Moody-Coquitlam |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Iain Black
9,979 | |Shannon Watkins
7,614 | |Rebecca Helps
1,261 | |Donna Vandekerkhove (Refed.) 82
James Filippelli (YPP) 198 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Iain Black |-

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Vancouver

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header 3plus |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vancouver-Fairview |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Margaret MacDiarmid
11,034 | |Jenn McGinn
9,881 | |Vanessa Violini
2,232 | |Matthew Barens
(Reform) 85
Graham Clark
(Ind.) 165
Alex Frei
(Refed.) 37 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Jenn McGinn |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vancouver-False Creek
|bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Mary McNeil
9,223 | |Jordan Parente
4,502 | |Damian Kettlewell
2,144 | |Otto Grecz
(Refed.) 27
David Hutchinson (Cons.) 385
Michael Halliday (Ind.) 73 | colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vancouver-Fraserview |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Kash Heed
9,549 | |Gabriel Yiu
8,801 | |Jodie Emery
904 | |Andrew Stevano (Refed.) 118 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Wally Oppal^d |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vancouver-Hastings | |Haida Lane
6,323 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Shane Simpson
10,857 | |Ryan Conroy
2,012 | |Dietrich Pajonk
(Sex) 99
Chris Telford
(Work Less) 198
Donna Petersen (P.F.) 76 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Shane Simpson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vancouver-Kensington | |Syrus Lee
7,678 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Mable Elmore
9,930 | |Doug Warkentin
1,288 | | |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |David Chudnovsky† |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vancouver-Kingsway | |Bill Yuen
6,518 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Adrian Dix
9,229 | |Rev Warkentin
699 | |Matt Kadioglu
(Lbt.) 171
Charles Boylan
(P.F.) 112 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Adrian Dix |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vancouver-Langara |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Moira Stilwell
10,643 | |Helesia Luke
6,310 | |Jean-Michel Toriel
1,067 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |align=center|(vacant)^f |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | |Sherry Wiebe
3,638 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Jenny Kwan
11,196 | |John Boychuk
2,508 | |Peter Marcus
(Comm.) 171 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Jenny Kwan |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vancouver-Point Grey |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Gordon Campbell
11,546 | |Mel Lehan
9,232 | |Stephen Kronstein
2,012 | |John Ince
(Sex) 130 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Gordon Campbell |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vancouver-Quilchena |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Colin Hansen
15,731 | |James Young
4,746 | |Laura-Leah Shaw
2,024 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Colin Hansen |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vancouver-West End | |Laura McDiarmid
5,735 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Spencer Herbert
9,926 | |Drina Read
1,582 | |Scarlett Lake
(Sex) 90
John Clarke
(Lbt.) 196
Menard Caissy
(Not Affil.) 36 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Spencer Herbert |-

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^d - Wally Oppal sought re-election in riding of Delta South

^f - Previously held by BC Liberal Carole Taylor, who resigned on December 22, 2008

North Shore and Sunshine Coast

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header 3plus |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|North Vancouver-Lonsdale |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Naomi Yamamoto
10,323 | |Janice Harris
7,789 | |Michelle Corcos
1,791 | |Ian McLeod (Cons.)
862
Ron Gamble (Reform) 232 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Katherine Whittred† |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|North Vancouver-Seymour |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Jane Thornthwaite
13,426 | |Maureen Norton
6,212 | |Daniel Quinn
2,116 | |Gary Hee (Cons.)
931 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Daniel Jarvis† |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Powell River-Sunshine Coast | |Dawn Miller
7,818 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Nicholas Simons
13,276 | |Jeff Chilton
1,436 | |Allen McIntyre (Refed.) 249 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Nicholas Simons |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|West Vancouver-Capilano |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Ralph Sultan
15,292 | |Terry Platt
3,291 | |Ryan Windsor
1,699 | |David O. Marley (Ind.) 1,489
Eddie Petrossian (Cons.) 710
Tunya Audain
(Lbt.) 182 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Ralph Sultan |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|West Vancouver-Sea to Sky |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Joan McIntyre
10,101 | |Juliana Buitenhuis
4,214 | |Jim Stephenson
4,082 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Joan McIntyre |-

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Vancouver Island

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header 3plus |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Alberni-Pacific Rim | |Dianne St. Jacques
5,605 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Scott Fraser
10,488 | |Paul Musgrave
1,324 | |Dallas Hills (Refed.)
250 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Scott Fraser |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Comox Valley |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Don McRae
13,886 | |Leslie McNabb
12,508 | |Hazel Lennox
2,577 | |Paula Berard (Refed.) 266
Barbara Biley (P.F.) 120 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |align=center|(vacant)^g |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cowichan Valley | |Cathy Basskin
9,258 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Bill Routley
12,468 | |Simon Lindley
3,062 | |Jason Murray (Cons.) 924
Michial Moore (Refed.) 139 | colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Nanaimo | |Jeet Manhas
8,012 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Leonard Krog
11,842 | |Dirk Becker
2,028 | |Linden Shaw (Refed.) 271 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Leonard Krog |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Nanaimo-North Cowichan | |Rob Hutchins
8,426 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Doug Routley
12,888 | |Ian Gartshore
2,135 | |Ron Fuson (Refed.)
271 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Doug Routley |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|North Island | |Marion Wright
8,937 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Claire Trevena
11,865 | |Philip Stone
1,670 | |William Mewhort (Ind.) 333 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Claire Trevena |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Parksville-Qualicum |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Ron Cantelon
13,716 | |Leanne Salter
10,136 | |Wayne Osborne
2,573 | |Bruce Ryder (Refed.) 251 |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Ron Cantelon |-

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^g - Previously held by BC Liberal Stan Hagen, who died in office on January 20, 2009.

Greater Victoria

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header 3plus |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Esquimalt-Royal Roads | |Carl Ratsoy
6,579 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Maurine Karagianis
11,514 | |Jane Sterk
3,664 | | |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Maurine Karagianis |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Juan de Fuca | |Jody Twa
6,866 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |John Horgan
11,520 | |James Powell
1,749 | | |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |John Horgan |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Oak Bay-Gordon Head |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Ida Chong
11,877 | |Jessica Van der Veen
11,316 | |Steven Johns
2,330 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Ida Chong |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Saanich North and the Islands |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Murray Coell
13,120 | |Gary Holman
12,875 | |Tom Bradfield
3,220 | | |bgcolor="#A51B12"| |Murray Coell |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Saanich South | |Robin Adair
11,215 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Lana Popham
11,697 | |Brian Gordon
1,664 | |Douglas Christie (West Can.) 235 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |David Cubberley† |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Victoria-Beacon Hill | |Dallas Henault
6,375 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Carole James
13,400 | |Adam Saab
4,106 | |Saul Andersen (Ind.)
319 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Carole James |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Victoria-Swan Lake | |Jesse McClinton
5,754 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Rob Fleming
13,119 | |David Wright
2,628 | |Bob Savage (Refed.)
174 |Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP| |Rob Fleming |-

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References

• Elections BC: 2009 Voting Results

External links

• Elections BC
• BC Election 2009 by Sacha Peter with comprehensive information on the election
• Election Prediction Project - BC 2009
• UBC ESM Election Prediction Voter Transition Matrix
• TrendLines Research Weekly chart tracking of the Federal & BC seat projection models
• Legislative Assembly Library Election Weblinks

Party platforms

In order of release

• Conservative Party Platform (A Clear Vision for British Columbia)
• Green Party Platform 2009 (A Better Plan for BC)
• New Democratic Party Platform 2009 (Take Back Your BC)
• Liberal Party Platform 2009 (Keep BC Strong)