BC United (BCU),formerly known as the British Columbia Liberal Party or BC Liberals,is a provincial political party in British Columbia,Canada. The party has been described as conservative,neoliberal,and being on the centre-right of the left–right political spectrum. The party commonly describes itself as a "free enterprise coalition" and draws support from members of both the federal Liberal and Conservative parties. Since the 1990s,BC United has been the main centre-right opposition to the centre-left New Democratic Party (NDP). Once affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada,the British Columbia Liberal Party became independent in 1987. The party changed its name to BC United on April 12,2023.
William Melville Martin served as the second premier of Saskatchewan from 1916 to 1922. In 1916,although not a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan,Martin was elected leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party,succeeding Premier Walter Scott and thus became Premier of Saskatchewan.
Simon Fraser Tolmie,was a veterinarian,farmer,politician,and the 21st premier of British Columbia,Canada.
West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country is a federal electoral district in British Columbia,Canada,that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
The Liberal–Labour banner has been used several times by candidates in Canadian elections:
John Douglas Reynolds is a former Canadian politician. He was the member of Parliament for the riding of West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2006 and a former Federal Opposition Leader. He had also been an MP in the 1970s as well as a provincial politician in British Columbia in the 1980s and 1990s.
James Colebrooke Patterson,PC was a Canadian politician. He served as a federal cabinet minister from 1892 to 1895 and as the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1895 to 1900.
Gulzar Singh Cheema is an Indian-born Canadian physician and politician. Cheema was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1993,and a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2004,making him one of only a few Canadian politicians to sit in two provincial legislatures since Confederation. He is the first Indian-born person to be elected MLA in Canada. He was also a cabinet minister in the government of Premier of British Columbia Gordon Campbell from 2001 to 2004,and was a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada in the federal election of 2004.
Paul St. Pierre was a journalist and author in British Columbia,Canada. He was the Member of Parliament for the riding of Coast Chilcotin from 1968 to 1972. He was defeated in the 1972 election by New Democratic Party candidate Harry Olaussen in a tight three-way race. He was especially known for his popular fiction recounting adventures and quirks of life in the Chilcotin-Cariboo,and for a regular column that appeared for many years in the Vancouver Sun.
Alexander Vaughan Fraser was a Canadian politician. Fraser began his career as a businessman in the central British Columbia town of Quesnel,located in the Cariboo region. During World War II,he enlisted and served in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in British Columbia and Ontario from 1942 until his discharge in March 1946.
David Zirnhelt is a Canadian politician,businessman and rancher from British Columbia. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party,he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Cariboo and Cariboo South from 1989 to 2001,and served in the cabinets of premiers Mike Harcourt,Glen Clark,Dan Miller and Ujjal Dosanjh.
Scott Kenneth Fraser is a Canadian politician who represented the Mid Island-Pacific Rim electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party,he was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the 2005 election,defeating one-term Liberal Party incumbent Gillian Trumper,and re-elected in the 2009,2013 and 2017 elections. During the 41st Parliament (2017-2020) he served in the Executive Council as the Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. In that role he led the government through adopting the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act,with all party support,to implement the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
Robert Lloyd Wenman was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman,investment counsellor and teacher by career.
William Hillary Clarke is a chartered accountant,businessman and politician. Clarke served as a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada.
Mark Willson Rose was a New Democratic Party politician in Canada,active on both the federal and provincial levels. He was a professor by career.
James Gray Turgeon was a broker,soldier,and provincial and federal level politician from Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1921 sitting with the Alberta Liberal caucus in government. During that time he also served in World War I.
Gordon "Gordie" Hogg is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Surrey—White Rock in the House of Commons of Canada from 2017 to 2019,as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He previously represented Surrey-White Rock in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1997 to 2017 as part of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus,serving in several cabinet positions under Premier Gordon Campbell during that time,and was the mayor of White Rock,British Columbia,from 1984 to 1993.
John van Dongen is a Canadian politician who formerly served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia,representing the riding of Abbotsford from 1995 to 2001,Abbotsford-Clayburn from 2001 to 2009,and Abbotsford South from 2009 to 2013. Part of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus from 1995 to 2012,he served in several cabinet posts under Premier Gordon Campbell. He briefly sat in the legislature as a member of the BC Conservatives in 2012,before leaving that party later that year to serve out the remainder of his term as an independent politician.
Bert Raymond Leboe was a Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Bawlf,Alberta,he was a lumberman by career,becoming director of Leboe Brothers Sawmills Ltd.
Cathy McLeod is a former Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo from 2008 to 2021. She served as a member of the Conservative Party.
