Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
41st Parliament of British Columbia
Type
Type	Unicameral house of the Parliament of British Columbia
History
Founded	July 20, 1871 (1871-07-20)
Preceded by	Legislative Council
Leadership
Speaker	Darryl Plecas, Independent since September 8, 2017
Premier	John Horgan, BC NDP since July 18, 2017
Leader of the Opposition	Andrew Wilkinson, BC Liberal since February 3, 2018
Government House Leader	Mike Farnworth, BC NDP
Opposition House Leader	Mary Polak, BC Liberal
Structure
Seats	87
Political groups	Government   New Democratic (41) Confidence and supply   Green (3) Opposition   Liberal (41) Others   Independent (2)
Elections
Last election	May 9, 2017
Next election	42nd British Columbia general election
Meeting place
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Website
leg.bc.ca

Located in Victoria, British Columbia and officially opened in 1898 with a 150-metre-long facade (500 ft), central dome, two end pavilions, and a gold-covered statue of Captain George Vancouver, the British Columbia Parliament Buildings is home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

The Parliament Buildings roof with a gold-covered statue of Captain George Vancouver

The Legislative Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia. (Pacific Undersea Gardens also pictured.)

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in session, 1921

The Legislative Chamber

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Legislative Assembly meets in Victoria. Members are elected from provincial ridings and are referred to as Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). Bills passed by the legislature are given royal assent by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, represented by the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

The current Parliament is the 41st Parliament. The most recent general election was the British Columbia general election held on May 9, 2017. The next election is scheduled to be held on May 11, 2021, if the legislative assembly is not to be dissolved earlier.

Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly are broadcast to cable viewers in the province by Hansard Broadcasting Services.

Recent Parliaments

Parliament	Start	End	Premier			Opposition leader
31st	1975	1979		Social Credit	Bill Bennett		New Democratic	Dave Barrett
32nd	1979	1983		Social Credit	Bill Bennett		NDP	Dave Barrett
33rd	1983	1986		Social Credit	Bill Bennett		NDP	Dave Barrett
				Social Credit	Bill Bennett		NDP	Bob Skelly
34th	1987	1991		Social Credit	Bill Vander Zalm		NDP	Bob Skelly
				Social Credit	Rita Johnston		NDP	Bob Skelly
35th	1991	1996		NDP	Mike Harcourt		Liberal	Gordon Wilson
				NDP	Mike Harcourt		Liberal	Gordon Campbell
36th	1996	2001		NDP	Glen Clark		Liberal	Gordon Campbell
				NDP	Dan Miller		Liberal	Gordon Campbell
				NDP	Ujjal Dosanjh		Liberal	Gordon Campbell
37th	2001	2005		Liberal	Gordon Campbell		NDP	Joy MacPhail
38th	2005	2009		Liberal	Gordon Campbell		NDP	Carole James
39th	2009	2013		Liberal	Gordon Campbell		NDP	Dawn Black
				Liberal	Christy Clark		NDP	Dawn Black
				Liberal	Christy Clark		NDP	Adrian Dix
40th	2013	2017		Liberal	Christy Clark		NDP	Adrian Dix
				Liberal	Christy Clark		NDP	John Horgan
41st	2017	present		Liberal	Christy Clark		NDP	John Horgan
				NDP	John Horgan		Liberal	Christy Clark
				NDP	John Horgan		Liberal	Rich Coleman
				NDP	John Horgan		Liberal	Andrew Wilkinson

Party standings in the 41st Parliament

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	Member	Party	Electoral district
	Darryl Plecas	Liberal	Abbotsford South
		Ind.
	Mike de Jong	Liberal	Abbotsford West
	Simon Gibson	Liberal	Abbotsford-Mission
	Linda Larson	Liberal	Boundary-Similkameen	Anne Kang	NDP	Burnaby-Deer Lake	Raj Chouhan	NDP	Burnaby-Edmonds	Katrina Chen	NDP	Burnaby-Lougheed	Janet Routledge	NDP	Burnaby North
	Donna Barnett	Liberal	Cariboo-Chilcotin
	Coralee Oakes	Liberal	Cariboo North
	John Martin	Liberal	Chilliwack
	Laurie Throness	Liberal	Chilliwack-Kent
	Doug Clovechok	Liberal	Columbia River-Revelstoke
	Joan Isaacs	Liberal	Coquitlam-Burke Mountain	Selina Robinson	NDP	Coquitlam-Maillardville	Ronna-Rae Leonard	NDP	Courtenay-Comox
	Sonia Furstenau	Green	Cowichan Valley	Ravi Kahlon	NDP	Delta North
	Ian Paton	Liberal	Delta South	Mitzi Dean	NDP	Esquimalt-Metchosin
	Jackie Tegart	Liberal	Fraser-Nicola
	Peter Milobar	Liberal	Kamloops-North Thompson
	Todd Stone	Liberal	Kamloops-South Thompson
	Norm Letnick	Liberal	Kelowna-Lake Country
	Steve Thomson	Liberal	Kelowna-Mission
	Christy Clark (to August 4, 2017)	Liberal	Kelowna West
	Ben Stewart (from February 14, 2018)	Liberal
		Ind.
	Tom Shypitka	Liberal	Kootenay East	Katrine Conroy	NDP	Kootenay West	John Horgan	NDP	Langford-Juan de Fuca
	Mary Polak	Liberal	Langley
	Rich Coleman	Liberal	Langley East	Bob D'Eith	NDP	Maple Ridge-Mission	Lisa Beare	NDP	Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows	Scott Fraser	NDP	Mid Island-Pacific Rim	Leonard Krog (to November 30, 2018)	NDP	Nanaimo
Sheila Malcolmson (from January 30, 2019)	NDP
Doug Routley	NDP	Nanaimo-North Cowichan
	John Rustad	Liberal	Nechako Lakes	Michelle Mungall	NDP	Nelson-Creston	Judy Darcy	NDP	New Westminster	Jennifer Rice	NDP	North Coast	Claire Trevena	NDP	North Island	Bowinn Ma	NDP	North Vancouver-Lonsdale
	Jane Thornthwaite	Liberal	North Vancouver-Seymour
	Andrew Weaver	Green	Oak Bay-Gordon Head
	Michelle Stilwell	Liberal	Parksville-Qualicum
	Dan Davies	Liberal	Peace River North
	Mike Bernier	Liberal	Peace River South
	Dan Ashton	Liberal	Penticton	Mike Farnworth	NDP	Port Coquitlam	Rick Glumac	NDP	Port Moody-Coquitlam	Nicholas Simons	NDP	Powell River-Sunshine Coast
	Mike Morris	Liberal	Prince George-Mackenzie
	Shirley Bond	Liberal	Prince George-Valemount
	Teresa Wat	Liberal	Richmond North Centre
	Linda Reid	Liberal	Richmond South Centre
	Jas Johal	Liberal	Richmond-Queensborough
	John Yap	Liberal	Richmond-Steveston
	Adam Olsen	Green	Saanich North and the Islands	Lana Popham	NDP	Saanich South
	Greg Kyllo	Liberal	Shuswap
	Ellis Ross	Liberal	Skeena	Doug Donaldson	NDP	Stikine
	Marvin Hunt	Liberal	Surrey-Cloverdale	Jagrup Brar	NDP	Surrey-Fleetwood	Rachna Singh	NDP	Surrey-Green Timbers	Garry Begg	NDP	Surrey-Guildford	Harry Bains	NDP	Surrey-Newton	Jinny Sims	NDP	Surrey-Panorama
	Stephanie Cadieux	Liberal	Surrey South	Bruce Ralston	NDP	Surrey-Whalley
	Tracy Redies	Liberal	Surrey-White Rock	George Heyman	NDP	Vancouver-Fairview
	Sam Sullivan	Liberal	Vancouver-False Creek	George Chow	NDP	Vancouver-Fraserview	Shane Simpson	NDP	Vancouver-Hastings	Mable Elmore	NDP	Vancouver-Kensington	Adrian Dix	NDP	Vancouver-Kingsway
	Michael Lee	Liberal	Vancouver-Langara	Melanie Mark	NDP	Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	David Eby	NDP	Vancouver-Point Grey
	Andrew Wilkinson	Liberal	Vancouver-Quilchena	Spencer Chandra Herbert	NDP	Vancouver-West End
	Eric Foster	Liberal	Vernon-Monashee	Carole James	NDP	Victoria-Beacon Hill	Rob Fleming	NDP	Victoria-Swan Lake
	Ralph Sultan	Liberal	West Vancouver-Capilano
	Jordan Sturdy	Liberal	West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

Seating plan to the 41st Parliament during Liberal Party government

Chouhan

Kahlon

Begg

Brar

D'Eith

Rice

Eby

Mungall

Chen

Bains

Elmore

Kang

Popham

Trevena

Donaldson

Krog

Heyman

Routley

Simons

Beare

Sims

Dean

Routledge

Singh

Glumac

Darcy

Simpson

Robinson

Farnworth

HORGAN

James

Ralston

Dix

Mark

Fleming

Conroy

Herbert

Chow

Ma

Leonard

Fraser

WEAVER

Furstenau

Olsen

Thomson

Cadieux

Stone

Polak

De Jong

CLARK

Coleman

Wilkinson

Reid

Bond

Bernier

Sullivan

Lee

Tegart

Yap

Redies

Sultan

Thornthwaite

Martin

Stilwell

Oakes

Letnick

Wat

Johal

Sturdy

Rustad

Ross

Morris

Barnett

Clovechok

Isaacs

Hunt

Gibson

Ashton

Davies

Paton

Throness

Shypitka

Plecas

Kyllo

Milobar

Larson

Foster

Seating plan to the 41st Parliament during New Democratic Party government

Reid

Wat

Larson

Foster

Polak

Morris

Stilwell

Ashton

Oakes

Thomson

Sturdy

Ross

Isaacs

Milobar

Thornthwaite

Clovechok

Yap

Redies

Paton

Gibson

Sultan

Shypitka

Cadieux

Rustad

Bond

De Jong

WILKINSON

Coleman

Kyllo

Stone

Bernier

Letnick

Johal

Lee

Hunt

Barnett

Tegart

Martin

Throness

Davies

Sullivan

Stewart

Plecas

Darcy

Simpson

Robinson

Farnworth

HORGAN

James

Eby

Dix

Ralston

Mark

Fleming

Conroy

Fraser

Herbert

Rice

Malcomson

Furstenau

WEAVER

Olsen

Glumac

Heyman

Donaldson

Mungall

Bains

Beare

Chen

Popham

Trevena

Sims

Chow

Kang

Simons

D'Eith

Routley

Elmore

Ma

Dean

Routledge

Singh

Chouhan

Kahlon

Begg

Brar

Leonard

Standings changes

Number of members per party by date		2017				2018		2019
		May 9	July 18	August 4	September 9	February 14	November 30	January 30	August 1
	Liberal	43		42	41	42			41
	New Democratic	41					40	41
	Green	3
	Independent	0			1				2
	Total members	87		86			85	86
	Vacant	0		1		0	1	0
	Government majority
		–1	–3	–2		–3	–4	–3
	Government with confidence-and-supply partners majority
		–1	1	2		1	0	1	1

Membership changes in the 41st Parliament
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	May 9, 2017	See list of members			Election day of the 41st British Columbia general election
	July 18, 2017	No change			Swearing in of the NDP government (with confidence and supply from the Green Party), following the defeat of the Liberal government in a confidence vote.
	August 4, 2017	Christy Clark	Kelowna West	Liberal	Resigned her seat and as Liberal Party leader, following the defeat of her government and the swearing in of the New Democratic Party government.
	September 9, 2017	Darryl Plecas	Abbotsford South	Independent	Expelled from the Liberal caucus the day after being elected Speaker. He and the rest of the caucus had previously agreed not to serve as Speaker for a New Democratic Party government.
	February 14, 2018	Ben Stewart	Kelowna West	Liberal	Elected in by-election; Liberal hold.
	November 30, 2018	Leonard Krog	Nanaimo	New Democratic Party	Resigned seat after being elected mayor of Nanaimo.
	January 30, 2019	Sheila Malcolmson	Nanaimo	New Democratic Party	Elected in by-election; NDP hold.
	August 1, 2019	Ben Stewart	Kelowna West	Independent	Left BC Liberal Caucus after news of an Elections BC investigation regarding him exceeding limits on donations in 2019

Officeholders

Speaker

• Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia: Darryl Plecas (independent)

Other chair occupants

• Deputy speaker; chair, committee of the whole: Raj Chouhan
• Assistant deputy speaker: Joan Isaacs
• Deputy chair, committee of the whole: Spencer Chandra Herbert

Leaders

• Premier of British Columbia: John Horgan, BC NDP
• Leader of the Opposition: Andrew Wilkinson, BC Liberal
• Green Party leader: Andrew Weaver

House leaders

• Government House Leader: Mike Farnworth (BC NDP)
• Opposition House Leader: Mary Polak (BC Liberal)
• Green Party House Leader: Sonia Furstenau

See also

• Executive Council of British Columbia
• Legislative Council of British Columbia
• List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts 2001–09
• BC Legislature Raids

External links

• Official website