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 New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a provincial political party in British Columbia,Canada. The party espouses social democracy and sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. The NDP is one of the two major parties in British Columbia (BC);since the 1990s,its rival is the centre-right BC United. The BC NDP is formally affiliated with the federal New Democratic Party and serves as its provincial branch.
The Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) is a municipal political party in the Canadian city of Vancouver,British Columbia. It has traditionally been associated with tenants,environmentalists,and the labour movement. COPE is generally guided by democratic socialist principles following the split of its social democratic wing in 2014 to form OneCity Vancouver,and has a long history of advocating for issues such as improving public transit and investing in affordable housing. It last held a majority government on city council from 2002 to 2005. COPE describes itself as being committed to renter protections,ending homelessness,taxing the rich to build social housing,safe supply,free transit,Indigenous reconciliation,climate action,and other social and environmental reforms.
The 2005 British Columbia general election was held on May 17,2005,to elect members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of the Province of British Columbia (BC),Canada. The British Columbia Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell. The main opposition was the British Columbia New Democratic Party,whose electoral representation was reduced to two MLAs in the previous provincial election in 2001.
Adriane Carr is a Canadian academic,activist and green politician. She has served on Vancouver City Council since its 2011 municipal election. She was a founding member of the Green Party of British Columbia and was the party's first leader,then known as "spokesperson",from 1983 to 1985. In 2000,she became the party's leader again. In the 2005 provincial election,she received over 25 percent of the vote in her home riding of Powell River-Sunshine Coast. In September 2006,she was appointed by federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May,to be one of her two deputy leaders.
Sukhminder "Sukh" Singh Dhaliwal is a Canadian businessman and politician,who has served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Surrey—Newton since 2015. He was previously the Member of Parliament for Newton—North Delta from 2006 to 2011.
Penny Priddy is a politician from British Columbia (BC),Canada. She served as member of Parliament (MP) from 2006 to 2008,representing the electoral district of Surrey North in the House of Commons of Canada. Prior to that,she was a Surrey city councillor (2002–2005),a member of the BC legislature representing Surrey-Newton (1991–2001),and a trustee with the Surrey School District (1986–1991). She is the only woman in Canadian history to be elected to school board,city council,a provincial legislature and the House of Commons.
The Green Party of Canada was founded at a conference held at Carleton University in Ottawa in 1983.
Jagrup Brar is a Canadian politician. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in British Columbia,representing the riding of Surrey-Panorama Ridge from 2004 to 2009,then Surrey-Fleetwood from 2009 to 2013 and since 2017. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party,he has served as the province's minister of State for Trade since 2022.
Bruce Ralston is a Canadian politician. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia,representing the riding of Surrey-Whalley since 2005. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP),he has served in the cabinets of Premiers John Horgan and David Eby since 2017,currently as Minister of Forests.
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).
Andrew John Weaver is a Canadian scientist and politician who represented the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head from 2013 to 2020 in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly. Weaver was the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia from 2015 to 2020. After leaving the Green caucus in January 2020,he continued to sit as an independent member but did not run for reelection in the 2020 BC election.
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 British Columbia'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 represented the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena.
The 2017 British Columbia general election was held on May 9,2017,to elect 87 members (MLAs) to the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 41st Parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia. In the 40th Parliament prior to this general election,the British Columbia Liberal Party formed the government under the leadership of Christy Clark,while the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP),under the leadership of Adrian Dix and then John Horgan,formed the Official Opposition;the Green Party of British Columbia were also represented in the legislature with sole MLA and later leader Andrew Weaver.
Rachna Singh is a Canadian politician and trade unionist who has represented the electoral district of Surrey-Green Timbers in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2017. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus,she has served as Minister of Education and Child Care of British Columbia since December 2022.
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 BC NDP to win a second consecutive term as premier. The incoming Legislature marked 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.
Josie Osborne is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Mid Island-Pacific Rim as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. She has served in the cabinet of British Columbia since 2020,currently as Minister of Energy,Mines and Low Carbon Innovation.
A by-election was held in the federal riding of Burnaby South on February 25,2019 following the resignation of incumbent New Democratic MP Kennedy Stewart on September 14,2018.
The 2024 British Columbia general election will be held on or before October 19,2024,to elect members of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 43rd parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
In 2022,the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP) held a leadership election to select a new leader. The contest was prompted by John Horgan's announcement in June 2022 that he would step down as leader of the party once a new leader had been chosen. As the NDP has formed the government of the province since 2017,newly elected leader David Eby was subsequently sworn in as premier of British Columbia.
