The Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of British Columbia is composed of members of the official opposition political party in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia who provide criticism to the administration of the government in British Columbia during question period or other sittings of the Legislature. [1] Shadow ministers or critics are appointed to the shadow cabinet by the Leader of the Opposition. [1]
Shadow ministers and critics have existed in British Columbian politics since the introduction of partisan politics in 1903, however the organization and membership of the shadow cabinet in British Columbia received very little media coverage prior to the 2010s.
Shadow cabinets by parliamentary term | Leader | Party | Date announced | Date dissolved | |
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38th Parliament | Carole James | New Democratic | June 19, 2005 | April 14, 2009 | |
39th Parliament | Carole James | June 11, 2009 | April 16, 2013 | ||
Dawn Black (interim) | |||||
Adrian Dix | |||||
40th Parliament | Adrian Dix | June 14, 2013 | April 11, 2017 | ||
John Horgan | |||||
41st Parliament | Christy Clark | Liberal | August 3, 2017 | September 21, 2020 | |
Rich Coleman | |||||
Andrew Wilkinson | |||||
42nd Parliament | Kevin Falcon | December 8, 2022 | September 21, 2024 | ||
BC United | |||||
43rd Parliament | John Rustad | Conservative | November 20, 2024 | present |