Joy Kathryn MacPhail is a former Canadian politician in British Columbia. A longtime member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party,she served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1991 to 2005 and as a Minister of the Crown from 1993 to 1999,and 2000–2001.
Christina Joan Clark is a former Canadian politician who was the 35th premier of British Columbia (BC),from 2011 to 2017. Clark was the second woman to be premier of BC,after Rita Johnston in 1991,and the first female premier in Canada to lead her party to a plurality of seats in two consecutive general elections.
Carole Alison James is a Canadian politician and former public administrator,who represented Victoria-Beacon Hill in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP),she was the party's leader and Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia from 2005 to 2011. Following her resignation as leader,she stayed in politics and served as the 14th deputy premier of British Columbia and minister of finance under John Horgan,from 2017 to 2020.
Arthur Phillips served as the 32nd mayor of Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada from 1973 to 1977. Prior to being elected to this post,he founded the Vancouver investment firm of Phillips,Hager &North. Phillips was instrumental in founding a reform-minded,centrist municipal-level political party,TEAM,in 1968. Also in that year,he was elected as an alderman to Vancouver City Council.
The 2005 British Columbia general election was held on May 17,2005,to elect members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of the Province of British Columbia (BC),Canada. The British Columbia Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell. The main opposition was the British Columbia New Democratic Party,whose electoral representation was reduced to two MLAs in the previous provincial election in 2001.
Vancouver-Langara is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada.
Colin Hansen is a former politician in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He served as member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2013,representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena. As a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus,he served in a variety of cabinet posts while that party was in power,including as the 11th Deputy Premier from June 2009 to March 2011,and twice as the province's Minister of Finance.
Pamela Goldsmith-Jones is a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada,she served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country from 2015 to 2019. Previously,she was Mayor of West Vancouver,British Columbia,from 2005 to 2011.
Suzanne Anton,is a Canadian politician and the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of British Columbia. Elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election,Anton represented the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party,following a career at the municipal level. She was appointed British Columbia's Attorney General and Minister of Justice on June 10,2013.
Adrian Dix is a Canadian politician who is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party,he was the party's leader and Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia from 2011 to 2014,resigning after losing the 2013 provincial election in an upset. He is the current Minister of Health as well as the Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs,both since 2017,under premiers John Horgan and David Eby.
Nicholas Simons is a Canadian politician. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia,representing the riding of Powell River-Sunshine Coast from 2005 until 2024,and member of the New Democratic Party.
Claire Felicity Trevena is a Canadian politician,who represented the North Island electoral district Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020. During the 41st Parliament (2017-2020) she was appointed to the Executive Council to be the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. She is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election and re-elected in the 2009,2013 and 2017 elections. In the 38th Parliament of British Columbia,she sat on the Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture and the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts,as well as serving as the opposition critic on the Employment and Income Assistance ministry,followed by the critic on child care,early childhood development,and women's issues. In the 39th Parliament she acted as a deputy speaker before returning to her role as critic on the children and family development portfolio. In the 40th Parliament,she was the critic on transportation and BC Ferries and,in that role,produced a report comparing the BC Ferries system with the Washington State Ferries system and introduced the Provincial Shipbuilding Act in both 2014 and 2015 seeking to have future ferries constructed in Canada.
Brenda Joy Locke is a Canadian politician who currently serves as the mayor of Surrey,British Columbia. She was elected to the post in 2022 after defeating the incumbent Doug McCallum. She previously served on the Surrey City Council from 2018 to 2022,and in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005,representing the electoral district of Surrey-Green Timbers as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party.
Mable Elmore is a Canadian politician that represents the Vancouver-Kensington electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party,she was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the 2009 provincial election. Currently the Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives,she previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Poverty Reduction (2017–2020) and Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors Services and Long Term Care (2020–2022).
Margaret MacDiarmid is a Canadian politician and physician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia for the riding of Vancouver-Fairview from 2009 to 2013. A caucus member of the British Columbia Liberal Party,she served in several cabinet posts under premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark.
The 2011 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election was prompted by Gordon Campbell's announcement on November 3,2010,that he would be resigning as Premier of British Columbia and had asked the BC Liberal Party to hold a leadership convention "at the earliest possible date". The convention elected Christy Clark as the new leader of the party on February 26,2011.
Moira Stilwell is a Canadian politician and physician who served as the member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Vancouver-Langara from 2009 to 2017. As part of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus,she served in several cabinet posts under premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark.
Bowinn Ma,MLA is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election. Ma then stood for re-election in the 2020 British Columbia general election,again for the British Columbia New Democratic Party. Ma won decisively a second term. She represents the electoral district of North Vancouver-Lonsdale as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus.
A British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election was held on February 3,2018,due to the resignation of Christy Clark as Liberal leader on August 4,2017. Rich Coleman was elected interim leader announcing that he has no intention of running for leader,but would resign as interim leader if he changed his mind,adding that he did not anticipate changing his mind.
Josie Osborne is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Mid Island-Pacific Rim as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. She has served in the cabinet of British Columbia since 2020,currently as Minister of Energy,Mines and Low Carbon Innovation.
