The 39th British Columbia general election was held on May 12, 2009 to elect members of the
Legislative AssemblyThe Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the provincial parliament ....
in the
CanadianCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
province of
British ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. The
BC Liberal PartyThe British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
formed the government of the province prior to this
general electionIn a parliamentary political system, a general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.The term...
under the leadership of
PremierThe Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s the title Prime Minister of British Columbia was often used...
Gordon Campbell. The New Democratic Party under the leadership of
Carole JamesCarole Alison James, MLA is a Canadian politician and former public administrator. She is the former Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia and former leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party , a social democratic political party...
is the Official Opposition.
The election was the first contested on a new electoral map
completed in 2008The British Columbia electoral redistribution of 2008 was undertaken over a lengthy period that began in late 2005 and was completed with the passage of the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 on April 10, 2008. The redistribution modified most electoral boundaries in the province, and increased the...
, with the total number of constituencies increased from 79 in the previous legislature to 85. Under amendments to the BC Constitution Act passed in 2001, BC elections are now held on fixed dates which are the second Tuesday in May every four years.
A
second referendum on electoral reformA second referendum on electoral reform was held in conjunction with the provincial election on May 12, 2009. The BC-single transferrable vote electoral system was again voted on by the BC electorate. It would have required 60 per cent overall approval and 50 per cent approval in at least 60 per...
was held in conjunction with the election.
The election did not produce a significant change in the province's political landscape. The Liberals, who have been in power since the
2001 electionThe British Columbia general election of 2001 was the 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 18, 2001, and held on May 16, 2001...
, were returned to power, constituting the first time in 23 years a party has won three elections in a row. As a result of the seat redistribution, both the Liberals and the New Democrats gained seats, and both parties increased their popular vote by less than one per cent over 2005. Each party lost two incumbent MLAs: the NDP's
Jenn McGinnJenn McGinn is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Fairview, in a by-election on October 29, 2008. She is the first openly lesbian MLA to serve in the British Columbian Legislature...
and
Charlie WyseCharlie Wyse is an educator and former Canadian politician, who was a New Democratic Member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia from 2005 to 2009...
, and the Liberals'
John NuraneyJohn Nuraney is a Canadian politician, formerly a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He represented the riding of Burnaby-Willingdon from 2001 to 2009....
and
Wally OppalWallace Oppal, Q.C. is a Canadian lawyer, former judge and provincial politician, who is currently serving as the Chancellor of the Thompson Rivers University...
were defeated. All other seat changes in the election resulted from the new seats or from retiring incumbents.
British Columbia Liberal Party
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Leader: Gordon Campbell
The BC LiberalThe British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election... party dropped from 72 to 46 seats in the legislature after the 2005 provincial election. Having formed a majority government since 2001 the party promoted its own track record as the government. Much of the party's platform was revealed in the 2009 Budget which included a 3-year fiscal plan including revenue expectations, tax measures, and spending priorities. The budget proposed cost savings from reduced budgets in half of the ministries, 76% less government advertising, public sector wage freezes, and less spending on government travel costs, contracted professional services, and discretionary spending. The budget plan proposed to increase spending by $4.8 billion over 3 years for healthcare, $300 million over 3 years for social services, and $800 million more annually for education, as well as some new funding for childcare, policing, victims services, and social housing. The BC Liberal platform, some of it already promised in the budget, advocates hospital improvements in Surrey, Victoria, Vernon, Fort St. John and Kelowna; travel and accommodation assistance to families who must travel long distances to be with their children when they are receiving care; new measures to help remote communities get new access to fresh fruit and vegetables; provide citizens electronic access to their health records; establishing voluntary 5-year-old kindergarten classes; establishing a law school at Thompson Rivers UniversityThompson Rivers University is a comprehensive university located in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. It offers students a broad range of courses, career streams, and the ability to ladder credits from diploma programs into full degrees... , a medical school at UBC Okanagan, and a Wood Design and Innovation Centre at UNBC; doubling the BC Training Tax Credit; exempting the first $20,000 of seniors' pension income from income tax; legislating a Residents Bill of Rights for seniors living in residential care facilities and a registry for residential care aides; installing cameras to monitor school yards and high-risk public areas; outlaw dumping of raw sewage into the Strait of Juan de FucaThe Strait of Juan de Fuca is a large body of water about long that is the Salish Sea outlet to the Pacific Ocean... and help build a new sewage treatment plan for Greater Victoria. |
New Democratic Party of British Columbia
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Leader: Carole JamesCarole Alison James, MLA is a Canadian politician and former public administrator. She is the former Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia and former leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party , a social democratic political party...
Under Carole James' leadership the NDPThe New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.The BC NDP is the provincial... won seats to 33 in the 2005 election and two by-elections in 2008. Among other points, their platform involved repealing the carbon tax, instituting a cap and trade plan of greenhouse gas emissions, adopting California's tough vehicle tailpipe emission standards, expanding the capacity and efficiency of public hospitals, instituting health care wait time guarantees, a 1 year small business tax holiday, freezing post-secondary tuition fees, hire more Crown Prosecutors, restoring public oversight to BC FerriesBritish Columbia Ferry Services Inc. or BC Ferries is a de facto Crown Corporation that provides all major passenger and vehicle ferry services for coastal and island communities in the Canadian province of British Columbia... , restricting raw log exports, increasing the minimum wage to $10/hr indexed to inflation, placing a moratorium on new private run-of-the-river power projects, reinstating the Buy BC program, creating a new Rural Economic Development Fund, and promoting farm gate sales of agricultural products (including meat). |
Green Party of British Columbia
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Leader: Jane SterkJane Sterk is the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia, a candidate in the Esquimalt-Royal Roads riding in the 2009 British Columbia provincial election, and a business professor at University Canada West. She was elected leader of the provincial Green Party in October 2007, and elected...
The Green PartyThe Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy... ran a full slate of candidates, as it did in 2005 when they won over 9 percent of the vote but no seats in the legislature. Their new leader was Jane Sterk, a former Esquimalt councillor. They supported of the BC-STV proposal in the referendum. The party released their platform in a book titled British Columbia's Green Book, 2009—2013. Amongst other points, they advocated balanced budgets, reducing taxes on industry and business while increasing taxes on pollution, creating a Green Venture Capital Fund to invest in green collarA green-collar worker is a worker who is employed in the environmental sectors of the economy. Environmental green-collar workers satisfy the demand for green development. Generally, they implement environmentally conscious design, policy, and technology to improve conservation and sustainability... jobs, directing 1% from the PST to municipal governments, allowing municipalities to issue municipal bonds, creating a provincial police force, reducing tuition fees by 20%, increasing funding to post-secondary institutions, refunding full tuition fees to graduates who work and live in the province for five years after receiving their degree, banning use of cosmetic pesticides, expanding the Medical Service Plan (to cover chiropractic, physiotherapy, eye exams, massage therapy, routine physical exams, and counselling for addictions), creating a Guaranteed Livable Income by unifying all current income support programs, supporting harm reductionHarm reduction refers to a range of public health policies designed to reduce the harmful consequences associated with recreational drug use and other high risk activities... practices, regulating cannabis, halting river-based hydro projects pending a review of the environmental assessment process, re-establishing BC FerriesBritish Columbia Ferry Services Inc. or BC Ferries is a de facto Crown Corporation that provides all major passenger and vehicle ferry services for coastal and island communities in the Canadian province of British Columbia... as a Crown corporation, halting the Gateway Program, using usage based insurance for ICBCThe Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is a provincial crown corporation in British Columbia created in 1973 by the NDP government of British Columbia. The original purpose of ICBC was to provide universal public auto insurance in British Columbia... rates, and creating a BC Legacy Fund from oil and gas royalties for municipal and rural community projects. |
Minor parties
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British Columbia Conservative PartyThe British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
Leader: Wilf HanniWilf Hanni is a politician and oil industry consultant in British Columbia, Canada. Hanni served as leader of the Reform Party of British Columbia from August 30, 1997 to June 1998, and later as leader of the British Columbia Party...
The Conservatives nominated 24 candidates, up from seven candidates in 2005 when they achieved 0.55% of the vote. In spite of his low profile their leader Wilf Hanni participated in a leaders' "Forum" in May 2009. Their platform advocated, among other points, competitive and performance-based healthcare delivery within a publicly-funded system, opposing the Recognition and Reconciliation Bill with Aboriginal peoples, returning treaty responsibility to the federal government, repealing the carbon tax and opposing a carbon trading system, expanding resource development (including offshore drilling), reducing the PST by 1%, harmonizing the PST with the Federal GST, eliminating the Property Transfer Tax, rolling back salary increases of MLAs and senior government employees, permitting parents more choices in which schools to send their children to and funding the schools accordingly, repealing the Corren AgreementPeter Corren and Murray Corren — Corren is a combination of their former names — are LGBT-rights activists from Vancouver, British Columbia whose complaint before British Columbia's Human Rights Tribunal led to an agreement whereby the provincial Ministry of Education would consult them on how... , reducing tuition fees for students who meet certain standards in post-secondary education, light rail transit in southern Vancouver Island and in Chilliwack, eliminating tolls on bridges (including a proposed toll on the Port Mann BridgeThe Port Mann Bridge is a steel tied arch bridge that spans the Fraser River connecting Coquitlam to Surrey in British Columbia near Vancouver. The bridge consists of three spans with an orthotropic deck carrying five lanes of Trans-Canada Highway traffic, with approach spans of three steel plate... ), work requirements on public projects for criminals serving time in jail, a new program to address small crime separately from more serious crimes, creation of a program called Communities That Care to strengthen family dynamics and reduce negative youth behaviors, publishing a Criminal Offenders Registry, creating a substantive appeal process beyond the BC Human Rights Tribunal, enact a 'Right to a Free Vote' legislation for MLAs to freely vote in the Legislature, hold votes for federal senators, and implement a preferential votingPreferential voting is a type of ballot structure used in several electoral systems in which voters rank candidates in order of relative preference. For example, the voter may select their first choice as '1', their second preference a '2', and so on... system for provincial elections.
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British Columbia Libertarian Party The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian political party in British Columbia, Canada.It first nominated candidates in the 1986 provincial election...
Leader: None
The Libertarian Party ran 6 candidates in this election, as they did in 2005. The party supported reducing government involvement in delivery of health care, education, and car insurance; reducing taxes as services are privatized; and reducing government regulation on guns and drugs.
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British Columbia Marijuana Party The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....
Leader: Marc EmeryMarc Scott Emery is a Canadian cannabis policy reform advocate, as well as a former cannabis seed seller. He is currently serving a five year sentence in a United States federal prison for selling cannabis seeds....
The Marijuana Party ran one candidate in this election and endorsed the Green Party. In 2005 they ran 44 candidates, while in 2001 they ran a full slate.
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British Columbia Refederation Party The B.C. Refederation Party is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada advocating direct democracy and reform to Canadian federalism...
Leader: Mike SummersMichael Victor Summers OBE is a Falkland Islands politician who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency since he won a by-election in 2011. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 1996-2009.Summers was born in Stanley and grew up in Port...
The Refederation Party nominated 22 candidates, up from four candidates in 2005 under its previous name the "Western Refederation Party of BC". The party mainly advocates for direct democracyDirect democracy is a form of government in which people vote on policy initiatives directly, as opposed to a representative democracy in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives. Direct democracy is classically termed "pure democracy"... based on the Swiss modelVoting in Switzerland is the process by which Swiss citizens make decisions about governance and elect officials. Voting takes place over the weekend, with emphasis being put on the Sunday... , the creation of a provincial constitution, and re-negotiating with the federal government the terms of confederation. According to their website their platform also includes the creation of a provincial police force, homogeneous schools and classes of students with similar abilities, reinstating alternative medical options (such as physiotherapy, dental, and chiropractic) into the Medical Services PlanThe Medical Services Plan of British Columbia is the government-administered single-payer health insurance scheme in the Canadian province of British Columbia, operating under the auspices of the country's national Medicare program... and placing the Medical Services Plan under the jurisdiction of ICBCThe Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is a provincial crown corporation in British Columbia created in 1973 by the NDP government of British Columbia. The original purpose of ICBC was to provide universal public auto insurance in British Columbia... , making WorkSafe an enforcement agency only by moving its insurance component to ICBC, a moratorium on run-of-river hydro projects and fish farms, holding a referendums on TILMATilma may refer to:* Tilmàtli , outer garment* Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement... and the sale of Crown Corporations, as well as a judicial review of the sale of BC Rail.
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Communist Party of British Columbia The Communist Party of British Columbia is the British Columbia branch of the Communist Party of Canada. Its leader is Sam Hammond.From the 1945 British Columbia election to the 1956 election, it was known as the Labour Progressive Party....
Leader: George Gidora
The Communist Party of BC is the provincial branch of the national Communist Party. They had three candidates running in the 2009 election, as they did in 2005. The CPBC campaigned against BC-STV in favour of Mixed Member Proportional representation. They advocate for progressive taxA progressive tax is a tax by which the tax rate increases as the taxable base amount increases. "Progressive" describes a distribution effect on income or expenditure, referring to the way the rate progresses from low to high, where the average tax rate is less than the marginal tax rate... based on ability to pay, raising the minimum wage to $16/hour indexed to the cost of living, ending the $6/hour training wage, holding a public inquiry into the sale of BC Rail, banning raw log exports, requiring by legislation the processing of timber locally for export, banning evictions for the purpose of renovation, scrapping the Gateway Program, holding elections for the TransLink board with a $1 single zone fare for the Lower MainlandThe Lower Mainland is a name commonly applied to the region surrounding and including Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As of 2007, 2,524,113 people live in the region; sixteen of the province's thirty most populous municipalities are located there.While the term Lower Mainland has been... , removing guns and tasers from transit police, eliminating tuition fees, expanding the apprenticeship program, lowering the voting age to 16, withdrawing from TILMATilma may refer to:* Tilmàtli , outer garment* Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement... , and reintegrating BC Transmission CorporationThe British Columbia Transmission Corporation is a Crown corporation in the province of British Columbia, Canada.Its mandate is to plan, build, operate and maintain B.C.'s electricity transmission system.- History and background :... back into BC HydroThe BC Hydro and Power Authority is a Canadian electric utility in the province of British Columbia generally known simply as BC Hydro. It is the main electric distributor, serving 1.8 million customers in most areas, with the exception of the Kootenay region, where FortisBC, a subsidiary of Fortis... .
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Nation Alliance Party The Nation Alliance Party is a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. Currently led by Wei Ping Chen, the party was recognized by Elections BC in 2007....
Leader: Wei Ping Chen
The Nation Alliance Party is a new party and nominated 2 candidates in this election, both in Richmond ridings. The party seeks to promote the rights of ethnic minorities and recent immigrants. Among other points, they advocate promoting participation in the public affairs, promoting non-violence, and opposing racialismRacialism is an emphasis on race or racial considerations. Currently, racialism entails a belief in the existence and significance of racial categories, but not necessarily that any absolute hierarchy between the races has been demonstrated by a rigorous and comprehensive scientific process... .
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People's Front The People's Front is the British Columbia, Canada wing of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada.In the 2001 British Columbia election, it nominated 11 candidates, received a total of 720 votes...
Leader: Charles BoylanCharles Boylan is a Canadian radio broadcaster and political activist. He produces and hosts Wake up with co-op and Discussion, programs on CFRO 102.7; a community-run, co-operatively-owned, non-corporate radio station broadcasting from Vancouver, British Columbia...
The People's Front is the provincial wing of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada which generally advocates, among other points, increased spending on health, education and other social programs, a moratorium on the debt, hereditary rights of the Aboriginal peoples, recognition of the equality of all languages and cultures, instituting recall electionA recall election is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before his or her term has ended... s, and rights for individuals to initiate legislation. They nominated 4 candidates in this election, down from 5 in 2005 and 11 in 2001.
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Reform Party of British ColumbiaThe Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...
Leader: David Charles Hawkins
The BC Reform Party nominated four candidates. They had only one candidate in the 2005 election but nine in 2001 and a full slate of 75 in the 1996 election. According to their website, their platform includes, amongst other points, replacing the provincial income tax with a sales tax and a business tax on gross receipts, use of an employee payroll credit, repudiation of any carbon taxes and carbon credit trading, re-establishing public equity in BC Investment Management Corporation, re-establishment a Grand juryA grand jury is a type of jury that determines whether a criminal indictment will issue. Currently, only the United States retains grand juries, although some other common law jurisdictions formerly employed them, and most other jurisdictions employ some other type of preliminary hearing... system, restrictions on judicial reviews of legislative actions, and elections for local provincial court judges.
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Sex Party The Sex Party is a political party based in British Columbia, Canada, that contests provincial elections to promote libertarian and sex-positive attitudes towards sexual education, pornography, indecency laws, and prostitution. It describes itself as "the world's first registered political party...
Leader: John InceJohn Ince is a lawyer, politician, an erotic arts enthusiast, and the controversial author of a book called The Politics of Lust. He founded The Erosha School of Erotic Massage and The Art of Loving, a sexuality center in Vancouver, British Columbia...
Billing itself as "the world's first sex-positiveThe sex-positive movement is an ideology which promotes and embraces open sexuality with few limits. Sex positivity is "an attitude towards human sexuality that regards all consensual sexual activities as fundamentally healthy and pleasurable, and encourages sexual pleasure and experimentation... party," the Sex Party nominated three candidates in Vancouver ridings, as they did in 2005. According to their website, their platform includes, amongst other points, requiring sexual health and hygiene education in schools, requiring school districts to establish professional support programs to address discrimination of sexual minorities, providing provincial funding for institutes studying and teaching human sexuality or researching sexuality policy issues, reserve designate areas for nudists on all public parks and beaches larger than one hectare, establish a Sex Worker Empowerment Program as an agency providing counseling, education, and advocacy to sex workers, requiring municipalities to treat sex toy businesses as other retail businesses, repeal sex negative regulations, requiring all long term care institutions to articulate a sexuality policy that is non-judgmental about residents' sexuality, creating a Sex-Positive Press Council to expose overt and subtle censorship in BC media, changing Victoria DayVictoria Day is a federal Canadian public holiday celebrated on the last Monday before May 25, in honour of Queen Victoria's birthday. The date is also, simultaneously, that on which the current reigning Canadian sovereign's official birthday is recognized... to Eros Day to celebrate and encourage sex-positive expression, and proclaiming Valentine's DaySaint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496... a statutory holiday.
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Western Canada Concept The Western Canada Concept Party of BC is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. It was the British Columbia branch of the Western Canada Concept, a political party that operated at the federal level, advocating the separation of the four western provinces of Canada and the...
Leader: Doug ChristieDouglas Hewson "Doug" Christie, Jr. is a Canadian lawyer and far-right political activist based in Victoria, British Columbia.-Career:...
The Western Canada Concept had one candidate running in this election, down from two candidates in the 2005 election. The party strongly advocates independence for western Canada, and amongst other points advocates for anti-abortion legislation, strong private property rights, balanced budgets, promotion of cultural assimilationCultural assimilation is a socio-political response to demographic multi-ethnicity that supports or promotes the assimilation of ethnic minorities into the dominant culture. The term assimilation is often used with regard to immigrants and various ethnic groups who have settled in a new land. New... rather than multiculturalism, and compulsory public serviceConscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names... with a volunteer armed forces.
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Work Less Party of British ColumbiaThe Work Less Party is a political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The party was founded in 2003 by Conrad Schmidt. It has a federal wing and also participates in municipal politics...
Leader: Conrad SchmidtConrad Schmidt is a social activist, filmmaker and writer living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada who is best known for his role in founding the Work Less Party of British Columbia and for creating the internationally known World Naked Bike Ride protest.-Biography:Schmidt was born and raised...
The WLP is an anti-materialistMaterialism is a mindset that views the consumption and acquisition of material goods as positive and desirable. It is often bound up with a value system which regards social status as being intrinsically linked to affluence as well as the perception that happiness can be increased through... political movement that hopes to achieve socialist and greenGreen politics is a political ideology that aims for the creation of an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, social liberalism, and grassroots democracy... ends through, among other things, the promotion of a four-day, 32-hour work-week. The party had 2 candidates down from 11 in 2005. The 2005 BC election marked the debut in Western politics of any registered party expressly driven by the ideology of voluntary simplicity.
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Your Political Party Your Political Party of British Columbia is a minor political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It is registered with Elections BC, the provincial legislature's elections agency.-Electoral performance:...
Leader: James Filippelli
The party nominated 1 candidate in 2005 and 2 in 2009. Among other points, they advocate published reports explaining where every tax dollar is spent, free votes in the legislature, making all campaign promises legally binding, requiring MLAs hold public townhall-style meetings at least once every 4 months, labeling products sold in BC indicating environmental standards, adding generating capacity to existing dams, opening run-of-river dam project areas to recreational use, providing periodic written statements detailing the cost of each citizen's use of the health care system, provide forgivable loans to post-secondary students who continue to live and work in BC after graduation, permit more private post-secondary institutions, requiring all people serving time in jail to work to pay for the cost of their incarceration, legalization of marijuana, eliminate the property transfer tax, disallow restrictions on secondary suites and minimum home sizes, harvesting all Pine Beetle affected timber immediately, limiting the total allowable yearly fishing catch (rather than regulating length of the fishing season), require weekly educational programs for anyone receiving welfare payments, provide before and after school childcare, permitting private insurance companies to compete with ICBC.
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Timeline of the campaign
April 10, 2008 passage of
the Electoral Districts Act, 2008 moving BC from 79 to 85 constituencies.
October 29, 2008 by-elections in
Vancouver-BurrardVancouver-Burrard was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the 1933 general election....
and
Vancouver-FairviewVancouver-Fairview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :-MLAs:#Gary Farrell-Collins, Liberal #Gregor Robertson, NDP #Jenn McGinn, NDP...
, both won by the New Democrats.
April 14, 2009 the campaign will officially begin when the
writA writ of election is a writ issued by the government ordering the holding of a special election for a political office.In the United Kingdom and in Canada, this is the only way of holding an election for the House of Commons...
is issued.
April 24, 2009 1pm close of nominations for the election.
May 12, 2009 Election day.
Debates
There was one TV debate featuring the leaders of the three major parties: Gordon Campbell,
Carole JamesCarole Alison James, MLA is a Canadian politician and former public administrator. She is the former Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia and former leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party , a social democratic political party...
, and
Jane SterkJane Sterk is the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia, a candidate in the Esquimalt-Royal Roads riding in the 2009 British Columbia provincial election, and a business professor at University Canada West. She was elected leader of the provincial Green Party in October 2007, and elected...
on all three major BC networks on Sunday May 3 at 5:00 p.m.
CKNW had a debate of the three leaders on April 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
CBC Radio One had a debate of the three leaders on April 21 at 7:30 a.m.
Opinion polls
Polling firm |
Dates |
Link |
Liberal |
NDP |
Green |
Others |
Ipsos Reid |
May 9, 2009 |
http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=4384 |
47% |
39% |
10% |
4% |
Angus Reid Strategies Angus Reid Public Opinion is an international public affairs practice. It was established in 2006 under the name Angus Reid Strategies by Dr Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist who founded his first research company in 1979. Reid sold the Angus Reid Group to Paris-based Ipsos SA in 2000...
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May 7, 2009 |
http://www.angusreidstrategies.com/uploads/pages/pdfs/2009.05.08_BCProv.pdf |
44% |
42% |
10% |
4% |
Mustel Group |
May 7, 2009 |
http://www.mustelgroup.com/pdf/20090507.pdf |
47% |
38% |
12% |
3% |
Environics |
May 2, 2009 |
http://bc2009.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/2009-05-04-environics-poll.pdf |
47% |
36% |
13% |
5% |
Angus Reid Strategies Angus Reid Public Opinion is an international public affairs practice. It was established in 2006 under the name Angus Reid Strategies by Dr Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist who founded his first research company in 1979. Reid sold the Angus Reid Group to Paris-based Ipsos SA in 2000...
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April 28, 2009 |
http://www.angusreidstrategies.com/uploads/pages/pdfs/2009.04.29_BCProv.pdf |
42% |
39% |
13% |
6% |
Mustel Group |
April 7, 2009 |
http://www.mustelgroup.com/pdf/20090414.pdf |
52% |
35% |
13% |
- |
Angus Reid Strategies |
March 25, 2009 |
http://www.angusreidstrategies.com/polls-analysis/opinion-polls/bc-liberals-lead-voter-turnout-will-decide-bc-election |
43% |
37% |
13% |
7% |
Ipsos Reid |
March 24, 2009 |
http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=4320 |
46% |
35% |
15% |
4% |
Mustel Group |
February 10, 2009 |
http://www.mustelgroup.com/pdf/20090213.pdf |
52% |
36% |
12% |
1% |
Mustel Group |
January 15, 2009 |
http://www.mustelgroup.com/pdf/20090119.pdf |
47% |
33% |
16% |
4% |
Election 2005The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia , Canada. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...
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May 17, 2005 |
- |
45.8% |
41.5% |
9.2% |
2.9% |
Results
Party |
Party leader |
# of candidates |
Seats |
Popular vote |
2005The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia , Canada. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell...
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Dissolution In parliamentary systems, a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election.Usually there is a maximum length of a legislature, and a dissolution must happen before the maximum time...
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Elected |
% Change |
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% Change
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LiberalThe British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...
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Gordon Campbell |
85 |
46 |
42 |
49 |
+6.52% |
751,661 |
45.82 |
+0.02
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New Democrats |
Carole JamesCarole Alison James, MLA is a Canadian politician and former public administrator. She is the former Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia and former leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party , a social democratic political party...
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85 |
33 |
34 |
35 |
+6.06% |
691,564 |
42.15 |
+0.63
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GreenThe Green Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is led by former Esquimalt municipal councillor, university professor and businessperson Jane Sterk, she was elected by the party in 2007. Penticton realtor and columnist Julius Bloomfield serves as the deputy...
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Jane SterkJane Sterk is the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia, a candidate in the Esquimalt-Royal Roads riding in the 2009 British Columbia provincial election, and a business professor at University Canada West. She was elected leader of the provincial Green Party in October 2007, and elected...
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85 |
- |
- |
- |
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134,616 |
8.21 |
-0.90
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ConservativeThe British Columbia Conservative Party is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected as the government in 1903, the party went into decline after 1933...
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Wilf HanniWilf Hanni is a politician and oil industry consultant in British Columbia, Canada. Hanni served as leader of the Reform Party of British Columbia from August 30, 1997 to June 1998, and later as leader of the British Columbia Party...
|
24 |
- |
- |
- |
|
34,451 |
2.10 |
+1.55
|
Independent |
14 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
17,253 |
1.05 |
+0.05
|
Refederation The B.C. Refederation Party is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada advocating direct democracy and reform to Canadian federalism... 1 |
Mike Summers Michael Victor Summers OBE is a Falkland Islands politician who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency since he won a by-election in 2011. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 1996-2009.Summers was born in Stanley and grew up in Port...
|
22 |
- |
- |
- |
|
3,748 |
0.23 |
+0.191
|
Libertarian The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian political party in British Columbia, Canada.It first nominated candidates in the 1986 provincial election...
|
(vacant) |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
|
1,486 |
|
|
No Affiliation |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
|
1,339 |
|
|
BC ReformThe Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...
|
David Charles Hawkins |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
|
1,106 |
|
|
Nation Alliance The Nation Alliance Party is a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. Currently led by Wei Ping Chen, the party was recognized by Elections BC in 2007....
|
Wei Ping Chen |
2 |
* |
- |
- |
|
818 |
|
|
Sex The Sex Party is a political party based in British Columbia, Canada, that contests provincial elections to promote libertarian and sex-positive attitudes towards sexual education, pornography, indecency laws, and prostitution. It describes itself as "the world's first registered political party...
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John Ince John Ince is a lawyer, politician, an erotic arts enthusiast, and the controversial author of a book called The Politics of Lust. He founded The Erosha School of Erotic Massage and The Art of Loving, a sexuality center in Vancouver, British Columbia...
|
3 |
- |
- |
- |
|
684 |
|
|
Communist The Communist Party of British Columbia is the British Columbia branch of the Communist Party of Canada. Its leader is Sam Hammond.From the 1945 British Columbia election to the 1956 election, it was known as the Labour Progressive Party....
|
George Gidora |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
|
419 |
|
|
People's Front The People's Front is the British Columbia, Canada wing of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada.In the 2001 British Columbia election, it nominated 11 candidates, received a total of 720 votes...
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Charles Boylan Charles Boylan is a Canadian radio broadcaster and political activist. He produces and hosts Wake up with co-op and Discussion, programs on CFRO 102.7; a community-run, co-operatively-owned, non-corporate radio station broadcasting from Vancouver, British Columbia...
|
4 |
- |
- |
- |
|
397 |
|
|
Marijuana The British Columbia Marijuana Party is a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocates the legalisation of cannabis....
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Marc Emery Marc Scott Emery is a Canadian cannabis policy reform advocate, as well as a former cannabis seed seller. He is currently serving a five year sentence in a United States federal prison for selling cannabis seeds....
|
1 |
- |
- |
- |
|
361 |
|
|
Your Political Party Your Political Party of British Columbia is a minor political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It is registered with Elections BC, the provincial legislature's elections agency.-Electoral performance:...
|
James Filippelli |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
|
335 |
|
|
Work LessThe Work Less Party is a political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The party was founded in 2003 by Conrad Schmidt. It has a federal wing and also participates in municipal politics...
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Conrad Schmidt Conrad Schmidt is a social activist, filmmaker and writer living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada who is best known for his role in founding the Work Less Party of British Columbia and for creating the internationally known World Naked Bike Ride protest.-Biography:Schmidt was born and raised...
|
2 |
- |
- |
- |
|
304 |
|
|
Western Canada Concept The Western Canada Concept Party of BC is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. It was the British Columbia branch of the Western Canada Concept, a political party that operated at the federal level, advocating the separation of the four western provinces of Canada and the...
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Doug Christie Douglas Hewson "Doug" Christie, Jr. is a Canadian lawyer and far-right political activist based in Victoria, British Columbia.-Career:...
|
1 |
- |
- |
- |
|
235 |
|
|
|
Vacant |
3 |
|
Total |
346 |
79 |
79 |
85 |
|
1,640,542 |
100% |
-12.1% |
- The British Columbia Refederation Party was previously known as the Western Refederation Party.
Candidates
- Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers.
- The victorious Member of the Legislative Assembly
A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....
(MLA) for each district has a coloured bar to the left of his or her name.
- Incumbents who did not seek re-election are denoted by †
- On account of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term.
Northern British Columbia
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Nechako LakesNechako Lakes is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008, came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the ensuing election...
||
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John RustadJohn Rustad is a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia. He currently represents the constituency of Prince George-Omineca, which he has held since the 2005 election. In 2009, this riding was dissolved and he became the MLA for Nechako...
4,949
|
|Byron Goerz
3,143
|
|Gerard Riley
559
|
|Mike Summers
(Refed.) 235
||
|John Rustad
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North CoastNorth Coast is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation which came into effect for the 1991 B.C. election, largely out of the previous riding of Prince Rupert....
|
|Herb Pond
3,110
||
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Gary CoonsGary Earl Coons is the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the North Coast riding of British Columbia, Canada....
5,096
|
|Lisa Girbav
683
|
|
||
|Gary Coons
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Peace River NorthPeace River North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the name North Peace River by the Constitution Amendment Act, 1955, which split the old riding of Peace River into northern and southern portions for the 1956 B.C....
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Pat PimmPat Pimm is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Peace River North. He has lived in Fort St. John, British Columbia and has a business background working at an...
3,992
|
|Jackie Allen
1,293
|
|Liz Logan
1,010
|
|Arthur A. Hadland (Ind.) 2,899
Sue Arntson (Refed.) 58
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| style="text-align:center;"|
(vacant)
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Peace River SouthPeace River South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created under the name South Peace River by the Constitution Amendment Act, 1955, which split the old riding of Peace River into northern and southern portions for the 1956 B.C....
||
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Blair LekstromBlair Lekstrom is a Canadian politician, currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He has represented the riding of Peace River South since the 2001 election....
4,801
|
|Pat Shaw
2,057
|
|Grant Fraser
533
|
|Donna Young
(Ind.) 220
||
|Blair Lekstrom
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Prince George-MackenziePrince George-Mackenzie is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the 2009 provincial election...
||
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Pat BellPat Bell is British Columbia's Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation. He is the British Columbia Liberal Party MLA for the riding of Prince George North. Bell also serves as member of the Cabinet Priorities and Planning Committee....
9,816
|
|Tobias Lawrence
6,452
|
|Kevin Creamore
1,245
|
|
||
|Pat Bell
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Prince George-ValemountPrince George-Valemount is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the 2009 provincial election...
||
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Shirley BondShirley Bond is currently serving as the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and interim Attorney General of British Columbia, previously as Minister of Transportation and Minister of Education and Minister responsible for Early Learning and Literacy in the Executive Council of British...
9,072
|
|Julie Carew
6,737
|
|Andrej De Wolfe
1,225
|
|Don Roberts (Refed.) 113
Gordon Dickie (Cons.) 780
||
|Shirley Bond
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
SkeenaSkeena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared in the provincial election or 1924. It should not be confused with the former federal electoral district of Skeena, which encompassed a larger area.- Demographics :- Member of...
|
|Donny Van Dyk
4,328
||
|
Robin AustinRobin Austin, MLA, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Social Work, is the current New Democratic Party MLA for Skeena in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Austin was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election...
5,865
|
|Anita Norman
467
|
|Michael Brousseau (Cons.) 893
||
|Robin Austin
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
StikineStikine is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the 2009 provincial election...
|
|Scott Groves
3,829
||
|
Doug DonaldsonDoug Donaldson is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from the riding of Stikine in the 2009 provincial election...
4,274
|
|Roger Benham
375
|
|
||
|
Dennis MacKayDennis MacKay is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Bulkley Valley-Stikine in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2009....
†
|-
- - Previously held by BC Liberal Richard Neufeld
Richard Neufeld is a Canadian Senator for British Columbia. Before his appointment to the Senate, he was a British Columbia Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2008, serving as Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources in the cabinet of Gordon...
, who resigned his seat on January 19, 2009 following his appointment to the SenateThe Senate of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons, and the monarch . The Senate consists of 105 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister...
on December 22, 2008.
Kootenays
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Columbia River-RevelstokeColumbia River-Revelstoke is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
|
|Mark McKee
5,093
||
|
Norm MacdonaldNorm Macdonald is the member for the riding of Columbia River-Revelstoke in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was elected in 2005 as a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.Mr...
7,419
|
|Sarah Svensson
907
|
|
||
|Norm Macdonald
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kootenay East
||
|Bill Bennett
8,427
|
|Troy Sebastian
5,846
|
|Jen Tsuida
549
|
|
Wilf HanniWilf Hanni is a politician and oil industry consultant in British Columbia, Canada. Hanni served as leader of the Reform Party of British Columbia from August 30, 1997 to June 1998, and later as leader of the British Columbia Party...
(Cons.) 1,643
||
|Bill Bennett
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Kootenay WestKootenay West is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect in the ensuing election.- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
|
|Brenda Binnie
4,032
||
|
Katrine ConroyKatrine Conroy is a former MLA for West Kootenay-Boundary in the Canadian province of British Columbia.She was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election. She is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party...
12,126
|
|Andy Morel
1,791
|
|Zachary Crispin (Comm.) 204
||
|Katrine Conroy
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Nelson-CrestonNelson-Creston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the general election of 1933 following a redistribution of the earlier Nelson riding....
|
|Josh Smienk
5,191
||
|
Michelle MungallMichelle Mungall is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a New Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Nelson-Creston. She was born and raised in St. Albert, Alberta where she attended Paul Kane High...
9,060
|
|Sean Kubara
1,189
|
|David Duncan (Cons.)1,083
||
|
Corky EvansCorky Evans was a prominent provincial politician in British Columbia, Canada. He twice ran for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia, placing second both times. In both cases, the party formed the government of BC and its leader became Premier of British Columbia...
†
|-
Okanagan, Shuswap and Boundary
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Boundary-SimilkameenBoundary-Similkameen is a new riding which was formed in 2008 assembled together with populations of Penticton-Okanagan Valley, West Kootenay-Boundary and Yale-Lillooet...
||
|
John SlaterJohn Slater is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Boundary-Similkameen....
6,681
|
|Lakhvinder Jhaj
5,869
|
|Robert Grieve
1,691
|
|Joe Cardoso
(Cons.) 3,596
| colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|
new district
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Kelowna-Lake CountryKelowna-Lake Country is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It should not be confused with the federal electoral district of Kelowna—Lake Country, which encompasses a somewhat larger area.- Demographics :...
||
|
Norm LetnickNorm Letnick is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election. He was elected as a member of the BC Liberal Party in the riding of Kelowna-Lake Country...
10,283
|
|Matthew Reed
5,251
|
|Ryan Fugger
1,375
|
|Mary-Ann Graham
(Cons.) 2,253
Alan Clarke
(Ind.) 571
||
|
Al HorningEdward Allan Horning is a Canadian politician. His career included real estate, shipping, business and orchards....
†
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Kelowna-MissionKelowna-Mission is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :-MLAs:*Cliff Serwa, Social Credit *Sindi Hawkins, Liberal *Steve Thomson, Liberal...
||
|
Steve ThomsonSteve Thomson is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Kelowna-Mission.- References :...
11,506
|
|Tisha Kalmanovich
5,566
|
|Crystal Wariach
1,563
|
|Mark Thompson (Cons.) 2,531
Daniel Thorburn (Refed.) 51
Silverado Socrates (Ind.) 130
||
|
Sindi HawkinsSatinder Kaur "Sindi" Hawkins, née Ahluwalia was a Canadian politician, who was the British Columbia Liberal Party MLA for Okanagan West from 1996 to 2001 and Kelowna-Mission from 2001 to 2009.-Career:...
†
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
PentictonPenticton is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will come into effect upon the next dissolution of the BC Legislature, currently scheduled for April 2009, and will first be contested in the ensuing election.- Member of...
||
|
Bill BarisoffBill Barisoff is a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Born in Oliver, he represents the riding of Penticton, which he has held since 1996, when he defeated former MLA Bill Barlee by a narrow margin....
10,346
|
|
Cameron PhillipsCameron Phillips is a Canadian radio broadcaster, best known as the co-host of CBC Radio One's Freestyle...
7,331
|
|Julius Bloomfield
3,685
|
|Chris Delaney (Cons.) 2,095
Wendy Dion (Refed.) 78
||
|Bill Barisoff
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
ShuswapShuswap is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.It is the successor riding to the old Salmon Arm riding. For other historical and current federal and provincial ridings in the Shuswap-Kamloops-North Okanagan, please see Kamloops and Okanagan...
||
|
George AbbottGeorge Abbott is a BC Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. He represents the riding of Shuswap, which he has held since 1996...
10,764
|
|Steve Gunner
7,051
|
|Michel Saab
2,539
|
|Beryl Ludwig (Cons.) 2,374
Chris Emery (BCMP) 361
||
|George Abbott
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vernon-Monashee
||
|
Eric FosterEric Foster is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and a member of the BC Liberal Party. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from the riding of Vernon-Monashee in the 2009 provincial election. In the 39th Parliament of British Columbia, Foster was not named to Premier...
9,015
|
|Mark Olsen
7,698
|
|Huguette Allen
4,029
|
|Dean Skoreyko (Cons.) 1,972
R.J. Busch
(Refed.) 76
Gordon Campbell (Not Affil.) 1,397
||
|
Tom ChristensenTom Christensen is a former Canadian politician and lawyer. He has served as British Columbia's Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, as Minister of Education and as Minister of Children and Family Development....
†
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Westside-KelownaWestside-Kelowna is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will come into effect upon the next dissolution of the BC Legislature, currently scheduled for April 2009, and will first be contested in the ensuing election.-...
||
|
Ben StewartBenjamin Richard Stewart is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election and a winemaker who has operated Quails' Gate Estate Winery with several family members in the Okanagan since 1989. He represents the riding of...
10,334
|
|Tish Lakes
5,656
|
|Robin McKim
1,617
|
|Peter Neville
(Cons.) 1,772
||
|
Rick ThorpeRick Thorpe is a Canadian politician. He was a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly in the province of British Columbia from 1996 to 2009, representing the riding of Okanagan-Westside.-External links:*...
†
|-
Thompson and Cariboo
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Cariboo-ChilcotinCariboo-Chilcotin is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008, came into effect upon the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009, and was first contested in the ensuing election...
||
|
Donna BarnettDonna Barnett is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 election. She was elected as a BC Liberal member, representing the newly created riding of Cariboo-Chilcotin....
6,259
|
|
Charlie WyseCharlie Wyse is an educator and former Canadian politician, who was a New Democratic Member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia from 2005 to 2009...
6,171
|
|Eli Taylor
650
|
|
||
|Charlie Wyse
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Cariboo NorthCariboo North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Cariboo which came into effect for the 1991 B.C. election....
|
|Bruce Ernst
6,501
||
|Bob Simpson
7,004
|
|Doug Gook
643
|
|
||
|Bob Simpson
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Fraser-NicolaFraser-Nicola is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will come into effect upon the next dissolution of the BC Legislature, currently scheduled for April 2009, and will first be contested in the ensuing election.- Member...
|
|Ella Brown
5,830
||
|
Harry LaliHarry Lali is the current MLA for Fraser-Nicola in the Canadian province of British Columbia. In the 1991 election he was elected to the Legislative Assembly as MLA for Yale-Lillooet, and was re-elected in 1996. Lali served as the Minister of Transportation from 1998 to 2001. For the 2001 election,...
6,703
|
|Desiree Maher-Schley
891
|
|Dian Brooks (Refed.)
223
||
|Harry Lali
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Kamloops-North Thompson
||
|
Terry LakeTerry Lake is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and a member of the BC Liberal Party. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from the riding of Kamloops-North Thompson in the 2009 provincial election...
9,830
|
|Doug Brown
9,320
|
|April Snowe
1,418
|
|Wayne Russell (Refed.) 251
Keston C. Broughton (Work Less) 124
||
|Kevin Krueger
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Kamloops-South ThompsonKamloops-South Thompson is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will come into effect upon the next dissolution of the BC Legislature, currently scheduled for April 2009, and will first be contested in the ensuing...
||
|
Kevin KruegerKevin Krueger is a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. He represented the riding of Kamloops-North Thompson from 1996 to 2009, and currently represents Kamloops-South Thompson as of 2009....
12,548
|
|Tom Friedman
8,132
|
|Bev Markle
1,529
|
|Maria Dobi (Cons.)
1,090
||
|
Claude RichmondClaude Richmond is a former BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He represented the riding of Kamloops from 1981 to 1991 and from 2001 to 2009....
†
|-
- - Krueger sought re-election in the adjacent redrawn riding of Kamloops-South Thompson
Fraser Valley
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Abbotsford-MissionAbbotsford-Mission is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will come into effect upon the next dissolution of the BC Legislature, currently scheduled for April 2009, and will first be contested in the ensuing election.-...
||
|
Randy HawesRandy Hawes is a Canadian politician from British Columbia. Hawes is currently serving as a Member of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia representing the provincial riding of Abbotsford-Mission. On March 14, 2011 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Resource perations Review...
10,372
|
|Lynn Perrin
5,788
|
|Bill Walsh
1,611
|
|
||
|Randy Hawes
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Abbotsford SouthAbbotsford South is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will come into effect upon the next dissolution of the BC Legislature, currently scheduled for April 2009, and will first be contested in the ensuing election.-...
||
|
John van DongenJohn van Dongen is a Member of the Legislative Assembly, representing the riding of Abbotsford South, in the province of British Columbia , Canada. Mr. van Dongen is one of the longest serving BC Liberal MLAs in the BC Legislature...
9,766
|
|Bonnie Rai
4,188
|
|Daniel Bryce
1,244
|
|Gurcharan Dhaliwal (Cons.) 1,019
Tim Felger
(Ind.) 334
||
|John van Dongen
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Abbotsford WestAbbotsford West is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will come into effect upon the next dissolution of the BC Legislature, currently scheduled for April 2009, and will first be contested in the ensuing election.-...
||
|
Mike de JongMike de Jong, Q.C. is a politician from British Columbia, Canada.-Politics and career:He was appointed Minister of Health Mike de Jong on March 14, 2011. He has previously held the post of Attorney General and Government House Leader, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Minister of...
8,992
|
|Taranjit Purewal
5,106
|
|Karen Durant
970
|
|Dalbir Benipal (Cons.) 1,043
||
|Mike de Jong
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
ChilliwackChilliwack is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. A riding by this name has been in use continuously from 1916 to 2001, and it was re-established and contested in the 2009 provincial election.- Political Geography and History :...
||
|
John LesJohn Les is a Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly for British Columbia.He is currently the Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier...
8,138
|
|Mason Goulden
5,908
|
|Fraea Bolding
1,523
|
|Benjamin Besler (Cons.) 2,672
||
|John Les
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Chilliwack-HopeChilliwack-Hope is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will come into effect upon the next dissolution of the BC Legislature, currently scheduled for April 2009, and will first be contested in the ensuing election...
||
|
Barry PennerBarry Penner, QC is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Chilliwack-Hope. He previously served as Attorney General of British Columbia, Deputy House Leader , and Minister of Environment and Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.Born in Kitimat in 1966,...
8,985
|
|Gwen O'Mahoney
5,638
|
|Guy Durnin
951
|
|Hans Mulder (Cons.) 1,198
Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell (P.F.) 93
||
|Barry Penner
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
Fort Langley-AldergroveFort Langley-Aldergrove is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- History :Fort Langley, the birthplace of British Columbia...
||
|
Rich ColemanRich Coleman is British Columbia's Minister of Energy and Mines, minister responsible for Housing and MLA for the riding of Fort Langley-Aldergrove...
15,139
|
|Gail Chaddock-Costello 7,492
|
|Travis Erbacher
1,765
|
|Jordan Braun (Refed.) 387
||
|Rich Coleman
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|
LangleyLangley is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It should not be confused with the federal electoral district of Langley, which encompasses a somewhat larger area...
||
|
Mary PolakMary Polak is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Langley and currently serves as Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation...
13,295
|
|Kathleen Stephany
8,400
|
|Ron Abgrall
1,788
|
|
||
|Mary Polak
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Maple Ridge-MissionMaple Ridge-Mission is a newly formed provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries .-Redistribution:Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows and Mission-Kent...
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Marc DaltonMarc Dalton is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Maple Ridge-Mission. He formerly worked as a long-time teacher in the Maple Ridge School District at both the...
8,802
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|Mike Bocking
8,738
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|Michael Gildersleeve
1,387
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|Ian Vaughan (Reform) 325
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new district
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Maple Ridge-Pitt MeadowsMaple Ridge-Pitt Meadows is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The 2008 re-distribution is an amalgamation of the old Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadow riding with an addition of a small portion of the old Maple Ridge-Mission.- Demographics :-1999...
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|Ken Stewart
9,498
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Michael SatherMichael Sather is the current MLA for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in the Canadian province of British Columbia. As a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election, and was re-elected in 2009....
9,772
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|Rob Hornsey
1,149
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|Jay Ariken
(Refed.) 140
Chum Richardson (Ind.) 202
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|Michael Sather
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Surrey
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Surrey-CloverdaleSurrey-Cloverdale is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :-1999 Redistribution:Changes to Surrey-Cloverdale include*removal of northwestern-most half to Surrey-Tynehead...
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Kevin FalconKevin Falcon is a Canadian politician and is the current Deputy Premier of British Columbia, Canada. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Surrey-Cloverdale and is a member of the BC Liberals...
13,815
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|Deborah Payment
6,567
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|Kevin Purton
1,651
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|Kevin Falcon
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Surrey-FleetwoodSurrey-Fleetwood is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It will come into effect upon the next dissolution of the BC Legislature, currently scheduled for April 2009, and will first be contested in the ensuing election...
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|Jagmohan Singh
6,860
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Jagrup BrarJagrup Brar, is a Member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia, Canada. He represents the riding of Surrey-Fleetwood as a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.-Early life:...
8,852
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|Christin Geall
1,120
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|Chamkaur Sandhu
(Con.) 818
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new district
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Surrey-Green TimbersSurrey-Green Timbers is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
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|Rani Mangat
3,624
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Sue HammellSue Hammell is the current MLA for Surrey-Green Timbers in the Canadian province of British Columbia. As a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, she was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 1991 election and re-elected in 1996, but was defeated in the 2001 election...
10,965
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|Dan Kashagama
488
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|Sue Hammell
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Surrey-NewtonSurrey-Newton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :Its MLA is Harry Bains. He was first elected in 2005, and was re-elected in 2009...
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|Ajay Caleb
4,011
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Harry BainsHarry Bains is the current MLA for Surrey-Newton in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.- Career :...
10,709
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|Trevor Loke
759
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|George Gidora
(Comm.) 58
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|Harry Bains
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Surrey-PanoramaSurrey-Panorama is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It came into effect following the dissolution of the BC Legislature in April 2009 and was contested in the British Columbia general election of that year...
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Stephanie CadieuxStephanie Cadieux is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Surrey-Panorama...
11,820
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|Debbie Lawrance
8,675
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|Murray Weisenburger
1,290
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|Jagrup Brar
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Surrey-TyneheadSurrey-Tynehead is a newly formed provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries...
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Dave HayerDave Hayer is a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. He has represented the riding of Surrey-Tynehead since the 2001 election. He is currently serving as Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism....
8,814
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|Pat Zanon
7,257
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|Gerald Singh
717
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|Dave Hayer
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Surrey-WhalleySurrey-Whalley is a newly formed provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The riding's name was resurrected from a former riding in the same area, with similar but not identical boundaries...
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|Radhia Benalia
4,083
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Bruce RalstonBruce Ralston is the current MLA for Surrey-Whalley in the Canadian province of British Columbia.He was born in Victoria and grew up in Vancouver. He has degrees in history and law from the University of British Columbia and a degree in history from the University of Cambridge in England...
10,453
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|Bernadette Kennan
1,189
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|Bruce Ralston
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Surrey-White RockSurrey-White Rock is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. During the 2008 re-distribution of riding boundaries, Surrey-White Rock kept the majority of its existing region.- Demographics :- Geography :...
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Gordon HoggGordon Hogg is a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. He has represented the riding of Surrey-White Rock since 1997. He currently serves as the Parliamentary Secretary for Not for Profit-Public Partnerships. Previously he has been Minister of...
15,121
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|Drina Allen
6,668
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|Don Pitcairn
2,118
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|David Charles Hawkins (Reform) 464
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|Gordon Hogg
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- - Brar will seek re-election in new riding of Surrey-Fleetwood
Richmond and Delta
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Delta NorthDelta North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :Its MLA is Guy Gentner. He was first elected in 2005...
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|Jeannie Kanakos
8,490
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Guy GentnerGuy Gentner is the current MLA for Delta North in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election.He is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.-External links:*...
10,381
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|Matthew Laine
938
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|Marc McPherson (Cons.) 756
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|Guy Gentner
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Delta SouthDelta South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Member of Legislative Assembly :The current MLA for this riding is Vicki Huntington, the only Independent elected to the Assembly in the 2009 election....
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Wally OppalWallace Oppal, Q.C. is a Canadian lawyer, former judge and provincial politician, who is currently serving as the Chancellor of the Thompson Rivers University...
9,945
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|Dileep Athaide
2,940
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|Duane Laird
555
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Vicki HuntingtonVictoria Huntington is a Canadian politician who was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 2009 as an Independent candidate for Delta South.-Political career:...
(Ind.) 9,977
John Shavluk (Ind.) 60
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Val RoddickVal Roddick is a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. She represented the riding of Delta South from 1999, when she won a by-election to succeed Fred Gingell, until 2009....
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Richmond CentreRichmond Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.-MLAs:#Doug Symons, Liberal #Greg Halsey-Brandt, Liberal #Olga Ilich, Liberal #Rob Howard, Liberal...
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Rob HowardRob Howard is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Richmond Centre...
10,483
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|Kam Brar
4,949
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|Michael Wolfe
1,213
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|Kang Chen (NAP)
409
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Olga IlichOlga Ilich is Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Richmond Centre in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2009. She is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party....
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Richmond EastRichmond East is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
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Linda ReidLinda Reid is a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. She has represented the riding of Richmond East since the 1991 election. She is currently serving as Minister of State for Childcare.- References :...
10,853
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|Shawkat Hasan
5,998
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|Stephen Rees
1,211
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|Wei Ping Chen
(NAP) 419
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|Linda Reid
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Richmond-StevestonRichmond-Steveston is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :Its MLA is John Yap. He was first elected in 2005, and was re-elected in 2009...
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John YapJohn Yap MLA is a Canadian politician and is currently the Parliamentary Secretary for Clean Technology to the Minister of Energy and Mines. Since 2005 he has represented the riding of Richmond-Steveston in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He is a member of the BC Liberal Party...
13,167
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|Sue Wallis
5,925
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|Jeff Hill
1,491
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|Barry Chilton
(Cons.) 1,082
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|John Yap
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Vancouver's eastern suburbs
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Burnaby-Deer LakeBurnaby-Deer Lake is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first be contested in the 2009 general election in which New Democrat, Kathy Corrigan was elected its first MLA....
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John NuraneyJohn Nuraney is a Canadian politician, formerly a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He represented the riding of Burnaby-Willingdon from 2001 to 2009....
7,591
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Kathy CorriganKathy Corrigan is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election. A member of the BC New Democratic Party, she was elected to represent the riding of Burnaby-Deer Lake...
8,103
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|Bruce Friesen
928
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|John Nuraney
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Burnaby-EdmondsBurnaby-Edmonds is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Geography :The district is located in southern Burnaby, British Columbia...
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|Lee Rankin
6,385
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Raj ChouhanRaj Chouhan is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as the MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds in the 2005 provincial election. He served as Opposition Critic for Mental Health; Human Rights, Immigration and Multiculturism. He was re-elected in 2009...
8,647
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|Carrie McLaren
1,122
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|Dan Cancade
(Lbt.) 493
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|Raj Chouhan
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Burnaby-Lougheed
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Harry BloyHarry Bloy is a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. He currently represents the riding of Burnaby-Lougheed, and previously represented the riding of Burquitlam since the 2001 election.-External links:**...
9,207
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|Jaynie Clark
8,511
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|Helen Chang
1,285
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|Harry Bloy
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Burnaby NorthBurnaby North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
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|Richard T. Lee
9,880
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|Mondee Redman
9,332
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|Doug Perry
1,292
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|Richard T. Lee
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Coquitlam-Burke MountainCoquitlam-Burke Mountain is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 election in which Liberal, Douglas Horne was elected its first MLA....
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Douglas HorneDouglas Horne is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. He currently serves on the Legislative Review Committee.-External links:*...
8,644
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|Heather McRitchie
5,393
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|Jared Evans
907
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|Paul Geddes
(Lbt.) 266
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new district
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Coquitlam-MaillardvilleCoquitlam-Maillardville is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Geography :...
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|Dennis Marsden
9,150
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Diane ThorneDiane Thorne is the provincial representative of Coquitlam-Maillardville in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. She was originally elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. She is a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia....
9,818
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|Stephen Reid
1,040
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|Doug Stead
(Ind.) 481
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|Diane Thorne
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New Westminster
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|Carole Millar
8,240
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Dawn BlackDawn Black is a politician in British Columbia, Canada.Born Dawn Whitty, Black became involved in politics from a young age, she became an assistant to New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Pauline Jewett.-Member of Parliament:...
13,418
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Matthew LairdMatthew Laird is a Canadian academic, activist and politician. Having helped lead numerous political campaigns he continues to work with community groups on social and environmental issues....
2,151
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|
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Chuck PuchmayrCharles "Chuck" Puchmayr is a former Canadian politician, who was an MLA for New Westminster in British Columbia from 2005 to 2009. He is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party....
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Port CoquitlamPort Coquitlam is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. First established following the 1988 redistribution, it was contested in the 1991 and 1996 elections before being superseded by Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. The district was reestablished by the Electoral Districts...
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|Bernie Hiller
7,896
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Mike FarnworthMike Farnworth is a New Democratic Party politician from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. He is the current MLA for the riding of Port Coquitlam....
11,121
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|Cole Bertsch
994
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|Brent Williams
(YPP) 137
Lewis Dahlby
(Lbt.) 178
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|Mike Farnworth
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Port Moody-CoquitlamPort Moody-Coquitlam 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 in which BC Liberal Iain Black was elected as its MLA...
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Iain BlackIain James Stewart Black is a former politician in British Columbia, Canada. He was first elected to represent the riding of Port Moody-Westwood in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the BC general election held on May 17, 2005, as a member of the BC Liberal Party...
9,979
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|Shannon Watkins
7,614
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|Rebecca Helps
1,261
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|Donna Vandekerkhove (Refed.) 82
James Filippelli (YPP) 198
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|Iain Black
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Vancouver
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Vancouver-FairviewVancouver-Fairview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :-MLAs:#Gary Farrell-Collins, Liberal #Gregor Robertson, NDP #Jenn McGinn, NDP...
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Margaret MacDiarmidMargaret MacDiarmid is a Canadian politician, currently serving Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government. She was elected as a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fairview...
11,034
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Jenn McGinnJenn McGinn is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Fairview, in a by-election on October 29, 2008. She is the first openly lesbian MLA to serve in the British Columbian Legislature...
9,881
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|Vanessa Violini
2,232
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|Matthew Barens
(Reform) 85
Graham Clark
(Ind.) 165
Alex Frei
(Refed.) 37
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|Jenn McGinn
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Vancouver-False Creek
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Mary McNeilMary McNeil is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Vancouver-False Creek....
9,223
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|Jordan Parente
4,502
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|Damian Kettlewell
2,144
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|Otto Grecz
(Refed.) 27
David Hutchinson (Cons.) 385
Michael Halliday (Ind.) 73
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new district
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Vancouver-FraserviewVancouver-Fraserview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Geography :...
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Kash HeedKash P. Heed is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview....
9,549
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|Gabriel Yiu
8,801
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|Jodie Emery
904
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|Andrew Stevano (Refed.) 118
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Wally OppalWallace Oppal, Q.C. is a Canadian lawyer, former judge and provincial politician, who is currently serving as the Chancellor of the Thompson Rivers University...
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Vancouver-HastingsVancouver-Hastings is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :Its MLA is Shane Simpson. He was first elected in 2005...
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|Haida Lane
6,323
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Shane SimpsonShane Simpson is the current MLA for Vancouver-Hastings in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election....
10,857
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|Ryan Conroy
2,012
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|Dietrich Pajonk
(Sex) 99
Chris Telford
(Work Less) 198
Donna Petersen (P.F.) 76
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|Shane Simpson
|-
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Vancouver-Kensington
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|Syrus Lee
7,678
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Mable ElmoreMable Elmore is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election. A member of the BC New Democratic Party, she was elected to represent the riding of Vancouver-Kensington...
9,930
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|Doug Warkentin
1,288
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David ChudnovskyDavid Chudnovsky is a Canadian politician. As a member of the New Democratic Party, he was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Kensington on May 17, 2005. He served as Opposition Critic for Transportation...
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Vancouver-KingswayVancouver-Kingsway is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :Its MLA is Adrian Dix. He was first elected in 2005...
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|Bill Yuen
6,518
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Adrian DixAdrian Dix is a Canadian politician, currently serving as MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia and as leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election.-Aide to Glen Clark:...
9,229
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|Rev Warkentin
699
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|Matt Kadioglu
(Lbt.) 171
Charles Boylan
(P.F.) 112
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|Adrian Dix
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Vancouver-LangaraVancouver-Langara is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :-1999 Redistribution:Changes to the Vancouver-Langara electoral district in 1999 include:...
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Moira StilwellDr. Moira Stilwell was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, in 2009 to represent the riding of Vancouver-Langara. She was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Research and Innovation to the Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation on March 14, 2011...
10,643
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|Helesia Luke
6,310
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|Jean-Michel Toriel
1,067
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(vacant)
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Vancouver-Mount PleasantVancouver-Mount Pleasant is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of only two electoral districts to return an NDP MLA in the 2001 election when the NDP was nearly wiped off the electoral map, and it did so by a much wider margin than...
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|Sherry Wiebe
3,638
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Jenny KwanJenny Wai Ching Kwan is a Hong Kong-born Canadian politician. She is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and a senior member of the provincial caucus of the New Democratic Party.-Personal life:...
11,196
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|John Boychuk
2,508
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|Peter Marcus
(Comm.) 171
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|Jenny Kwan
|-
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Vancouver-Point GreyVancouver-Point Grey is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1933. It and the other new Vancouver ridings in this year, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver Centre and Vancouver East, were...
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|Gordon Campbell
11,546
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|Mel Lehan
9,232
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|Stephen Kronstein
2,012
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John InceJohn Ince is a lawyer, politician, an erotic arts enthusiast, and the controversial author of a book called The Politics of Lust. He founded The Erosha School of Erotic Massage and The Art of Loving, a sexuality center in Vancouver, British Columbia...
(Sex) 130
||
|Gordon Campbell
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Vancouver-QuilchenaVancouver-Quilchena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
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Colin HansenColin Hansen was Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier for the Canadian province of British Columbia from June 10, 2009 to March 13,2011. He had also served as Minister Responsible for Small Business since October 25, 2010. On November 30, 2010, he was additionally appointed as the Minister of...
15,731
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|James Young
4,746
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|Laura-Leah Shaw
2,024
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|
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|Colin Hansen
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Vancouver-West EndVancouver-West End is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was contested for the first time in the 2009 election.Prior to 2009, the riding was part of Vancouver-Burrard....
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|Laura McDiarmid
5,735
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|Spencer Herbert
9,926
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|Drina Read
1,582
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|Scarlett Lake
(Sex) 90
John Clarke
(Lbt.) 196
Menard Caissy
(Not Affil.) 36
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|Spencer Herbert
|-
- - Wally Oppal sought re-election in riding of Delta South
- - Previously held by BC Liberal Carole Taylor
Carole Taylor, OC is a Canadian journalist and former politician.She is currently serving as the Chancellor of Simon Fraser University since June 17, 2011. She previously served as British Columbia's Minister of Finance from 2005 until 2008 in the government of Liberal premier Gordon...
, who resigned on December 22, 2008
North Shore and Sunshine Coast
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North Vancouver-LonsdaleNorth Vancouver-Lonsdale is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.For other current and historical North Shore and City of Vancouver ridings, please see Vancouver - Demographics :...
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Naomi YamamotoNaomi Yamamoto is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of North Vancouver-Lonsdale....
10,289
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|Janice Harris
7,758
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|Michelle Corcos
1,778
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|Ian McLeod (Cons.)
842
Ron Gamble (Reform) 232
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Katherine WhittredKatherine Anne Whittred was a Canadian politician. She was a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, from 1996 to 2009, representing the riding of North Vancouver-Lonsdale....
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North Vancouver-SeymourNorth Vancouver-Seymour is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.For other current and historical North Shore and City of Vancouver ridings, please see Vancouver - Demographics :-MLAs:...
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Jane ThornthwaiteJane Thornthwaite is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of North Vancouver-Seymour....
13,424
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|Maureen Norton
6,180
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|Daniel Quinn
2,115
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|Gary Hee (Cons.)
931
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Daniel JarvisDaniel Jarvis is a former Canadian politician, who represented the riding of North Vancouver-Seymour in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2009. He is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party.-External links:*...
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Powell River-Sunshine CoastPowell River-Sunshine Coast is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
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|Dawn Miller
7,818
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Nicholas SimonsNicholas Simons is a Canadian politician. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and member of the New Democratic Party. He represents the riding of Powell River-Sunshine Coast.-Politics:...
13,276
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|Jeff Chilton
1,436
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|Allen McIntyre (Refed.) 249
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|Nicholas Simons
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West Vancouver-CapilanoWest Vancouver-Capilano is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.For other current and historical North Shore and City of Vancouver ridings, please see Vancouver - Demographics :...
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Ralph SultanRalph Sultan is a Canadian politician. He is currently the Member of the Legislative Assembly for West Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia....
15,336
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|Terry Platt
3,288
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|Ryan Windsor
1,691
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David O. MarleyDavid Owen Marley is a Canadian political activist, former lawyer and former British Columbia government aide.-Early life:...
(Ind.) 1,501
Eddie Petrossian (Cons.) 713
Tunya Audain
(Lbt.) 185
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|Ralph Sultan
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
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Joan McIntyreJoan McIntyre is a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. She has represented the riding of West Vancouver-Garibaldi, renamed in 2009 to West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, since the 2005 election....
10,101
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|Juliana Buitenhuis
4,214
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|Jim Stephenson
4,082
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|Joan McIntyre
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Vancouver Island
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Alberni-Pacific Rim
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|Dianne St. Jacques
5,605
||
|Scott Fraser
10,488
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|Paul Musgrave
1,324
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|Dallas Hills (Refed.)
250
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|Scott Fraser
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Comox ValleyComox Valley is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :Don McRae, of the Liberal Party was elected MLA in the provincial 2009 general election....
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Don McRaeDon McRae is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and a member of the BC Liberal Party. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly from the riding of Comox Valley in the 2009 provincial election. After serving nearly 2 years on the backbenches he was appointed Minister of...
13,886
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|Leslie McNabb
12,508
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|Hazel Lennox
2,577
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|Paula Berard (Refed.) 266
Barbara Biley (P.F.) 120
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Cowichan ValleyCowichan Valley 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 in which New Democrat, Bill Routley was elected MLA.-Election results:...
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|Cathy Basskin
9,258
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Bill RoutleyBill Routley is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election. A member of the BC New Democratic Party, he was elected to represent the riding of Cowichan Valley...
12,468
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|Simon Lindley
3,062
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|Jason Murray (Cons.) 924
Michial Moore (Refed.) 139
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new district
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Nanaimo
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|Jeet Manhas
8,012
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Leonard KrogLeonard Krog is a Canadian politician and lawyer in British Columbia. He was first elected in the 1991 general election representing the riding of Parksville-Qualicum in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and served as a backbencher in the Mike Harcourt NDP government. He ran for...
11,842
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|Dirk Becker
2,028
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|Linden Shaw (Refed.) 271
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|Leonard Krog
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Nanaimo-North Cowichan
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|Rob Hutchins
8,426
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Doug RoutleyDoug Routley is the current MLA for Nanaimo-North Cowichan in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the riding of Cowichan-Ladysmith in the 2005 general election and then to the riding of Nanaimo-North Cowichan after new electoral districts...
12,888
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|Ian Gartshore
2,135
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|Ron Fuson (Refed.)
271
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|Doug Routley
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North IslandNorth Island is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :Its MLA is Claire Trevena. She was first elected in 2005, and was re-elected in 2009...
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|Marion Wright
8,937
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Claire TrevenaClaire Trevena is the current MLA for North Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election and re-elected in the 2009 election. She is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party...
11,865
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|Philip Stone
1,670
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|William Mewhort (Ind.) 333
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|Claire Trevena
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Parksville-QualicumParksville-Qualicum was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1991. It also appeared was in the 1996 general election and a by-election in 1998. Following redistribution, the area...
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Ron CantelonRon Cantelon was re-elected on to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada, May 12 2009 in the riding of Parksville-Qualicum as a member of the BC Liberal Party caucus....
13,716
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|Leanne Salter
10,136
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|Wayne Osborne
2,573
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|Bruce Ryder (Refed.) 251
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|Ron Cantelon
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- - Previously held by BC Liberal Stan Hagen
Stan Hagen was a Canadian politician. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Comox Valley riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a member of the BC Liberal Party....
, who died in office on January 20, 2009.
Greater Victoria
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Esquimalt-Royal RoadsEsquimalt-Royal Roads is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 election in which New Democrat, Maurine Karagianis was elected MLA....
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|Carl Ratsoy
6,579
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Maurine KaragianisMaurine Karagianis is a Canadian politician, currently the New Democratic Party MLA for the riding of Esquimalt-Royal Roads in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia....
11,514
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Jane SterkJane Sterk is the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia, a candidate in the Esquimalt-Royal Roads riding in the 2009 British Columbia provincial election, and a business professor at University Canada West. She was elected leader of the provincial Green Party in October 2007, and elected...
3,664
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|Maurine Karagianis
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Juan de Fuca
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|Jody Twa
6,866
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John HorganJohn Horgan is the New Democratic Party MLA for the constituency of Malahat-Juan de Fuca in the Canadian province of British Columbia.Horgan was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election....
11,520
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|James Powell
1,749
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|John Horgan
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Oak Bay-Gordon HeadOak Bay-Gordon Head is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
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Ida ChongIda Chong is British Columbia's Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and was Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative as well as Minister of Technology, Trade, and Economic Development. She has served in this position since June 2008...
11,877
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|Jessica Van der Veen
11,316
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|Steven Johns
2,330
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|Ida Chong
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Saanich North and the IslandsSaanich North and the Islands is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the northern suburbs of the provincial capital, Victoria, and includes the southern Gulf Islands....
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Murray CoellMurray Coell is a BC Liberal MLA, representing the riding of Saanich North and the Islands, a suburb of Victoria. He previously served as the Minister of Environment, Minister of Labour, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development; Minister of Human Resources; Minister of...
13,120
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|Gary Holman
12,875
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|Tom Bradfield
3,220
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|Murray Coell
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Saanich SouthSaanich South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation dividing the previous two-member district of Saanich and the Islands which came into effect for the 1991 B.C...
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|Robin Adair
11,215
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Lana PophamLana Popham is Canadian politician representing the riding of Saanich South in the 39th Parliament of British Columbia. She was elected as the British Columbia New Democratic Party candidate in the British Columbia general election, 2009 and has served on the Select Standing Committee on Public...
11,697
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|Brian Gordon
1,664
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Douglas ChristieDouglas Hewson "Doug" Christie, Jr. is a Canadian lawyer and far-right political activist based in Victoria, British Columbia.-Career:...
(West Can.) 235
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David CubberleyDavid Cubberley is a Canadian politician, active in municipal, regional and provincial issues since 1990. He is a prominent advocate of cycling trail networks for commuters and recreation, protection of farmland, sustainable transportation and awareness of Lyme Disease...
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Victoria-Beacon HillVictoria-Beacon Hill is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Geography :The riding comprises most of the City of Victoria, the provincial capital...
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|Dallas Henault
6,375
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Carole JamesCarole Alison James, MLA is a Canadian politician and former public administrator. She is the former Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia and former leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party , a social democratic political party...
13,400
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|Adam Saab
4,106
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|Saul Andersen (Ind.)
319
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|Carole James
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Victoria-Swan LakeVictoria-Swan Lake is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the Electoral Districts Act, 2008. It was first contested in the 2009 election, in which New Democrat, Rob Fleming was elected its first MLA....
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|Jesse McClinton
5,754
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Rob FlemingRob Fleming is a Canadian politician who represents the riding of Victoria-Swan Lake in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Fleming was elected the British Columbia New Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Victoria-Hillside in the 2005 British Columbia...
13,119
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|David Wright
2,628
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|Bob Savage (Refed.)
174
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|Rob Fleming
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