The 43rd Parliament of British Columbia was chosen in the
2024 British Columbia general election
The 2024 British Columbia general election was held on October 19, 2024, to elect 93 members (MLAs) of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Legislative Assembly to serve in the 43rd parliament of the Provinces and territories of Cana ...
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It is the first Legislature in British Columbia to have a majority of female legislators, with 49 of 93 (52%) female MLAs, and the first in any Canadian province or territory to achieve this through a general election.
Opposition MLAs from the
Conservative
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and
Green
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caucuses were sworn in on November 12, 2024, and the governing New Democratic MLAs were sworn in on November 13, 2024.
Raj Chouhan
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speaker of the Legislative Assembly Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is a title commonly held by presiding officers of parliamentary bodies styled legislative assemblies. The office is most widely used in state and territorial legislatures in Australia, and in provincial and terr ...
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Party standings
Officeholders
Speaker
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Raj Chouhan
Raj Chouhan is a Canadians, Canadian politician and trade unionist, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as the MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds in the 2005 British Columbia general election, 2005 provincial election. He is ...
, NDP (December 7, 2020 – present)
Other chair occupants
* Deputy speaker:
Mable Elmore
Mable Elmore is a Canadian politician who represents the Vancouver-Kensington electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), she was first elected as a Member ...
, NDP
* Assistant deputy speaker:
Lorne Doerkson
Lorne Doerkson is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) since 2020.Angie Mindus"ELECTION 2020: Preliminary results show Lorne Doerkson elected in Cariboo Chilcotin" ''100 Mile Fre ...
, Conservative
Leaders
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Premier of British Columbia
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David Eby
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, NDP (November 18, 2022 – present)
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Leader of the Opposition
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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 ...
, Conservative (November 12, 2024 – present)
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Green Party
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Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...
leader:
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Jeremy Valeriote
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, ''(interim)'' (January 28, 2025 – present)
House leaders
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Government House leader
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Mike Farnworth
Michael C. Farnworth (born July 23, 1959) is a Canadian politician who has served as British Columbia's Minister of Transportation and Transit since 2024. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), Farnworth represents the ...
, NDP
* Opposition House leader: Á'a:líya Warbus, Conservative
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Green Party
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Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...
House leader:
Rob Botterell
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Caucus whips
* Government
whip
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Janet Routledge
Janet Routledge is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.Bruce Banman, Conservative
** Opposition deputy whip:
Sheldon Clare
Sheldon Clare is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 British Columbia general election. He represents the electoral district of Prince George-North Cariboo as a member of the Conservat ...