Legislature of British Columbia
Parliament of British Columbia | |
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42nd Parliament of British Columbia | |
Type | |
Type | Unicameral |
Houses | Legislative Assembly |
History | |
Founded | July 20, 1871 |
Preceded by | Governor-in-Council of the United Colony of British Columbia |
The Parliament of British Columbia is made of two elements: the Queen in Right of British Columbia, represented by the Lieutenant Governor, and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (which meets at the British Columbia Parliament Buildings). The Parliament of British Columbia has existed since the province joined Canada in 1871, before which it was preceded by the Parliament 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 Executive Council of British Columbia. The premier acts as British Columbia's head of government, while the Queen of Canada in Right of British Columbia acts as its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Before 1903, candidates in British Columbia elections were not affiliated with political parties.
List of Parliaments[]
Following is a list of the 42 times the Parliament 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 | From To[1][nb 1] |
Governing Party | Premier[2] | Official Opposition Party Leader[3] |
Other Official Party Leader[4] |
Speaker of the House[5] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Assembly 4 sessions |
1st general | Nov. 20, 1871 Aug. 30, 1875 |
none[nb 2] | John Foster McCreight[nb 3] Amor De Cosmos[nb 4] |
none[nb 5] | none | James Trimble |
2nd Assembly 3 sessions |
2nd general | Jan. 10, 1876 Apr. 12, 1878 |
none | George Anthony Walkem[nb 6] |
none | none | James Trimble |
3rd Assembly 5 sessions |
3rd general | Jul. 29, 1878 June 13, 1882 |
none | George Anthony Walkem[nb 7] Robert Beaven |
none | none | Frederick W. Williams |
4th Assembly 4 sessions |
4th general | Jan. 25, 1883 June 3, 1886 |
none | Robert Beaven[nb 8] |
none | none | John Andrew Mara |
5th Assembly 4 sessions |
5th general | Jan. 24, 1887 May 10, 1890 |
none | William Smithe[nb 9] Alexander Edmund Batson Davie[nb 10] |
none | none | Charles Edward Pooley[nb 11] David Williams Higgins |
6th Assembly 4 sessions |
6th general | Jan. 15, 1891 June 2, 1894 |
none | John Robson[nb 12] Theodore Davie |
none | none | David Williams Higgins |
7th Assembly 4 sessions |
7th general | Nov. 12, 1894 June 7, 1898 |
none | Theodore Davie[nb 13] John Herbert Turner |
none | none | David Williams Higgins[nb 14] |
8th Assembly 2 sessions |
8th general | Jan. 5, 1899 April 10, 1900 |
none | John Herbert Turner[nb 15] Charles Augustus Semlin[nb 16] |
none | none | William Thomas Forster |
9th Assembly 4 sessions[6] |
9th general | July 19, 1900 June 16, 1903 |
none | James Dunsmuir[nb 17] Edward Gawler Prior[nb 18] |
none | none | John Paton Booth[nb 19] |
10th Assembly | 10th general | Nov. 26, 1903 Dec. 24, 1906 |
Conservative | Richard McBride | Liberal |
none | Charles Edward Pooley |
11th Assembly | 11th general | Mar. 7, 1907 Oct. 20, 1909 |
Conservative | Richard McBride | Liberal |
none | David McEwen Eberts |
12th Assembly | 12th general | Jan. 20, 1910 Feb. 27, 1912 |
Conservative | Richard McBride | Liberal |
none | David McEwen Eberts |
13th Assembly | 13th general | Jan. 16, 1913 May 31, 1916 |
Conservative | Richard McBride[nb 20] |
Liberal |
none | David McEwen Eberts |
14th Assembly | 14th general | Mar. 1, 1917 Oct. 23, 1920 |
Liberal | Harlan Carey Brewster[nb 21] |
Conservative |
none | John Walter Weart[nb 22] |
15th Assembly | 15th general | Feb. 8, 1921 May 10, 1924 |
Liberal | John Oliver | Conservative |
none | Alexander Malcolm Manson[nb 23] |
16th Assembly | 16th general | Nov. 3, 1924 June 7, 1928 |
Liberal | John Oliver[nb 24] |
Conservative |
Provincial Alexander Duncan McRae |
John Andrew Buckham |
17th Assembly | 17th general | Jan. 22, 1929 Aug. 1, 1933 |
Conservative | Simon Fraser Tolmie | Liberal Thomas Dufferin Pattullo |
none | James William Jones[nb 25] Cyril Francis Davie |
18th Assembly | 18th general | Feb. 20, 1934 Apr. 12, 1937 |
Liberal | Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
Unionist |
Henry George Thomas Perry |
19th Assembly | 19th general | Oct. 26, 1937 Jul. 21, 1941 |
Liberal | Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | Conservative |
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
Norman William Whittaker |
20th Assembly | 20th general | Dec. 4, 1941 Aug. 31, 1945 |
Liberal-Conservative coalition | John Hart | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
none | Norman William Whittaker |
21st Assembly | 21st general | Feb. 1, 1946 Apr. 16, 1949 |
Liberal-Conservative coalition | John Hart[nb 28] |
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
none | Norman William Whittaker[nb 29] Robert Henry Carson[nb 30] |
22nd Assembly | 22nd general | Feb. 14, 1950 Apr. 10, 1952 |
Liberal-Conservative coalition | Byron Ingemar Johnson | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation[nb 31] Conservative |
none | Nancy Hodges |
23rd Assembly | 23rd general | Feb. 3, 1953 Mar. 27, 1953 |
Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
Liberal Arthur Laing Progressive Conservative |
Thomas James Irwin |
24th Assembly | 24th general | Sep. 15, 1953 Aug. 13, 1956 |
Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
Liberal Arthur Laing Progressive Conservative |
Thomas James Irwin |
25th Assembly | 25th general | Feb. 7, 1957 Aug. 3, 1960 |
Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
Liberal |
Thomas James Irwin[nb 32] |
26th Assembly | 26th general | Jan. 26, 1961 Aug. 21, 1963 |
Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
Liberal |
Lorne Shantz |
27th Assembly | 27th general | Jan. 23, 1964 Aug. 5, 1966 |
Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | New Democratic Party |
Liberal |
William Harvey Murray |
28th Assembly | 28th general | Jan. 24, 1967 Jul. 21, 1969 |
Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | New Democratic Party |
Liberal |
William Harvey Murray |
29th Assembly 3 sessions |
29th general | Jan. 22, 1970 Jul. 24, 1972 |
Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | New Democratic Party Dave Barrett |
Liberal Pat McGeer |
William Harvey Murray |
30th Assembly 5 sessions |
30th general | Oct. 17, 1972 Nov. 3, 1975 |
New Democratic Party | Dave Barrett | Social Credit W. A. C. Bennett[nb 33] |
Liberal Progressive Conservative |
Gordon Dowding |
31st Assembly 4 sessions |
31st general | Mar. 17, 1976 Apr. 3, 1979 |
Social Credit | Bill Bennett | New Democratic Party William Stewart King[nb 34] |
Liberal Gordon Gibson Progressive Conservative |
Ed Smith[nb 35] |
32nd Assembly 4 sessions |
32nd general | June 6, 1979 Apr. 7, 1983 |
Social Credit | Bill Bennett | New Democratic Party Dave Barrett |
none | Harvey Schroeder[nb 36] Kenneth Walter Davidson |
33rd Assembly 4 sessions |
33rd general | June 23, 1983 Sep. 24, 1986 |
Social Credit | Bill Bennett[nb 37] Bill Vander Zalm |
New Democratic Party Dave Barrett[nb 38] |
none | Kenneth Walter Davidson |
34th Assembly 5 sessions |
34th general | Mar. 9, 1987 Sep. 19, 1991 |
Social Credit | Bill Vander Zalm[nb 39] |
New Democratic Party |
none | John Douglas Reynolds[nb 40] |
35th Assembly 5 sessions |
35th general | Mar. 17, 1992 April 30, 1996 |
New Democratic Party | Mike Harcourt[nb 41] Glen Clark |
Liberal Gordon Wilson |
Social Credit |
Joan Sawicki[nb 42] Emery Barnes |
36th Assembly 5 sessions |
36th general | June 25, 1996 April 18, 2001[7] |
New Democratic Party | Glen Clark[nb 43] Dan Miller[nb 44] |
Liberal Gordon Campbell |
Reform Progressive Democrat |
Dale Lovick[nb 45] |
37th Assembly 6 sessions |
37th general | June 19, 2001 2005 |
Liberal | Gordon Campbell | New Democratic Party |
none | Claude Richmond |
38th Assembly 5 sessions |
38th general | Sep. 12, 2005 2009 |
Liberal | Gordon Campbell | New Democratic Party |
none | Bill Barisoff |
39th Assembly 5 sessions[8] |
39th general | Aug. 29, 2009 April 16, 2013 |
Liberal | Gordon Campbell[nb 47] Christy Clark |
New Democratic Party |
none | Bill Barisoff |
40th Assembly | 40th general | June 26, 2013 April 11, 2017 |
Liberal | Christy Clark | New Democratic Party Adrian Dix[nb 48] |
Green
Andrew J. Weaver[nb 49] |
Linda Reid |
41st Assembly | 41st general | June 26, 2017 |
Liberal[nb 50] New Democratic Party |
Christy Clark[nb 51] John Horgan |
New Democratic Party | Green
Andrew J. Weaver[nb 53] |
Steve Thomson[nb 55] |
42nd Assembly | 42nd general | October 24, 2020 | New Democratic Party | John Horgan | Liberal Andrew Wilkinson |
Green | Raj Chouhan |
Notes:
- ^ From opening day of legislature to the day that the legislature was dissolved.
- ^ Political parties did not exist in the British Columbia legislature before 1903
- ^ Until December 1872
- ^ Until February 1874
- ^ Did not exist until 1903
- ^ Until January 25, 1876
- ^ Until June, 1882
- ^ Until January, 1883
- ^ Until March, 1887
- ^ Until August, 1889
- ^ Until 1889
- ^ Until June, 1892
- ^ Until March, 1895
- ^ Until March, 1898
- ^ Until August, 1898
- ^ Until February, 1900
- ^ Until November, 1902
- ^ Until June, 1902
- ^ Until February 26, 1902
- ^ Until December, 1915
- ^ Until March, 1918
- ^ Until February, 1918
- ^ Until January 28, 1922
- ^ Until August 17, 1927
- ^ Until 1930
- ^ After August 1936, following a split in the party, the Social Constructive Party led by Connell became the official opposition
- ^ From June, 1939
- ^ Until December 28, 1947
- ^ Until 1947
- ^ Until January, 1949
- ^ Until February, 1952
- ^ Until April, 1957
- ^ Until November, 1973
- ^ Until June, 1976
- ^ Until 1978
- ^ Until 1982
- ^ Until August 1986
- ^ Until May 1984
- ^ Until April 2, 1991
- ^ Until 1989
- ^ Until February 22, 1996
- ^ Until 1994
- ^ Until August 25, 1999
- ^ Until February 24, 2000
- ^ Until 1998
- ^ Until 2000
- ^ Until March 14, 2001
- ^ Until May 4, 2014
- ^ From December 9, 2015
- ^ until July 18, 2017; government defeated in a non-confidence vote June 29, 2017
- ^ until July 18, 2017; government defeated in a non-confidence vote June 29, 2017
- ^ until July 18, 2017
- ^ until January 6, 2020
- ^ until September 14, 2020
- ^ until June 29, 2017
References[]
- ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
- ^ "Premiers of British Columbia 1871-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ "Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ "Party Leaders in British Columbia 1900-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872-" (PDF). BC Legislature. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ Magurn, A J (1905). Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1905.
- ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987-2001" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
- ^ "Previous Sessions Debates and Indexes". Hansard Services. Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Archived from the original on February 19, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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