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Legislature of British Columbia

Legislature of British Columbia, Canada

Summary

Legislature of British Columbia, Canada

Field	Value
name	Legislature of British Columbia
legislature	43rd Parliament of British Columbia
house_type	Unicameral
houses	Legislative Assembly
crown-in-parl	Lieutenant governor (representing the King of Canada)
foundation
preceded_by	Governor-in-Council of the United Colony of British Columbia
leader1_type	Monarch
leader1	Charles III
leader1_term	September 8, 2022
leader2_type	Lieutenant Governor
leader2	Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia
leader2_term	January 30, 2025
leader3_type	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
leader3	Raj Chouhan
party3	New Democratic
leader3_term	December 7, 2020
leader4_type	Premier
leader4	David Eby
party4	New Democratic
leader4_term	November 18, 2022
leader5_type	Leader of the Opposition
leader5	John Rustad
party5	Conservative
leader5_term	October 19, 2024

| crown-in-parl = Lieutenant governor (representing the King of Canada)

The Legislature of British Columbia is made of two elements: the lieutenant governor (representing the King of Canada), and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (which meets at the British Columbia Parliament Buildings). The Legislature of British Columbia has existed since the province joined Canada in 1871, before which it was preceded by the Legislature of the United Colony of British Columbia.

Like the Canadian federal government, British Columbia uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections and from there the party with the most seats chooses a premier of British Columbia and the Executive Council of British Columbia. The premier is British Columbia's head of government, while the King of Canada is its head of state and is represented by the lieutenant governor. Before 1903, candidates in British Columbia elections were not affiliated with political parties.

TOC

List of parliaments

Following is a list of the 43 times the Legislature has been convened since 1871. This article only covers the time since 1871. For the governing body from 1867 to 1871, see Legislative Council of British Columbia.

Assembly
Sessions	Election	Opening date	Dissolution date	Governing party	Premier	Official Opposition party
Leader	Other official parties
Leader(s)	Speaker
1st Parliament
1st general	November 20, 1871	August 30, 1875	NonePolitical parties did not exist in the British Columbia legislature before 1903	John Foster McCreightUntil December 1872
NoneDid not exist until 1903	None	James Trimble
2nd Parliament
2nd general	January 10, 1876	April 12, 1878	None	George Anthony WalkemUntil January 25, 1876
None	None	James Trimble
3rd Parliament
3rd general	July 29, 1878	June 13, 1882	None	George Anthony WalkemUntil June, 1882
None	None	Frederick W. Williams
4th Parliament
4th general	January 25, 1883	June 3, 1886	None	Robert BeavenUntil January, 1883
None	None	John Andrew Mara
5th Parliament
5th general	January 24, 1887	May 10, 1890	None	William SmitheUntil March, 1887
None	None	Charles Edward PooleyUntil 1889

6th Parliament
6th general	January 15, 1891	June 2, 1894	None	John RobsonUntil June, 1892
None	None	David Williams Higgins
7th Parliament
7th general	November 12, 1894	June 7, 1898	None	Theodore DavieUntil March, 1895
None	None	David Williams HigginsUntil March, 1898

8th Parliament
8th general	January 5, 1899	April 10, 1900	None	John Herbert TurnerUntil August, 1898
None	None	William Thomas Forster
9th Parliament
9th general	July 19, 1900	June 16, 1903	None	James DunsmuirUntil November, 1902
None	None	John Paton BoothUntil February 26, 1902

10th Parliament	10th general	November 26, 1903	December 24, 1906	Conservative	Richard McBride	Liberal
None	Charles Edward Pooley
11th Parliament	11th general	March 7, 1907	October 20, 1909	Conservative	Richard McBride	Liberal
None	David McEwen Eberts
12th Parliament	12th general	January 20, 1910	February 27, 1912	Conservative	Richard McBride	Liberal
None	David McEwen Eberts
13th Parliament	13th general	January 16, 1913	May 31, 1916	Conservative	Richard McBrideUntil December, 1915
Liberal
None	David McEwen Eberts
14th Parliament	14th general	March 1, 1917	October 23, 1920	Liberal	Harlan Carey BrewsterUntil March, 1918
Conservative
None	John Walter WeartUntil February, 1918

15th Parliament	15th general	February 8, 1921	May 10, 1924	Liberal	John Oliver	Conservative
None	Alexander Malcolm MansonUntil January 28, 1922

16th Parliament	16th general	November 3, 1924	June 7, 1928	Liberal	John OliverUntil August 17, 1927
Conservative
Provincial
John Andrew Buckham
17th Parliament	17th general	January 22, 1929	August 1, 1933	Conservative	Simon Fraser Tolmie	Liberal
None	James William JonesUntil 1930

18th Parliament	18th general	February 20, 1934	April 12, 1937	Liberal	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Unionist
Henry George Thomas Perry
19th Parliament	19th general	October 26, 1937	July 21, 1941	Liberal	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	Conservative
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Norman William Whittaker
20th Parliament	20th general	December 4, 1941	August 31, 1945	Liberal-Conservative coalition	John Hart	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
None	Norman William Whittaker
21st Parliament	21st general	February 1, 1946	April 16, 1949	Liberal-Conservative coalition	John HartUntil December 28, 1947
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
None	Norman William WhittakerUntil 1947

22nd Parliament	22nd general	February 14, 1950	April 10, 1952	Liberal-Conservative coalition	Byron Ingemar Johnson	Co-operative Commonwealth FederationUntil February, 1952
None	Nancy Hodges
23rd Parliament	23rd general	February 3, 1953	March 27, 1953	Social Credit	W. A. C. Bennett	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Liberal
Thomas James Irwin
24th Parliament	24th general	September 15, 1953	August 13, 1956	Social Credit	W. A. C. Bennett	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Liberal
Thomas James Irwin
25th Parliament	25th general	February 7, 1957	August 3, 1960	Social Credit	W. A. C. Bennett	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Liberal
Thomas James IrwinUntil April, 1957

26th Parliament	26th general	January 26, 1961	August 21, 1963	Social Credit	W. A. C. Bennett	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Liberal
Lorne Shantz
27th Parliament	27th general	January 23, 1964	August 5, 1966	Social Credit	W. A. C. Bennett	New Democratic Party
Liberal
William Harvey Murray
28th Parliament	28th general	January 24, 1967	July 21, 1969	Social Credit	W. A. C. Bennett	New Democratic Party
Liberal
William Harvey Murray
29th Parliament
29th general	January 22, 1970	July 24, 1972	Social Credit	W. A. C. Bennett	New Democratic Party
Liberal
William Harvey Murray
30th Parliament
30th general	October 17, 1972	November 3, 1975	New Democratic Party	Dave Barrett	Social Credit
Liberal
Gordon Dowding
31st Parliament
31st general	March 17, 1976	April 3, 1979	Social Credit	Bill Bennett	New Democratic Party
Liberal
Ed SmithUntil 1978

32nd Parliament
32nd general	June 6, 1979	April 7, 1983	Social Credit	Bill Bennett	New Democratic Party
None	Harvey SchroederUntil 1982

33rd Parliament
33rd general	June 23, 1983	September 24, 1986	Social Credit	Bill BennettUntil August 1986
New Democratic Party
None	Kenneth Walter Davidson
34th Parliament
34th general	March 9, 1987	September 19, 1991	Social Credit	Bill Vander ZalmUntil April 2, 1991
New Democratic Party
None	John Douglas ReynoldsUntil 1989

35th Parliament
35th general	March 17, 1992	April 30, 1996	New Democratic Party	Mike HarcourtUntil February 22, 1996
Liberal
Social Credit
Joan SawickiUntil 1994

36th Parliament
36th general	June 25, 1996	title=Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987-2001	url=http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1987-2001-ElectionHistory.pdf	access-date=2011-08-04	publisher=Elections BC}}	New Democratic Party	Glen ClarkUntil August 25, 1999
Liberal
Reform
Dale LovickUntil 1998

37th Parliament
37th general	June 19, 2001	April 19, 2005	Liberal	Gordon Campbell	New Democratic Party
None	Claude Richmond
38th Parliament
38th general	September 12, 2005	April 14, 2009	Liberal	Gordon Campbell	New Democratic Party
None	Bill Barisoff
39th Parliament
39th general	August 29, 2009	April 16, 2013	Liberal	Gordon CampbellUntil March 14, 2011
New Democratic Party
None	Bill Barisoff
40th Parliament	40th general	June 26, 2013	April 11, 2017	Liberal	Christy Clark	New Democratic Party
Green	Linda Reid
41st Parliament	41st general	June 26, 2017	September 21, 2020	LiberalUntil July 18, 2017; government defeated in a non-confidence vote June 29, 2017
New Democratic Party	Christy ClarkUntil July 18, 2017; government defeated in a non-confidence vote June 29, 2017
John Horgan	New Democratic Party	Green	Steve ThomsonUntil June 29, 2017

42nd Parliament	42nd general	Dec 7, 2020	Sep 21, 2024	New Democratic Party	John HorganUntil November 18, 2022
David Eby	Liberal / BC United
Andrew WilkinsonUntil November 21, 2020
Shirley BondUntil May 16, 2022
Kevin Falcon	Green
Sonia Furstenau	Raj Chouhan
43rd Parliament	43rd general	Feb 18, 2025	(n/a)	New Democratic Party	David Eby	Conservative
John RustadLeader of the Conservative Party.		Raj Chouhan

Notes

References

"Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986". Elections BC.
"Premiers of British Columbia 1871-". BC Legislature.
"Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903-". BC Legislature.
"Party Leaders in British Columbia 1900-". BC Legislature.
"Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-". BC Legislature.
Magurn, A J. (1905). "Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1905".
"Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987-2001". Elections BC.
"Previous Sessions Debates and Indexes". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

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