Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
42nd Parliament of British Columbia
Type
Type	Unicameral house of the Parliament of British Columbia
History
Founded	July 20, 1871
Preceded by	Legislative Council
Leadership
Speaker	Raj Chouhan, BC NDP ; since December 7, 2020
Premier	John Horgan, BC NDP ; since July 18, 2017
Leader of the Opposition	Shirley Bond, BC Liberal ; since November 23, 2020
Government House Leader	Mike Farnworth, BC NDP ; since July 18, 2017
Opposition House Leader	Peter Milobar, BC Liberal ; since November 30, 2020
Structure
Seats	87
Political groups	Government; New Democratic (57); Opposition; Liberal (28) ; Third party; Green (2)
Elections
Last election	October 24, 2020
Next election	No later than October 19, 2024
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

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in session, 1921

The Legislative Chamber

Parliament Buildings, Victoria, Vancouver island

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.^[2]

The current Parliament is the 42nd Parliament. The most recent general election was held on October 24, 2020. Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly are broadcast to cable viewers in the province by Hansard Broadcasting Services.

Recent parliaments[]

Parliament	Period		Government Premier of British Columbia			Opposition Leader of the Opposition
Parliament	Start	End	Party		Name	Party		Name
32nd 1979 election	1979	1983		Social Credit	Bill Bennett		NDP	Dave Barrett
33rd 1983 election	1983	1986		Social Credit	Bill Bennett		NDP	Dave Barrett
33rd 1983 election	1983	1986		Social Credit	Bill Bennett		NDP	Bob Skelly
34th 1986 election	1987	1991		Social Credit	Bill Vander Zalm		NDP	Bob Skelly
34th 1986 election	1987	1991		Social Credit	Rita Johnston		NDP	Bob Skelly
35th 1991 election	1991	1996		NDP	Mike Harcourt		Liberal	Gordon Wilson
35th 1991 election	1991	1996		NDP	Mike Harcourt		Liberal	Gordon Campbell
36th 1996 election	1996	2001		NDP	Glen Clark		Liberal	Gordon Campbell
					Dan Miller
					Ujjal Dosanjh
37th 2001 election	2001	2005		Liberal	Gordon Campbell		NDP	Joy MacPhail
38th 2005 election	2005	2009		Liberal	Gordon Campbell		NDP	Carole James
39th 2009 election	2009	2013		Liberal	Gordon Campbell		NDP	Carole James
					Gordon Campbell			Dawn Black
					Christy Clark			Dawn Black
					Christy Clark			Adrian Dix
40th 2013 election	2013	2017		Liberal	Christy Clark		NDP	Adrian Dix
40th 2013 election	2013	2017		Liberal	Christy Clark		NDP	John Horgan
41st 2017 election	2017	2020		Liberal	Christy Clark		NDP	John Horgan
				NDP	John Horgan		Liberal	Christy Clark
								Rich Coleman
								Andrew Wilkinson
42nd 2020 election	2020	(ongoing)		NDP	John Horgan		Liberal	Andrew Wilkinson
42nd 2020 election	2020	(ongoing)		NDP	John Horgan		Liberal	Shirley Bond

Officeholders[]

Speaker[]

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia: Raj Chouhan (BC NDP)

Other chair occupants[]

Deputy speaker; chair, Committee of the Whole: Spencer Chandra Herbert (BC NDP)
Assistant deputy speaker: Norm Letnick (BC Liberal)
Deputy chair, Committee of the Whole: Ronna-Rae Leonard (BC NDP)

Leaders[]

Premier of British Columbia: John Horgan (BC NDP)
Leader of the Opposition: Shirley Bond^[3] (BC Liberal)
Green Party leader: Sonia Furstenau

House leaders[]

Government House leader: Mike Farnworth (BC NDP)
Opposition House leader: Peter Milobar (BC Liberal)
Green Party House leader: Sonia Furstenau (BC Green)

References[]

^ "Former AG's appointment caps day of confusion at B.C. Legislature". November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
^ "Order of Her Majesty in Council admitting British Columbia into the Union, dated the 16th day of May 1871", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1871/
^ "Veteran MLA Shirley Bond chosen interim leader of the B.C. Liberal Party | CBC News". CBC. November 23, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

External links[]

Official website

Coordinates: 48°25′10″N 123°22′13″W / 48.4195°N 123.3703°W / 48.4195; -123.3703

[liberal_roles-1] "Former AG's appointment caps day of confusion at B.C. Legislature". November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018.

[2] "Order of Her Majesty in Council admitting British Columbia into the Union, dated the 16th day of May 1871", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1871/

[3] "Veteran MLA Shirley Bond chosen interim leader of the B.C. Liberal Party | CBC News". CBC. November 23, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

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Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly	New Democratic (57) Liberal (28) Green (2)
Other parties recognized by Elections BC that contested the 2020 election	Christian Heritage Communist Conservative Libertarian Rural BC Vision Wexit BC
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Historical parties represented in the Legislative Assembly	Democratic Reform Federated Labour Progressive Democratic Provincial Reform Social Constructive Social Democratic Socialist United

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