Mary Ruth Polak is a Canadian politician, who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) for the riding of Langley from 2005 to 2020. She was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 2017, having represented the constituents of Langley since 2005 and was appointed Minister of Health on June 12, 2017 by Premier Christy Clark. Prior to her new cabinet post, she served as the Minister of the Environment, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Minister of Children and Family Development and Minister Responsible for Child Care, Minister of Healthy Living and Sport, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health for the Conversation on Health. Before being elected to the legislative assembly, Polak served as a trustee and former chair of the Surrey School Board in Surrey, British Columbia. She currently resides in Langley, British Columbia.
The Work Less Party was a political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The party was founded in 2003 by Conrad Schmidt and de-registered in May 2017. The primary aim of this party was to move to a 32-hour work week and its party slogan was "Work Less, Consume Less, Live More." The slogan describes the party's aim to encourage people to reduce their consumption, to be more environmentally and socially conscious, and to focus on real values. Instead of consuming, people are encouraged to spend time on family, friends, community engagement, art and creative endeavours, spiritual exploration, and athletic activities.
Kamloops-North Thompson is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.
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.
The 2009 British Columbia general election was held on May 12, 2009, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The British Columbia Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell. The British Columbia New Democratic Party under the leadership of Carole James was the Official Opposition.
John Joseph Horgan is a Canadian politician who has served as the 36th and current premier of British Columbia since 2017. He has been leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party since 2014 and the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the constituency of Langford-Juan de Fuca and its predecessors since 2005.
Kamloops-South Thompson is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 general election.
Lana Popham is Canadian politician representing the riding of Saanich South in the 41st Parliament of British Columbia and has been the Minister of Agriculture since 2017. She was first elected in 2009 provincial general election to the 39th and then re-elected in 2013 to the 40th, both times as a member of the official opposition with the British Columbia New Democratic Party. While in opposition, she has served predominately as the critic for the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands. She introduced two private members bills: the British Columbia Local Food Act and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act. Popham owns and operates the organic grape orchard, Barking Dog Vineyard, on Vancouver Island. Her background in community work has included participating in campaigns to reduce excessive automobile driving and to reduce the use of disposable plastic bags within the Capital Regional District.
Mable Elmore is a Canadian politician that represents the Vancouver-Kensington electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. She was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 2009 provincial election and re-elected in the 2013 and 2017 elections. Her party formed the official opposition to a BC Liberal majority government from 2009 to 2017 during which time she served as the NDP critic on Insurance Corporation of British Columbia and deputy critic for finance and spent some time as the critic for child care and early learning issues. Since 2017, when her party formed the government in the 41st Parliament she has been the Parliamentary Secretary for Poverty Reduction.
Jane Ann Thornthwaite is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2009 provincial election to represent the riding of North Vancouver-Seymour in the 39th Parliament of British Columbia, and subsequently re-elected in 2013 to the 40th Parliament and in 2017 to the 41st Parliament, all as member of the BC Liberal Party. She has held several parliamentary secretary roles focusing on mental health and addictions. In 2012 she introduced private member's bill to establish standards of care for pet breeders and while it was not adopted, a version was included in a 2017 amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. She also introduced private member's bills in 2018 and 2019 addressing care for children at risk of serious harm and reporting on welfare payment methods.
Terry Lake is a former Canadian politician, at the municipal and provincial levels, and veterinarian.
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 BC'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 represents the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena.
Bowinn Ma, MLA is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election. Ma then stood for re-election in the 2020 British Columbia general election, again for the British Columbia New Democratic Party. Ma won decisively a second term, in spite of some BC Liberal harassment of her. She represents the electoral district of North Vancouver-Lonsdale as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus.
Ian Paton is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2017 British Columbia general election to represent the electoral district of Delta South in the 41st Parliament of British Columbia. He is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus. Prior to his election to the legislature, Paton was a farmer and municipal councillor in Delta.
Michael Lee is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election and re-elected in the 2020 provincial election.
Peter Gordon Milobar is a Canadian politician serving as an MLA from Kamloops. Milobar was elected in the 2017 provincial election as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus, representing the electoral district of the Kamloops-North Thompson. He was previously the 39th Mayor of Kamloops for 3 terms from 2008 to 2017, making him Kamloops’ longest serving Mayor. Before that, Milobar served on Kamloops City Council for two terms from 2002 to 2008 and chaired the Thompson-Nicola Regional District from 2006 to 2011, making him the first Kamloops Mayor elected to Chair the Thompson Nicola Regional District. Following that, Milobar was then elected Chair of the Thompson Regional Hospital District from 2012 to 2017.
The 2020 British Columbia general election was held on October 24, 2020, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 42nd parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The incumbent New Democratic Party of British Columbia won a majority government, making John Horgan the first leader in the history of the British Columbia New Democratic Party to win a second consecutive term as Premier. The incoming Legislature marks the first time the NDP commanded an outright majority government in BC since the 1996 election, as well as the first province-wide popular vote win for the party since 1991.
A British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election was held on February 3, 2018, due to the resignation of Christy Clark as Liberal leader on August 4, 2017. Rich Coleman was elected interim leader announcing that he has no intention of running for leader, but would resign as interim leader if he changed his mind, adding that he did not anticipate changing his mind.
A British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election is planned to be held on February 5, 2022, to elect a new party leader, following the resignation of Andrew Wilkinson after the 2020 British Columbia general election.
