42nd Parliament of British Columbia | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
December 7, 2020 – September 21, 2024 | |||
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Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | John Horgan July 18, 2017 – November 18, 2022 | ||
David Eby November 18, 2022 – present | |||
Cabinets | Horgan (2nd) Eby (1st) | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Shirley Bond November 23, 2020 – May 16, 2022 | ||
Kevin Falcon May 16, 2022 – October 19, 2024 | |||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | New Democratic Party | ||
Opposition | BC United | ||
Recognized | Conservative Party | ||
Green Party | |||
Legislative Assembly | |||
![]() Seating arrangements of the Legislative Assembly | |||
Speaker of the Assembly | Raj Chouhan December 7, 2020 – present | ||
Government House Leader | Mike Farnworth July 18, 2017 – December 7, 2022 | ||
Ravi Kahlon December 7, 2022 – November 18, 2024 | |||
Opposition House Leader | Todd Stone December 7, 2020 – September 21, 2024 | ||
Members | 87 MLA seats | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022 | ||
Charles III September 8, 2022 – present | |||
Lieutenant Governor | Janet Austin April 24, 2018 – January 30, 2025 | ||
Sessions | |||
1st session December 8, 2020 [1] – April 12, 2021 | |||
2nd session April 13, 2021 [2] – February 8, 2022 | |||
3rd session February 9, 2022 [3] – February 6, 2023 | |||
4th session February 7, 2023 [4] – September 21, 2024 | |||
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The 42nd Parliament of British Columbia was chosen in the 2020 British Columbia general election. [5] All 87 seats were up for election. [6]
The 41st Parliament of British Columbia was dissolved on September 21, 2020. The 42nd Parliament convened for its first session on December 7, 2020.
Affiliation | House members | ||
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2020 election results | Dissolution | ||
New Democratic | 57 | 55 | |
BC United | 28 | 20 | |
Conservative | 0 | 8 | |
Green | 2 | 2 | |
Independent | 0 | 2 | |
Total seats | 87 |
The members of the legislative assembly were elected in the 42nd general election, held on October 24, 2020. [23] The election resulted in an absolute majority for the BC NDP, and after a judicial recount in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky the final results had 57 BC NDP members, 28 BC Liberals, and 2 BC Greens being certified. [24] As leader of the BC NDP, John Horgan continued from the previous parliament as premier. Even though BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson won his riding in Vancouver-Quilchena, he resigned as leader of the Opposition prior to the new parliament commencing, with Shirley Bond assuming that position and being interim leader of the BC Liberals. In replacing members of his Executive Council that had retired, Horgan added newly elected MLAs Jennifer Whiteside as minister of Education, Murray Rankin as minister of Indigenous Relations, and Josie Osborne as minister of Municipal Affairs, as well as Nathan Cullen as minister of state for Lands and Natural Resources. Continuing in their roles from the previous parliament, Adrian Dix continued as minister of Health, David Eby as attorney general, George Heyman as minister of Environment, Harry Bains as minister of Labour, Lana Popham as minister of Agriculture, and Mike Farnworth as solicitor general. [25]
The first session of the 42nd parliament began on December 17, 2020, with the speech from the throne delivered by Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin on behalf of Premier Horgan and the BC NDP government. [26] The first session only lasted four months, with all bills receiving royal assent by the end of March. Among the legislation adopted, the Firearm Violence Prevention Act (Bill 4) repealed and replaced the Firearm Act and included new measures as recommended in the 2017 report from a previous parliament's Illegal Firearms Task Force, such as a prohibition on the sale of imitation and low-velocity guns to youth. [27] Bill 5 created the position of the Fairness Officer at ICBC to replace the corporation's Fairness Commissioner; Bill 8 brought the Real Estate Council of BC and the Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate under the regulatory authority of the BC Financial Services Authority; and Bill 9 amended how local government elections are conducted by regulating activities during a defined pre-campaign period, limiting sponsorship contributions and creating a registry of elector organizations. [28] [29] [30]
The second session began on April 12, 2021, with a new speech from the throne delivered by Lieutenant Governor Austin. There were no changes to the membership of the Executive Council, though Mike Farnworth was named deputy premier in October after Horgan was diagnosed with throat cancer. [31] Budget measures were implemented in Bill 4 and included freezing the carbon tax for one year, creating the BC Recovery Benefit as a one-time payment of $500 per individual on income assistance, creating the temporary Increased Employment Incentive program for employers to hire new employees, extending the book publishing tax credit by 5 years, and increasing the tobacco tax. [32] COVID-related legislation included a new entitlement for employees to receive paid leave to receive a vaccination against COVID-19, [33] prohibiting until July 2023 any conduct that disrupts access to COVID-19 vaccination sites or hospitals with emergency rooms, [34] making permanent several temporary measures allowing electronic local government council meetings, and extending the COVID-19 Related Measures Act to December 31, 2022.
New acts adopted with all-party support included the Accessible British Columbia Act, to allow accessibility-related regulations to be implemented affecting the built environment, delivery of government services, and in the health and education sectors; [35] and the Early Childhood Educators Act, to create oversight of early childhood educators. [36] With all-party support, the Early Learning and Child Care Act repealed and replaced the Child Care BC Act and the Child Care Subsidy Act. With the BC Liberal Party voting to oppose, the InBC Investment Corp. Act was adopted to create a new Crown corporation to administer a new small business investment fund. [37]
Significant amendments to existing legislation, with all-party support, included adding "Indigenous identity" to the BC Human Rights Code [38] and adding "single-use product" (i.e. plastics) to the list of packaging materials that may be regulated or prohibited. On division, with the BC Liberal Party opposed, the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act was amended to increase the number of electoral districts from 87 to 93 and remove the provisions that required a certain number to be located in the North, the Cariboo-Thompson and the Columbia-Kootenay regions despite population factors; [39] and forestry-related legislation was amended to require forestry companies to publicly disclose where operations will occur, replace forest stewardship plans with forest landscape plans with a new set of objectives, require licence holders maintain inventories of ecosystems, recreation-visual resources, reduce annual allowable cuts for purposes of redistribution to small businesses and create a new designation for non-timber production purpose. [40] With both Liberals and Green Party MLAs voting against, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act was amended to allow data-hosting outside of BC and allow disclosure of personal information outside Canada and to create a fee to apply for a freedom-of-information request. [41]
Member | Party | Electoral district | First elected / previously elected | No.# of term(s) | |
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Pam Alexis † | New Democratic | Abbotsford-Mission | 2020 | 1st term | |
Bruce Banman | Liberal | Abbotsford South | 2020 | 1st term | |
United | |||||
Conservative [a] | |||||
Mike de Jong | Liberal | Abbotsford West | 1994 | 8th term | |
United | |||||
Roly Russell | New Democratic | Boundary-Similkameen | 2020 | 1st term | |
Anne Kang † | New Democratic | Burnaby-Deer Lake | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Raj Chouhan * | New Democratic | Burnaby-Edmonds | 2005 | 5th term | |
Katrina Chen | New Democratic | Burnaby-Lougheed | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Janet Routledge | New Democratic | Burnaby North | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Lorne Doerkson | Liberal | Cariboo-Chilcotin | 2020 | 1st term | |
United | |||||
Conservative [a] | |||||
Coralee Oakes | Liberal | Cariboo North | 2013 | 3rd term | |
United | |||||
Dan Coulter † | New Democratic | Chilliwack | 2020 | 1st term | |
Kelli Paddon | New Democratic | Chilliwack-Kent | 2020 | 1st term | |
Doug Clovechok | Liberal | Columbia River-Revelstoke | 2017 | 2nd term | |
United | |||||
Fin Donnelly | New Democratic | Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | 2020 | 1st term | |
Selina Robinson | New Democratic | Coquitlam-Maillardville | 2013 | 3rd term | |
Independent [b] | |||||
Ronna-Rae Leonard | New Democratic | Courtenay-Comox | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Sonia Furstenau | Green | Cowichan Valley | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Ravi Kahlon † | New Democratic | Delta North | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Ian Paton | Liberal | Delta South | 2017 | 2nd term | |
United | |||||
Conservative [a] | |||||
Mitzi Dean † | New Democratic | Esquimalt-Metchosin | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Jackie Tegart | Liberal | Fraser-Nicola | 2013 | 3rd term | |
United | |||||
Peter Milobar | Liberal | Kamloops-North Thompson | 2017 | 2nd term | |
United | |||||
Conservative [a] | |||||
Todd Stone | Liberal | Kamloops-South Thompson | 2013 | 3rd term | |
United | |||||
Norm Letnick | Liberal | Kelowna-Lake Country | 2009 | 4th term | |
United | |||||
Renee Merrifield | Liberal | Kelowna-Mission | 2020 | 1st term | |
United | |||||
Ben Stewart | Liberal | Kelowna West | 2009, 2018 | 4th term* | |
United | |||||
Tom Shypitka | Liberal | Kootenay East | 2017 | 2nd term | |
United | |||||
Katrine Conroy † | New Democratic | Kootenay West | 2005 | 5th term | |
John Horgan ‡ (to March 1, 2023) | New Democratic | Langford-Juan de Fuca | 2005 | 5th term | |
Ravi Parmar (from June 24, 2023) | New Democratic | 2023 | 1st term | ||
Andrew Mercier † | New Democratic | Langley | 2020 | 1st term | |
Megan Dykeman | New Democratic | Langley East | 2020 | 1st term | |
Bob D'Eith | New Democratic | Maple Ridge-Mission | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Lisa Beare † | New Democratic | Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Josie Osborne † | New Democratic | Mid Island-Pacific Rim | 2020 | 1st term | |
Sheila Malcolmson † | New Democratic | Nanaimo | 2019 | 2nd term | |
Doug Routley | New Democratic | Nanaimo-North Cowichan | 2005 | 5th term | |
John Rustad | Liberal | Nechako Lakes | 2005 | 5th term | |
Independent | |||||
Conservative [a] | |||||
Brittny Anderson | New Democratic | Nelson-Creston | 2020 | 1st term | |
Jennifer Whiteside † | New Democratic | New Westminster | 2020 | 1st term | |
Jennifer Rice | New Democratic | North Coast | 2013 | 3rd term | |
Michele Babchuk | New Democratic | North Island | 2020 | 1st term | |
Bowinn Ma † | New Democratic | North Vancouver-Lonsdale | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Susie Chant | New Democratic | North Vancouver-Seymour | 2020 | 1st term | |
Murray Rankin † | New Democratic | Oak Bay-Gordon Head | 2020 | 1st term | |
Adam Walker | New Democratic | Parksville-Qualicum | 2020 | 1st term | |
Independent [c] | |||||
Dan Davies | Liberal | Peace River North | 2017 | 2nd term | |
United | |||||
Mike Bernier | Liberal | Peace River South | 2013 | 3rd term | |
United | |||||
Dan Ashton | Liberal | Penticton | 2013 | 3rd term | |
United | |||||
Mike Farnworth † | New Democratic | Port Coquitlam | 1991, 2005 | 7th term* | |
Rick Glumac | New Democratic | Port Moody-Coquitlam | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Nicholas Simons † | New Democratic | Powell River-Sunshine Coast | 2005 | 5th term | |
Mike Morris | Liberal | Prince George-Mackenzie | 2013 | 3rd term | |
United | |||||
Shirley Bond | Liberal | Prince George-Valemount | 2001 | 6th term | |
United | |||||
Teresa Wat | Liberal | Richmond North Centre | 2013 | 3rd term | |
United | |||||
Conservative [a] | |||||
Aman Singh | New Democratic | Richmond-Queensborough | 2020 | 1st term | |
Henry Yao | New Democratic | Richmond South Centre | 2020 | 1st term | |
Kelly Greene | New Democratic | Richmond-Steveston | 2020 | 1st term | |
Adam Olsen | Green | Saanich North and the Islands | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Lana Popham † | New Democratic | Saanich South | 2009 | 4th term | |
Greg Kyllo | Liberal | Shuswap | 2013 | 3rd term | |
United | |||||
Ellis Ross | Liberal | Skeena | 2017 | 2nd term | |
United | |||||
Nathan Cullen † | New Democratic | Stikine | 2020 | 1st term | |
Mike Starchuk | New Democratic | Surrey-Cloverdale | 2020 | 1st term | |
Jagrup Brar † | New Democratic | Surrey-Fleetwood | 2004, 2017 | 5th term* | |
Rachna Singh † | New Democratic | Surrey-Green Timbers | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Garry Begg | New Democratic | Surrey-Guildford | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Harry Bains † | New Democratic | Surrey-Newton | 2005 | 5th term | |
Jinny Sims | New Democratic | Surrey-Panorama | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Stephanie Cadieux (to April 30, 2022) | Liberal | Surrey South | 2009 | 4th term | |
Elenore Sturko (from September 10, 2022) | Liberal | 2022 | 1st term | ||
United | |||||
Conservative [a] | |||||
Bruce Ralston † | New Democratic | Surrey-Whalley | 2005 | 5th term | |
Trevor Halford | Liberal | Surrey-White Rock | 2020 | 1st term | |
United | |||||
Conservative [a] | |||||
George Heyman † | New Democratic | Vancouver-Fairview | 2013 | 3rd term | |
Brenda Bailey † | New Democratic | Vancouver-False Creek | 2020 | 1st term | |
George Chow | New Democratic | Vancouver-Fraserview | 2017 | 2nd term | |
Niki Sharma † | New Democratic | Vancouver-Hastings | 2020 | 1st term | |
Mable Elmore | New Democratic | Vancouver-Kensington | 2009 | 4th term | |
Adrian Dix † | New Democratic | Vancouver-Kingsway | 2005 | 5th term | |
Michael Lee | Liberal | Vancouver-Langara | 2017 | 2nd term | |
United | |||||
Melanie Mark † (to April 14, 2023) | New Democratic | Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | 2016 | 3rd term | |
Joan Phillip (from June 24, 2023) | New Democratic | 2023 | 1st term | ||
David Eby † † | New Democratic | Vancouver-Point Grey | 2013 | 3rd term | |
Andrew Wilkinson †† (to February 17, 2022) | Liberal | Vancouver-Quilchena | 2013 | 3rd term | |
Kevin Falcon ‡ (from April 30, 2022) | Liberal | 2001, [d] 2022 | 4th term* | ||
United | |||||
Spencer Chandra Herbert | New Democratic | Vancouver-West End | 2008 | 5th term | |
Harwinder Sandhu | New Democratic | Vernon-Monashee | 2020 | 1st term | |
Grace Lore † | New Democratic | Victoria-Beacon Hill | 2020 | 1st term | |
Rob Fleming † | New Democratic | Victoria-Swan Lake | 2005 | 5th term | |
Karin Kirkpatrick | Liberal | West Vancouver-Capilano | 2020 | 1st term | |
United | |||||
Jordan Sturdy | Liberal | West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | 2013 | 3rd term | |
United |