43rd Parliament of British Columbia

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43rd Parliament of British Columbia
Majority parliament
Feb. 18, 2025 – present
Coat of arms of British Columbia.svg
Parliament leaders
Premier David Eby
Nov. 18, 2022 – present
Cabinet Eby ministry (2nd term)
Leader of the
Opposition 		John Rustad
Oct. 19, 2024 – Dec. 4, 2025
Trevor Halford
Dec. 4, 2025 – present
Party caucuses
Government New Democratic
Opposition Conservative
Recognized Green
Unrecognized OneBC
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly 		Raj Chouhan
Dec. 7, 2020 – present
Government
House leader 		Mike Farnworth
Nov. 18, 2024 – present
Opposition
House leader		 A'aliya Warbus
Nov. 20, 2024 – present
Members93 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Charles III
Sep. 8, 2022 – present
Lieutenant
governor 		Janet Austin
Apr. 24, 2018 – Jan. 30, 2025
Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia
Jan. 30, 2025 – present
Sessions
1st session
February 18, 2025 [1]  – February 12, 2026 [1]
2nd session
February 17, 2026 – ongoing
←  42nd

The 43rd Parliament of British Columbia was chosen in the 2024 British Columbia general election. [2]

Contents

It is the first legislature in British Columbia to have a majority of female legislators, with 49 of 93 (52%) female MLAs, and the first in any Canadian province or territory to achieve this through a general election. [a] [3]

Opposition MLAs from the Conservative and Green caucuses were sworn in on November 12, 2024, and the governing New Democratic MLAs were sworn in on November 13, 2024. [4]

Raj Chouhan, the MLA for Burnaby-New Westminster, was re-elected as the speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

Party standings

Standings in the 43rd British Columbia Parliament
Affiliation House members Frontbench
2024 election results Current
New Democratic 4747 Eby ministry
Conservative 4439 Rustad/Halford shadow cabinet
Green 22N/A
OneBC 01N/A
Independent 04N/A
Total seats93–

Officeholders

Speaker

Other chair occupants

Leaders

House leaders

Caucus whips

Members

MemberPartyElectoral districtFirst elected / previously electedTerm number
Bruce Banman Conservative Abbotsford South 2020 [b] 2
Korky Neufeld Conservative Abbotsford West 20241
Reann Gasper Conservative Abbotsford-Mission 20241
Donegal Wilson Conservative Boundary-Similkameen 20241
Sharon Hartwell Conservative Bulkley Valley-Stikine 20241
Anne Kang  † NDP Burnaby Centre 20173
Reah Arora NDP Burnaby East 20241
Janet Routledge NDP Burnaby North 20173
Paul Choi NDP Burnaby South-Metrotown 20241
Raj Chouhan  * NDP Burnaby-New Westminster 20056
Lorne Doerkson Conservative Cariboo-Chilcotin 2020 [b] 2
Heather Maahs Conservative Chilliwack North 20241
Á'a:líya Warbus Conservative Chilliwack-Cultus Lake 20241
Scott McInnis Conservative Columbia River-Revelstoke 20241
Jodie Wickens  † NDP Coquitlam-Burke Mountain 2016, 20242*
Jennifer Blatherwick NDP Coquitlam-Maillardville 20241
Brennan Day Conservative Courtenay-Comox 20241
Debra Toporowski NDP Cowichan Valley 20241
Ravi Kahlon  † NDP Delta North 20173
Ian Paton Conservative Delta South 2017 [b] 3
Darlene Rotchford NDP Esquimalt-Colwood 20241
Tony Luck Conservative Fraser-Nicola 20241
Dana Lajeunesse NDP Juan de Fuca-Malahat 20241
Peter Milobar Conservative Kamloops Centre 2017 [b] 3
Ward Stamer Conservative Kamloops-North Thompson 20241
Kristina Loewen Conservative Kelowna Centre 20241
Tara Armstrong Conservative Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream 20241
Independent [c]
OneBC [d]
Independent [e]
Gavin Dew Conservative Kelowna-Mission 20241
Brittny Anderson  † NDP Kootenay Central 20202
Steve Morissette NDP Kootenay-Monashee 20241
Pete Davis Conservative Kootenay-Rockies 20241
Stephanie Higginson NDP Ladysmith-Oceanside 20241
Ravi Parmar  † NDP Langford-Highlands 20232
Harman Bhangu Conservative Langley-Abbotsford 20241
Misty Van Popta Conservative Langley-Walnut Grove 20241
Jody Toor Conservative Langley-Willowbrook 20241
Lawrence Mok Conservative Maple Ridge East 20241
Lisa Beare  † NDP Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows 20173
Josie Osborne  † NDP Mid Island-Pacific Rim 20202
Sheila Malcolmson  † NDP Nanaimo-Gabriola Island 20193
George Anderson NDP Nanaimo-Lantzville 20241
John Rustad Conservative Nechako Lakes 2005 [b] 6
Jennifer Whiteside NDP New Westminster-Coquitlam 20202
Tamara Davidson  † NDP North Coast-Haida Gwaii 20241
Anna Kindy Conservative North Island 20241
Bowinn Ma  † NDP North Vancouver-Lonsdale 20173
Susie Chant NDP North Vancouver-Seymour 20202
Diana Gibson  † NDP Oak Bay-Gordon Head 20241
Jordan Kealy Conservative Peace River North 20241
Independent [c]
Larry Neufeld Conservative Peace River South 20241
Amelia Boultbee Conservative Penticton-Summerland 20241
Independent
Mike Farnworth  † NDP Port Coquitlam 1991, 20058*
Rick Glumac  † NDP Port Moody-Burquitlam 20173
Randene Neill  † NDP Powell River-Sunshine Coast 20241
Kiel Giddens Conservative Prince George-Mackenzie 20241
Sheldon Clare Conservative Prince George-North Cariboo 20241
Rosalyn Bird Conservative Prince George-Valemount 20241
Teresa Wat Conservative Richmond-Bridgeport 2013 [b] 4
Hon Chan Conservative Richmond Centre 20241
Steve Kooner Conservative Richmond-Queensborough 20241
Kelly Greene  † NDP Richmond-Steveston 20202
Rob Botterell Green Saanich North and the Islands 20241
Lana Popham  † NDP Saanich South 20095
David Williams Conservative Salmon Arm-Shuswap 20241
Claire Rattée Conservative Skeena 20241
Amna Shah NDP Surrey City Centre 20241
Mandeep Dhaliwal Conservative Surrey North 20241
Brent Chapman Conservative Surrey South 20241
Elenore Sturko Conservative Surrey-Cloverdale 2022 [b] 2
Independent
Jagrup Brar  † NDP Surrey-Fleetwood 2004, 20176*
Garry Begg  † NDP Surrey-Guildford 20173
Jessie Sunner NDP Surrey-Newton 20241
Bryan Tepper Conservative Surrey-Panorama 20241
Linda Hepner Conservative Surrey-Serpentine River 20241
Trevor Halford  ‡ Conservative Surrey-White Rock 2020 [b] 2
George Chow  † NDP Vancouver-Fraserview 20173
Niki Sharma  † NDP Vancouver-Hastings 20202
Mable Elmore NDP Vancouver-Kensington 20095
Sunita Dhir NDP Vancouver-Langara 20241
Christine Boyle  † NDP Vancouver-Little Mountain 20241
David Eby  † † NDP Vancouver-Point Grey 20134
Dallas Brodie Conservative Vancouver-Quilchena 20241
Independent [f]
OneBC [d]
Independent [g]
OneBC [h]
Adrian Dix  † NDP Vancouver-Renfrew 20056
Brenda Bailey NDP Vancouver-South Granville 20202
Joan Phillip NDP Vancouver-Strathcona 20232
Spencer Chandra Herbert  † NDP Vancouver-West End 20086
Terry Yung  † NDP Vancouver-Yaletown 20241
Harwinder Sandhu NDP Vernon-Lumby 20202
Grace Lore NDP Victoria-Beacon Hill 20202
Nina Krieger  † NDP Victoria-Swan Lake 20241
Macklin McCall Conservative West Kelowna-Peachland 20241
Lynne Block Conservative West Vancouver-Capilano 20241
Jeremy Valeriote Green West Vancouver-Sea to Sky 20241

Seat changes

Changes in seats held (2024–present)
SeatBeforeChange
DateMemberPartyReasonDateMemberParty
Vancouver-Quilchena March 7, 2025 Dallas Brodie █  Conservative Removed from caucus█  Independent
Peace River North March 7, 2025 Jordan Kealy █  Conservative Left caucus█  Independent
Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream March 7, 2025 Tara Armstrong █  Conservative Left caucus█  Independent
Vancouver-Quilchena June 9, 2025 Dallas Brodie █  Independent Formed new party█  OneBC
Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream June 9, 2025 Tara Armstrong █  Independent Formed new party█  OneBC
Surrey-Cloverdale September 22, 2025 Elenore Sturko █  Conservative Removed from caucus█  Independent
Penticton-Summerland October 20, 2025 Amelia Boultbee █  Conservative Left caucus█  Independent
Vancouver-Quilchena December 13, 2025 Dallas Brodie █  OneBC Removed from caucus█  Independent
Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream December 16, 2025 Tara Armstrong █  OneBC Left caucus█  Independent
Vancouver-Quilchena December 21, 2025 Dallas Brodie █  Independent Rejoined caucus█  OneBC

Notes

  1. ↑ The 19th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly had a achieved a majority of women MLAs in 2021, but only after a by-election.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 First elected as a Liberal
  3. 1 2 Elected as member of the Conservatives, resigned from caucus on March 7, 2025 [5]
  4. 1 2 Formed a new party on June 9, 2025 [6]
  5. ↑ Resigned from OneBC caucus on December 16, 2025
  6. ↑ Elected as member of the Conservatives, expelled from caucus on March 7, 2025 [7]
  7. ↑ Removed as interim leader and member of caucus [8]
  8. ↑ Rejoined caucus.

References

  1. 1 2 "Speech From the Throne". www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  2. ↑ Osmond, Andrew (October 20, 2024). "B.C. VOTES | Election results from across British Columbia". CityNews Vancouver. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ "B.C. has elected its first majority-female legislature". CBC News . October 29, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Swearing in ceremonies at B.C. legislature mark start of new political season". The Canadian Press . November 12, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  5. ↑ Kurjata, Andrew. "2 MLAs defect from B.C. Conservative Party following Dallas Brodie's ouster". Global News. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  6. ↑ Joveski, Emily. "Two former B.C. Conservative MLAs launch new political party". Global News. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  7. ↑ Little, Simon. "Dallas Brodie booted from BC Conservatives over residential school comments | Globalnews.ca". Global News . Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  8. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mla-dallas-brodie-ousted-says-onebc-board-9.7015705
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