British Columbia.(Legislative Reports)

Publication: Canadian Parliamentary Review

Publication Date: 22-SEP-05

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The British Columbia Legislative Assembly has been in a period of dissolution since the writs of election were issued on April 19, ending the Thirty-Seventh Parliament. The Thirty-Eighth Parliament is expected to begin in September.

Provincial Election Results

Following a record number of recounts, the results of the May 17 provincial general election are now finalized. As reported previously, the BC Liberal Party formed the government with 46 seats and the BC New Democratic Party elected 33 members. No Independent candidates or representatives from other parties won seats in the House.

The BC Liberals received 46 percent of the popular vote, down from 58 percent in 2001, while the New Democrats won 42 percent of the popular vote, up from 22 percent in the last election. The Green Party of BC garnered 9 percent of the popular vote, down from 12 percent in 2001, and the 22 other parties running candidates each earned less than one percent of the popular vote. This represents a slight change from 2001, when two "third" parties--the BC Marijuana Party and the BC Unity Party--each won about three percent of the popular vote.

Of those Liberal MLAs elected,...

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