Ujjal Dev Dosanjh,is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the 33rd premier of British Columbia from 2000 to 2001 and as a Liberal Party of Canada member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011. He was minister of health from 2004 until 2006,when the party lost government. He then served in the Official Opposition from January 2006 until 2011. Dosanjh was one of four visible minorities to serve in Paul Martin's Ministry.
Glen David Clark is a Canadian business executive and former politician who served as the 31st premier of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999.
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.
Grace Mary McCarthy,OC,OBC,LLD,DTech,FRAIC (Hon.) was a Canadian politician and florist in British Columbia. A high-ranking member of the Social Credit Party of British Columbia,she was largely responsible for rebuilding that party after its defeat in the 1972 provincial election.
Vancouver Quadra is a federal electoral district in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia,Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949. The constituency bears the name of the Spanish explorer who surveyed the area in 1775,Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra. Since 2007,the riding has been represented by Liberal MP Joyce Murray,who has served in the 29th ministry under Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.
Stephen Owen,,is a Canadian administrator and politician. Owen was the Vice-President of External,Legal and Community Relations for the University of British Columbia.
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.
Munmohan Singh "Moe" Sihota is a Canadian former broadcaster and politician. He was the first Canadian of South Asian descent to be elected to provincial parliament.
Wilson Dwight Peter Parasiuk is a Canadian businessman and former politician. As founder and CEO of the Vancouver–area based Paralink Group of Companies,Parasiuk organizes private sector/public sector partnerships in the export of Canada's health care,education and governmental expertise. Paralink also provides advice on energy development matters within Canada and internationally. In his early career as a politician,he was an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba,Canada from 1977 to 1988,and a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Howard Pawley from 1981 to 1988.
Nathan Cullen is a Canadian politician. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP),he is the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Stikine in British Columbia. He has served in the Executive Council of British Columbia since 2020,currently as Minister of Water,Land and Resource Stewardship and Minister Responsible for Fisheries.
Jacques Noe RenéFontaine was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990,and was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.
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.
Brian Ray Douglas Smith is a Canadian politician and business executive. He served for a decade on Oak Bay municipal council and was mayor of Oak Bay from 1974 to 1979. Smith was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 1979 election to represent the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head for the Social Credit Party. He was re-elected in the 1983 and 1986 election.
By-elections to the 40th Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 2008 federal election and the 2011 federal election. The Conservative Party of Canada led a minority government for the entirety of the 40th Canadian Parliament,with little change from by-elections.
Thomas Manville Waterland was a mining engineer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale-Lillooet in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1975 to 1986 as a Social Credit member.
Stuart Douglas Boland "Bud" Smith is a lawyer,businessman and former politician in British Columbia. He represented Kamloops in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991 as a Social Credit member,serving alongside Claude Richmond in a dual-member district.
Melville Bertram Couvelier was a businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Saanich and the Islands from 1986 to 1991 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Social Credit member.
By-elections to the 28th Alberta Legislature have been held to fill vacant seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta between the 2012 election and the 2015 election. Four by-elections were held to fill vacancies in the 28th Alberta Legislature,all in October 2014.
The Vander Zalm ministry was the combined Cabinet that governed British Columbia from August 6,1986,to April 2,1991. It was led by Bill Vander Zalm,the 28th premier of British Columbia,and consisted of members of the Social Credit Party.
