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The 2011 British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election was held following Gordon Campbell's resignation as
Premier of British Columbia The premier of British Columbia is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s, the title ''prime minister of British Columbia'' was often used. The word ''premier'' is derived ...
and as leader of the
British Columbia Liberal Party BC United (BCU), known from 1903 until 2023 as the British Columbia Liberal Party or BC Liberals, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party has been described as conservative, neoliberal, and occupying a centre-right ...
. The convention elected
Christy Clark Christina Joan Clark (born October 29, 1965) is a Canadian politician who served as the 35th premier of British Columbia from 2011 to 2017. Clark was the second woman to be premier of BC, after Rita Johnston in 1991, and the first female premi ...
, who had served as
Deputy Premier of British Columbia The deputy premier of British Columbia is the representative of the premier of British Columbia in the Canadian province of British Columbia when the current premier is unable to attend functions executed by the premier. Niki Sharma has been th ...
from 2001 to 2004, as the party's new leader on February 26, 2011. Clark ultimately won the leadership on the third ballot over former
Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...
Kevin Falcon Kevin Falcon is a Canadian provincial politician who has been the leader of BC United since 2022 and was the Leader of the Opposition from 2022 to 2024. He was the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Vancouver-Quilchena ...
with 52% of the vote.


Background

Campbell, who had previously served as
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from 1986 to 1993, had served as leader of the BC Liberal Party since 1993. Under Campbell, the party won a majority in the 2001 general election, and was reelected with smaller majorities in
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and
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. Gordon Campbell's announced his resignation as Premier and as party leader on November 3, 2010. Upon his announcement, he asked the party to hold the election "at the earliest possible date".


Status of the leadership until the convention

Upon announcing his resignation, Gordon Campbell did not state whether he would stay on as premier and party leader until a new leader was chosen, or whether an interim leader would fill this role. However, Campbell soon made it clear that he would be staying on until a new leader was elected. "A smooth and orderly transition doesn't mean you have two or three leaders in a period of two or three months. So I'll be premier until the party selects a new leader. The new leader will then be sworn in as premier, and there will be a smooth and orderly transition."


Voting rules

On November 13, 2010, the Provincial Executive of the BC Liberal Party voted unanimously to call an extraordinary convention to approve new rules for the Party's leadership vote process. The "preferential ballot system" recommended by the Provincial Executive gives each party member a vote and then adjusts the results according to a regionally-weighted point system to ensure that each riding association counts equally. The first candidate to receive more than 50% of the regionally-weighted points in province-wide round of voting would emerge as the next Leader of the BC Liberal Party. These recommendations were approved by two-thirds of delegates at an extraordinary convention held on February 12, 2011.


Declared candidates

The following candidates declared their intention to run for the leadership:


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MLA for Shuswap (since 1996), Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services (2001-04), Minister of Sustainable Resource Management (2004-05), Minister of Health (2005–09), Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation (2009–10), Minister of Education (2010). :Support from caucus members: Donna Barnett (Cariboo-Chilcotin), Murray Coell (Saanich North and the Islands), Eric Foster (Vernon-Monashee),
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(Abbotsford-Mission),
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(Vancouver-Fraserview),
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(Surrey-White Rock),
Kevin Krueger Kevin Krueger (born 1955 or 1956) is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia. He represented the riding of Kamloops-North Thompson from 1996 to 2009, and Kamloops-South Thompson from 2009 to 20 ...
(Kamloops-South Thompson),
Terry Lake Terry Lake is a former Canadian politician, at the municipal and provincial levels, and veterinarian. Lake was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and a member of the BC Liberal Party. Lake announced September 1, 2016 th ...
(Kamloops-North Thompson), Richard Lee (Burnaby North),
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(Kelowna-Lake Country),
Mary McNeil Mary McNeil is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Vancouver-False Creek.Don McRae (Comox Valley),
John Rustad John Rustad (born August 18, 1963) is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Opposition in British Columbia since 2024 and as the leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia since 2023. He has served as the member ...
(Nechako Lakes),
Moira Stilwell Moira Stilwell (born 1953 or 1954) is a Canadians, Canadian politician and physician who served as the member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Vancouver-Langara from 2009 to 2017. As part of the British Columbia ...
(Vancouver-Langara),
Ralph Sultan Ralph Sultan (born June 6, 1933) is a Canadian politician, who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the community of West Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia from 2001 to 2020. A member of the British Columbia Liberal Party ...
(West Vancouver-Capilano), John Slater (Boundary-Similkameen), Steve Thomson (Kelowna-Mission), Jane Thornthwaite (North Vancouver-Seymour) John van Dongen (Abbotsford South), Naomi Yamamoto (North Vancouver-Lonsdale) :Support from former caucus members:
Bill Bennett William Richards Bennett, (April 14, 1932 – December 3, 2015) was a Canadian politician who was the 27th premier of British Columbia from 1975 to 1986. Early life Bennett was the son of Annie Elizabeth May (Richards) and former premier W. ...
(
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), Bill Belsey (
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), Tom Christensen (
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), Greg Halsey-Brandt ( Richmond Centre), Harold Long (
Powell River-Sunshine Coast Powell River-Sunshine Coast is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Demographics Member of the Legislative Assembly Current MLA Randene Neill (BC NDP) was elected to repre ...
),
Sandy Santori Sandy Santori (born 1954 or 1955) is a former Canadian politician. Santori served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. He had previously served as the mayor of Trail, British Columbia and in ...
(
West Kootenay-Boundary West Kootenay-Boundary was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada from 2001 to 2009. The seat combined the Rossland/Trail/Castlegar area (the putative ''West Kootenay'' component) that had previo ...
), Ken Stewart (
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), Katherine Whittred (
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) :Date campaign launched: November 25, 2010 :Policies: New tax credits for home renovations and health and wellness expenses and moving the HST referendum to an earlier date, holding a referendum on whether to freeze the
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, hold public consultation on reviewing the minimum wage and training wage, creation of 3 new groups (Premier's Council on Resource Development, Northern Development Agency, and Major Projects Secretariat) to accelerate resource development in northern BC, move funding for arts and culture back to 2008–09 levels, and legislate child poverty reduction targets.


Christy Clark Christina Joan Clark (born October 29, 1965) is a Canadian politician who served as the 35th premier of British Columbia from 2011 to 2017. Clark was the second woman to be premier of BC, after Rita Johnston in 1991, and the first female premi ...

Former MLA for
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(1996–2005), Deputy Premier (2001–04), Minister of Education (2001–04), Minister of Children and Family Development (2004). :Support from caucus members:
Harry Bloy James Henry "Harry" Bloy (born April 19, 1946) is a retired Canadian politician from British Columbia. He was a BC Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2013, representing Burquitlam (2001-2009) and later ...
(Burnaby-Lougheed) :Support from former caucus members:
Tony Bhullar Tony Bhullar is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Surrey-Newton in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. He sat as a member of the BC Liberal Party. Electoral record , - , - , NDP ND ...
(Surrey-Newton), Walt Cobb (Cariboo South), Arnie Hamilton (Esquimalt-Metchosin), Roger Harris (Skeena), Mike Hunter (Nanaimo), Ken Johnston (Vancouver-Fraserview),
Brenda Locke Brenda Joy Locke (born 1955) is a Canadian politician who currently serves as the mayor of Surrey, British Columbia. She was elected to the post in 2022 after defeating the incumbent Doug McCallum. She previously served on the Surrey City Coun ...
(Surrey-Green Timbers), Karn Manhas (Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain), Lorne Mayencourt (Vancouver-Burrard), Wendy McMahon (Columbia River-Revelstoke),
Paul Nettleton Paul Nettleton is a lawyer and former politician from British Columbia, Canada. He was called to the bar in 1993. A member of the British Columbia Liberal Party, he was elected from Prince George-Omineca to the Legislative Assembly of British C ...
(Prince George-Omineca),
Sheila Orr Sheila Orr (born 1949 or 1950) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Victoria-Hillside in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 until her defeat in the 2005 provincial election. She sat as a member ...
(Victoria-Hillside), Blair Suffredine (Nelson-Creston), Gillian Trumper (Alberni-Qualicum),
Rod Visser Rod Sanderson Visser is a former Canadian politician. Visser served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 until his defeat in the 2005 provincial election, representing the riding of North Island.
(North Island) :Date campaign launched: December 8, 2010 :Policies: Hosting open town hall meetings, debating more private member bills, and forming a Caucus Accountability Committee, reverse cuts to the Community Gaming Grants and review the funding formula for gambling grants, establish the third Monday in February as a statutory holiday, redirect proceeds from tobacco taxes to pay for nicotine replacement therapies and cessation products, and establish an Office of the Municipal Auditor General to monitor local government taxation.


Mike de Jong Michael de Jong (born 1963 or 1964) is a politician in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia, representing the electoral district of Matsqui from 1994 to 2001, Abbot ...

MLA for
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(since 1994), Attorney General and Government House Leader (2009–10), Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation :Support from former caucus members:
Gulzar Cheema Gulzar Singh Cheema (born August 11, 1954) is an Indian-born Canadian physician and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1993, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to ...
( Surrey-Panorama Ridge),
Patty Sahota Patty Sahota (October 26, 1969 – February 12, 2024) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Burnaby-Edmonds in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. She sat as a member of the BC Liberal P ...
(
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) :Date campaign launched: December 1, 2010 :Policies: Increasing the minimum wage after public consultation, moving the HST referendum to an earlier date, lowering the voting age to 16, a reduced number of cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries and a reduced Office of Premier, online postings of MLA expenses, and extending the
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runway for non-stop international flights.


Kevin Falcon Kevin Falcon is a Canadian provincial politician who has been the leader of BC United since 2022 and was the Leader of the Opposition from 2022 to 2024. He was the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Vancouver-Quilchena ...

MLA for
Surrey-Cloverdale Surrey-Cloverdale is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Demographics Geography 1999 redistribution Changes to Surrey- ...
(since 2001), Minister of Transportation (2004–09), Minister of Health Services (2009–10) :Support from caucus members:
Pat Bell Patrick Bell (born March 17, 1957) is a former Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia, representing Prince George North from 2001 to 2009, and Prince George-Mackenzie from 2009 to 2013. A cau ...
(Prince George-Mackenzie),
Iain Black Iain James Stewart Black (born 1967) is a 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, 2 ...
(Port Moody-Westwood),
Shirley Bond Shirley Bond (born 1956 or 1957) is a Canadian politician who served as interim leader of the BC Liberal Party from 2020 to 2022, and also served as the Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia. She was first elected to the Legislative Ass ...
(Prince George-Valemount),
Stephanie Cadieux Stephanie Cadieux (born 1972 or 1973) 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. After the 201 ...
(Surrey-Panorama), Ron Cantelon (Parksville-Qualicum),
Ida Chong Ida Chong ( zh, t=張杏芳, p=Zhāng Xìngfāng; born 1956 or 1957) is a Canadian politician who served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia for Oak Bay-Gordon Head from 1996 until 2013. As part of the Liberal ...
(Oak Bay-Gordon Head),
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(Fort Langley-Aldergrove),
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(Maple Ridge-Mission),
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(Vancouver-Quilchena),
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(Surrey-Tynehead), Douglas Horne (Coquitlam-Burke Mountain), Rob Howard (Richmond Centre),
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(Chilliwack),
Margaret MacDiarmid Margaret MacDiarmid is a Canadian politician and physician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia for the riding of Vancouver-Fairview from 2009 to 2013. A caucus member of the British Columbia Liberal Party, s ...
(Vancouver-Fairview), Joan McIntyre (West Vancouver-Sea to Sky),
Pat Pimm Patrick Joseph Pimm (March 31, 1957 – September 18, 2024) was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) from 2009 to 2017. A member of the BC Liberal Party, he represented the riding of ...
(Peace River North),
Mary Polak Mary Ruth Polak (born 1967 or 1968) is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) representing the riding of Langley from 2005 until her defeat in the 2020 general election. She was re-e ...
(Langley),
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(Westside-Kelowna),
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(Richmond-Steveston) :Support from former caucus members:
Richard Neufeld Richard Neufeld (born November 6, 1944) is a former Canadian politician who served as a Senator for British Columbia from 2009 to 2019. He was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, representing the electoral distri ...
(Peace River North),
Patrick Wong Patrick Wong (; born May 13, 1947) is a Canadian accountant and a former politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 through 2005, representing the riding of Vancouver-Kensington. He served as the ...
(Vancouver-Kensington) :Date campaign launched: November 30, 2010 :Policies: 12-point public safety platform which includes giving municipality 50% of proceeds-of-crime, requiring pawnshop and scrap metal dealers to report all purchases to police, and expanding the Meth Watch program, extending the rural and oil/gas road building programs, merit pay for teachers, additional language options in schools, and freezing the carbon tax after 2012.


Results

The rounds were counted in terms of points, with 100 points allocated per electoral district.


Potential/withdrawn candidates

Potential candidates that declined to run: *
Iain Black Iain James Stewart Black (born 1967) is a 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, 2 ...
, MLA for
Port Moody-Westwood Port Moody-Westwood was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia () is the deliberative assembly of the Legislature of British Columbia, in the province of Br ...
, Minister of Labour *
Rich Coleman Richard Thomas Coleman is a Canadian politician and former police officer who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in British Columbia, representing Fort Langley-Aldergrove from 1996 to 2017, and Langley East from 2017 to 2020 ...
, MLA for
Fort Langley-Aldergrove Fort Langley-Aldergrove was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created for the 1991 election from the dual member Langley riding and abolished in 2017 into Langley East, Abbotsford ...
, Solicitor General and Minister for Public Safety *
Dianne Watts Dianne Lynn Watts (born October 30, 1959) is a former politician in British Columbia, Canada. She won her first federal election campaign in October 2015 to become a federal Member of Parliament for South Surrey—White Rock. In 2017 she resign ...
, Mayor of
Surrey Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...
*
Carole Taylor Carole Taylor (born Carol Goss on November 16, 1945) is a Canadian school chancellor, journalist and former politician. She also served as the Chancellor of Simon Fraser University from June 2011 until June 2014. She previously served as Briti ...
, former MLA for
Vancouver-Langara Vancouver-Langara is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. This riding takes in neighbourhoods in south-central Vancouver, such as Marpole, Sunset and Oakridge: it is the most diverse provin ...
(2005–08) and former Minister of Finance (2005–08) Withdrawn candidates:


Moira Stilwell Moira Stilwell (born 1953 or 1954) is a Canadians, Canadian politician and physician who served as the member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Vancouver-Langara from 2009 to 2017. As part of the British Columbia ...

MLA for
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(since 2009), Minister of Regional Economic and Skills Development (2010), Minister of Education and Labour Market Development (2009–10). :Date campaign launched: November 22, 2010 :Date campaign ended: February 16, 2011, endorsed George Abbott :Proposed policies: Moving the HST referendum to an earlier date, raising the minimum wage to $10/hour,Liberals All Now Believe in Listening
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. December 1, 2010. decrease student loan rate to no higher than prime plus 1%, significant new funding for college and university infrastructure, tax incentives for municipalities that reduce or eliminate Class 4 (major industrial) tax rates, increasing the "Passport to Education" program to encourage enrollment into community colleges, and develop the National Mountain Search and Rescue Training Institute in Revelstoke.


Ed Mayne

Mayor of Parksville, British Columbia. :Date campaign launched: January 3, 2011Parksville mayor makes bid for leadership of B.C. Liberals
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'', January 3, 2011. :Date campaign ended: February 17, 2011, endorsed George AbbottAnother for Abbott as Ed Mayne drops leadership bid
''
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'', February 17, 2011. :Proposed policies: Free votes in the legislature (except on confidence issues), term limits for premiers, mandatory voting or tax credits to encourage people to vote, increase minimum wage over two or three years, improving the
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, and use universities to develop the green energy sector and attract manufacturing jobs.Environment Low on Agendas of Lib Leader Candidates.
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January 21, 2011


Polling

Early polling has shown that Christy Clark is the candidate with the highest level of support among all voters, with a net positive score of eleven versus minus one for George Abbott, minus twelve for Moira Stilwell, minus eighteen for Mike de Jong, and minus twenty-three for Kevin Falcon. This is in line with earlier polls which found Clark with a twenty-five-point lead among all voters as preferred BC Liberal leader and a fourteen-point lead among definite Liberal voters. An update of the poll on February 22, after Stilwell and Mayne had withdrawn, showed Clark still leading with a 67% favourability rating, with Falcon in second at 51%, and Abbott and de Jong tied at third with 46%. Early in the race, an analysis of social media in the ''
Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, and is the larg ...
'', published on December 11, 2010, found that Kevin Falcon had generated the most social media traffic amongst the candidates who had already declared their intention to run.


Debates

Initially, the Party did not intend to hold public debates between the candidates. However, debate forums were eventually announced on January 27, 2011, via the BC Liberals' website: *February 2: BC Liberal Party Leadership Debate,
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*February 3: BC Liberal Party Leadership Debate, Prince George *February 12: BC Liberal Party Leadership Debate,
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The BC Liberal Party designed and controlled the debate format, intending for them to be non-controversial. Only registered party members were able to attend, all debate questions were provided to the candidates in advance, and there were few exchanges between the candidates. The debates were criticized as being bland and stifling. Following the withdrawal of Stilwell and Mayne, an additional debate was held between the remaining candidates and aired on Shaw TV Vancouver on February 20.


Timeline

* November 3, 2010: BC premier Gordon Campbell announces his resignation and calls on his party to hold a leadership convention * November 4, 2010: Campbell confirms that he will remain as leader until the BC Liberal Party elects his successor * November 13, 2010: The BC Liberal Party Provincial Executive recommends a new voting system to be adopted for the upcoming leadership vote * November 15, 2010: the BC Liberal Party Provincial Executive sets February 26, 2011 as the date for the Party's leadership vote * November 22, 2010: Moira Stilwell becomes the first candidate for the BC Liberal Party leadership * November 25, 2010: George Abbott announces his candidacy * November 30, 2010: Kevin Falcon announces his candidacy * December 1, 2010: Michael de Jong announces his candidacy * December 6, 2010:
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Leader
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announced she will step down as leader of the New Democratic Party as soon as an interim leader can be selected, kicking off the leadership election process for BC Liberals' principal competition. * December 8, 2010: Christy Clark announces her candidacy


See also

*
British Columbia Liberal Party leadership elections This page lists the results of leadership conventions of the British Columbia Liberal Party, known since 2023 as British Columbia United. Winners are listed first, in bold, and prefaced by . 1902 leadership convention Held February 6, 1902. * Jo ...
* British Columbia Liberal Party leadership election, 2018 * 2011 British Columbia New Democratic Party leadership election


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