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The legislature of British Columbia in session, 1921

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the

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of the

Parliament of British Columbia The Parliament of British Columbia is made of two elements: the King in Right of British Columbia, represented by the Lieutenant Governor, and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (which meets at the British Columbia Parliament Building ...

, in the province of

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, Canada. The Legislative Assembly meets in

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

. Members are elected from provincial ridings and are referred to as

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(MLAs). Bills passed by the legislature are given

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by the

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, represented by the

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. The current Parliament is the 42nd Parliament. The most recent

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was held on October 24, 2020. Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly are broadcast to cable viewers in the province by Hansard Broadcasting Services.

Recent parliaments

Officeholders

Speaker

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The office of Speaker in British Columbia The Speaker is elected by the Members of the Legislative Assembly ("M ...

Raj Chouhan Raj Chouhan is a Canadian politician and trade unionist, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as the MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds in the 2005 provincial election. He is serving as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ...

(

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)

Other chair occupants

* Deputy speaker; chair, Committee of the Whole:

Spencer Chandra Herbert Spencer Chandra Herbert is a Canadian politician who serves in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Canada. Representing the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), he won an October 2008 by-election in the electoral distric ...

Ronna-Rae Leonard Ronna-Rae Leonard is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.Norm Letnick Norm Letnick (born 1957) is a Canadian politician, currently British Columbia's assistant deputy speaker, who was first elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election and re-elected in 2013, 2 ...

(BC Liberal)

Leaders

Premier of British Columbia Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

David Eby David Robert Patrick Eby (born July 21, 1976) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has been serving as the 37th and current premier of British Columbia since November 18, 2022, and has been serving as the leader of the British Columbia New De ...

(BC NDP) *

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Kevin Falcon Kevin Falcon (born 1963) is a Canadian financial executive and a provincial politician who is the leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party as of 2022, and the Leader of the Opposition as of May 2022. He is the member of the Legislative Assem ...

(BC Liberal) *

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leader:

Sonia Furstenau Sonia Furstenau is a Canadian politician who is currently the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia. Furstenau was raised in Edmonton, the child of German immigrants. She attended McKernan Elementary/Junior-High School, where she was ...

House leaders

* Government

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Mike Farnworth Michael C. Farnworth (born July 23, 1959) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 15th and current deputy premier of British Columbia since 2021, and the minister of public safety and solicitor general since 2017. A member of the British C ...

(BC NDP) * Opposition House leader:

Todd Stone Todd Graham Stone (born 1972) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Kamloops-South Thompson as a member of the Britis ...

(BC Liberal) * Green Party House leader:

(BC Green)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Legislative Assembly Of British Columbia Parliament of British Columbia

1871 establishments in British Columbia