The Green Party of British Columbia,or simply the BC Greens,is a provincial political party in British Columbia,Canada. It was founded in 1983 and is based in Victoria. The party won its first seat in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election. The party won 3 seats in the 2017 provincial election,making it the first elected Green caucus in North America.
Arthur Laing,,a Canadian politician,was actively involved with the BC Liberals,but his primary achievements were federally as a Liberal member of parliament. He served in the cabinets of prime ministers Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Trudeau.
Adriane Carr is a Canadian academic,activist and politician with the Green Party in British Columbia and Canada. She is also a councillor on Vancouver City Council. She was a founding member and the Green Party of British Columbia's first spokesperson (leader) from 1983 to 1985. In 1993 the Party formally established the position of "Leader". In 2000,she became the party's leader again. In the 2005 provincial election,she received in excess of 25% of the vote in her home riding of Powell River-Sunshine Coast. She resigned her position in September 2006 when she was appointed by Federal Green Party Leader,Elizabeth May,to be one of her two Deputy Leaders of the Green Party of Canada. Earlier in 2006,Carr had co-chaired the successful campaign to get her political ally and long-time friend Elizabeth May elected as Leader.
Mary Collins,is a Canadian former politician.
Mobina S. B. Jaffer is a Canadian Senator representing British Columbia.
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.
Richard M. Harris is a Canadian politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2015 and sat as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was previously member of the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Alliance. From 2004 to 2015,he represented the electoral district of Cariboo—Prince George,and formerly represented Prince George–Bulkley Valley. He was first elected during the 1993 federal election and was re-elected in 1997,2000,2004,2006,2008 and 2011. He challenged Reform Party leader Preston Manning for leadership when Manning proposed merging the party with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He later campaigned for Stockwell Day to become leader. The most prominent position he held with his party was Chief Opposition Whip from 2001 to 2002. He generated controversy when he appointed an unelected,Conservative Party member to represent a neighbouring electoral district in governmental affairs,though the electoral district had an elected Member of Parliament,but from an opposition party. In Fiscal Year 2009-10 he was the top spending Member of Parliament,and had the largest hospitality and lowest advertising expenditures of any house member.
Colin N. Mayes,is a Canadian politician and was the Member of Parliament for the riding of Okanagan—Shuswap from 2006 to 2015. In the 2006 federal election,he ran as a member of the Conservative Party and won with 44.86% of the vote. Prior to being elected to the House of Commons of Canada,he was elected mayor of Dawson City,Yukon and Salmon Arm,British Columbia. He was a nominated candidate for both the Yukon Conservative Party and the Reform Party of British Columbia. He ran a trucking enterprise in the Yukon,owned a grocery store,and also worked in business development.
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.
Robin Austin,is a Canadian businessman and former politician. Austin served as the New Democratic Party MLA for Skeena in the province of British Columbia. Austin was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election. Austin was re-elected in the 2009 election. He declined to seek re-election in 2017.
John Joseph Horgan is a former Canadian politician who served as the 36th premier of British Columbia from 2017 to 2022,and also as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party from 2014 to 2022. Horgan was the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the constituency of Langford-Juan de Fuca and its predecessors from 2005 to 2023.
Joyce Murray is a Canadian politician,businesswoman and environmental advocate. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada,she has represented the riding of Vancouver Quadra in the House of Commons since 2008. She was re-elected in the 41st,42nd,43rd,and 44th federal elections. Murray was appointed as President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Digital Government on March 18,2019. She was re-appointed as Minister of Digital Government following the 2019 election. In 2021,she was appointed Minister of Fisheries,Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.
Andrew Saxton is a Canadian politician and businessman,who was elected Member of Parliament to represent the electoral district of North Vancouver in the 2008 Canadian federal election and re-elected in 2011;he was defeated in 2015 and again in 2019. He is a member of the Conservative 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).
Naomi Yamamoto is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election. She was elected as a member of the BC Liberal Party in the riding of North Vancouver-Lonsdale. Yamamoto's party formed a majority government in the 39th Parliament and Premier Gordon Campbell included her in his cabinet,between June 2009 and October 2010,as Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations,and then as Minister of State for Building Code Renewal between October 2010 and March 2011. Following the 2011 BC Liberal leadership election,in which Yamamoto endorsed George Abbott,the new Premier,Christy Clark,promoted Yamamoto to Minister of Advanced Education.
Judeline Kim Mary Tyabji is a former British Columbia politician,who was the youngest elected Member of the Legislative Assembly and the ex-wife of former provincial Leader of the Opposition Gordon Wilson.
Murray Rankin is a Canadian lawyer,politician and public law expert who serves as British Columbia's Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. A member of the New Democratic Party,Rankin represents the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Rankin previously served as the federal Member of Parliament for Victoria from 2012 to 2019,with senior roles including Justice and Attorney General Critic,Health Critic,and NDP House Leader. From 2019 to 2020,Rankin was head of Canada's National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA),overseeing all national security and intelligence activities carried out by the Government of Canada. Previously,he was a professor of law at the University of Victoria,where he taught environmental and administrative law.
Jennifer Rice is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia to represent the electoral district of North Coast. She is a member of the BC New Democratic Party. Rice was first elected as a member of legislative assembly (MLA) in the 2013 provincial election and was re-elected in the 2017 election. In the 40th Parliament of British Columbia she acted as the official opposition's critic for northern and rural economic development and deputy critic for children and family development and introduced one private member bill,the Drinking Water Protection Amendment Act regarding regularizing testing of drinking water in schools.
Gord Johns is a Canadian businessman and politician. Since 2015,he has served as the New Democrat Member of Parliament for the federal electoral riding of Courtenay—Alberni in the House of Commons of Canada. He previously served as a town councillor for Tofino,British Columbia,and founded a number of small businesses.
