Gordon Muir Campbell,is a retired Canadian diplomat and politician who was the 35th mayor of Vancouver from 1986 to 1993 and the 34th premier of British Columbia from 2001 to 2011.
William Nicholas Vander Zalm is a politician and entrepreneur in British Columbia,Canada. He was the 28th premier of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991.
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 MLA from 2005 to 2020. She is the former Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia and former leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP),a social democratic political party. She announced her intention to resign as leader on December 6,2010 and was officially replaced by interim leader Dawn Black on January 20,2011.
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.
Jenny Wai Ching Kwan is a Canadian politician who is the member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver East. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP),Kwan was elected to the House of Commons in 2015.
Vancouver-Point Grey is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada. It was first contested in the general election of 1933. It was created out of parts of Richmond-Point Grey,South Vancouver and Vancouver City. The riding began as a three-member seat,and was reduced to a two-member seat in 1966 when Vancouver-Little Mountain was created. In the redistribution preceding the 1991 election,it was reduced to a one-member riding along with the other older urban ridings,as several new one-member ridings were created.
Vancouver-Quilchena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada. According to the 2006 Census,this riding is the second-wealthiest in British Columbia with an average family income of $91,822,behind West Vancouver-Capilano just across the Burrard Inlet.
Kevin Falcon is a Canadian financial executive and a provincial politician who is the leader of BC United as of 2022,and the Leader of the Opposition as of May 2022. He is the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Vancouver-Quilchena,being elected in a byelection in April 2022. He formerly served as the MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale as a member of the then BC Liberals from 2001 to 2013. He served as both the 12th deputy premier of British Columbia,and the province's minister of Finance. On April 30,he was elected as MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena in a by-election.
Mike de Jong,is a provincial politician and was cabinet minister of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He represents the electoral district of Abbotsford as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party.
Jagrup Brar is a Canadian politician. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in British Columbia,representing the riding of Surrey-Panorama Ridge from 2004 to 2009,then Surrey-Fleetwood from 2009 to 2013 and since 2017. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party,he has served as the province's Minister of State for Trade since 2022.
Adrian Dix is a Canadian politician serving as the current Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia. In addition to serving as the current Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia,Dix is also serving as the current Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs in British Columbia and the current Minister of Health in British Columbia. He has also served as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party from 2011 to 2014. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2005 provincial election. Dix's decision in 2013 to be replaced as leader came following the party's disappointing result in the May 2013 provincial election which the BC NDP lost despite a 20-point lead in the polls prior to the election campaign.
John Yap is a Canadian politician and former banker. He represented the electoral district of Richmond-Steveston in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020,as part of the BC Liberal caucus. During his time in government,he served as Minister of State for Climate Action,Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism,and Minister of Advanced Education,Innovation and Technology in the cabinets of premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark.
The 39th Parliament of British Columbia sat from 2009 to 2013,replacing the 38th parliament and being succeeded by the 40th parliament. It was composed of two elements:the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,as elected by the general election of May 12,2009,and The Queen represented by the Lieutenant-Governor. That election resulted in a majority government for the BC Liberal Party led by Gordon Campbell,and a BC New Democratic Party official opposition.
Michelle Mungall is a Canadian politician,who represented the Nelson-Creston electoral district Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2009 to 2020. She is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 2009 election and re-elected in the 2013 and 2017 elections. During the 41st Parliament (2017-2020) she served in the Executive Council as the Minister for Energy,Mines and Petroleum Resources,and for several months in 2020 as the Minister of Jobs,Economic Development and Competitiveness. In the ministerial role she led the government through adopting the Zero- Emission Vehicles Act to require that by the year 2040 all new light-duty vehicle sales in BC must be zero-emission vehicles. She also led the government through amending several energy,mines and petroleum resource-related acts,including implementing recommendations from a comprehensive review of BC Hydro.
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).
The 2013 British Columbia general election took place on May 14,2013,to elect the 85 members of the 40th Parliament of British Columbia to the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The British Columbia Liberal Party formed the government during the 39th Parliament prior to this general election,initially under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell then after his resignation,Christy Clark. The British Columbia New Democratic Party under the leadership of Carole James,and then Adrian Dix,formed the Official Opposition. The BC Green Party under the leadership of Jane Sterk and the BC Conservative Party under John Cummins were also included in polling,although neither party had representation at the end of the 39th Parliament.
The British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election of 2011 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.
Andrew Wilkinson is an Australian-born Canadian politician. He is the former leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party,and served as the leader of British Columbia's Official Opposition. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election and re-elected in 2017 and 2020. He represented the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena.
The 43rd British Columbia general election will be held on or before October 19,2024,to elect members of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 43rd parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
