43rd Parliament of British Columbia

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43rd Parliament of British Columbia
Majority parliament
February 18, 2025 – present
Coat of arms of British Columbia.svg
Parliament leaders
Premier David Eby
November 18, 2022 – present
Cabinet Eby ministry (2nd term)
Leader of the
Opposition 		John Rustad
October 19, 2024 – present
Party caucuses
Government New Democratic
Opposition Conservative
Recognized Green
OneBC
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly 		Raj Chouhan
December 7, 2020 – present
Government
House Leader 		Mike Farnworth
November 18, 2024 – present
Opposition
House Leader		 A'aliya Warbus
November 20, 2024 – present
Members93 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Charles III
September 8, 2022 – present
Lieutenant
Governor 		Janet Austin
April 24, 2018 – January 30, 2025
Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia
January 30, 2025 – present
Sessions
1st session
February 18, 2025 [1]  – 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 4440 Rustad shadow cabinet
Green 22N/A
OneBC 02N/A
Independent 02N/A
Total seats93–

Officeholders

Speaker

Other chair occupants

Leaders

House leaders

Caucus whips

Members

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

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

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. ↑ Elected as member of the Conservatives, expelled from caucus on March 7, 2025 [7]

References

  1. ↑ "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.
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