37th Parliament of British Columbia explained

Jurisdiction:	BC
#:	37th
Type:	Majority
Status:	inactive
Term-Begin:	June 19, 2001
Term-End:	2005
Sc:	Claude Richmond
Scterm:	June 19, 2001 – May 16, 2005
Pm:	Gordon Campbell
Pmterm:	June 5, 2001 – March 14, 2011
Lo:	Joy MacPhail
Loterm:	June 16, 2001 – May 17, 2005
Party:	Liberal Party
Unrecparty1:	New Democratic Party
Viceroy:	Garde Gardom
Viceroyterm:	April 21, 1995 – September 25, 2001
Viceroy2:	Iona Campagnolo
Viceroyterm2:	September 25, 2001 – September 30, 2007
Members:	79
Lastparl:	36th
Nextparl:	38th

The 37th Parliament of British Columbia sat from 2001 to 2005. The members of the 37th Parliament were elected in the British Columbia general election held on May 16, 2001.

Members of the 37th Parliament

	Member	Party	Electoral district	George Abbott	Liberal	Shuswap	Val J. Anderson	Liberal	Vancouver-Langara	Bill Barisoff	Liberal	Penticton-Okanagan Valley	Pat Bell	Liberal	Prince George North	Bill Belsey	Liberal	North Coast	Bill Bennett	Liberal	East Kootenay	Tony Bhullar	Liberal^[1]	Surrey-Newton
Independent
Liberal^[2]
Harry Bloy	Liberal	Burquitlam	Shirley Bond	Liberal	Prince George-Mount Robson	Gulzar Cheema^[3]	Liberal	Surrey-Panorama Ridge
Jagrup Brar^[4]	NDP	Jeff Bray	Liberal	Victoria-Beacon Hill	Elayne Brenzinger	Liberal^[5]	Surrey-Whalley
Independent
Democratic Reform^[6]
Susan Brice	Liberal	Saanich South	Graham Bruce	Liberal	Cowichan-Ladysmith	Gordon Campbell	Liberal	Vancouver-Point Grey	Ida Chong	Liberal	Oak Bay-Gordon Head	Tom Christensen	Liberal	Okanagan-Vernon	David Chutter	Liberal	Yale-Lillooet	Christy Clark	Liberal	Port Moody-Westwood	Walt Cobb	Liberal	Cariboo South	Murray Coell	Liberal	Saanich North and the Islands	Rich Coleman	Liberal	Fort Langley-Aldergrove	Mike de Jong	Liberal	Abbotsford-Mount Lehman	Kevin Falcon	Liberal	Surrey-Cloverdale	Stan Hagen	Liberal	Comox Valley	Greg Halsey-Brandt	Liberal	Richmond Centre	Arnie Hamilton	Liberal	Esquimalt-Metchosin	Colin Hansen	Liberal	Vancouver-Quilchena	Roger Harris	Liberal	Skeena	Randy Hawes	Liberal	Maple Ridge-Mission	Sindi Hawkins	Liberal	Kelowna-Mission	Dave Hayer	Liberal	Surrey-Tynehead	Gordon Hogg	Liberal	Surrey-White Rock	Mike Hunter	Liberal	Nanaimo	Daniel Jarvis	Liberal	North Vancouver-Seymour	Ken Johnston	Liberal	Vancouver-Fraserview	Brian Kerr	Liberal	Malahat-Juan de Fuca	Kevin Krueger	Liberal	Kamloops-North Thompson	Jenny Kwan	NDP	Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	Richard Lee	Liberal	Burnaby North	Blair Lekstrom	Liberal	Peace River South	John Les	Liberal	Chilliwack-Sumas	Brenda Locke	Liberal	Surrey-Green Timbers	Harold Long	Liberal	Powell River-Sunshine Coast	Dennis MacKay	Liberal	Bulkley Valley-Stikine	Joy MacPhail	NDP	Vancouver-Hastings	Karn Manhas	Liberal	Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain	Reni Masi	Liberal	Delta North	Lorne Mayencourt	Liberal	Vancouver-Burrard	Wendy McMahon	Liberal	Columbia River-Revelstoke	Joyce Murray	Liberal	New Westminster	Ted Nebbeling	Liberal	West Vancouver-Garibaldi	Paul Nettleton	Liberal^[7]	Prince George-Omineca
Independent
Richard Neufeld	Liberal	Peace River North	Rob Nijjar	Liberal	Vancouver-Kingsway	John Nuraney	Liberal	Burnaby-Willingdon	Sheila Orr	Liberal	Victoria-Hillside	Barry Penner	Liberal	Chilliwack-Kent	Geoff Plant	Liberal	Richmond-Steveston	Judith Reid	Liberal	Nanaimo-Parksville	Linda Reid	Liberal	Richmond East	Claude Richmond	Liberal	Kamloops	Val Roddick	Liberal	Delta South	Patty Sahota	Liberal	Burnaby-Edmonds	Lynn Stephens	Liberal	Langley	Ken Stewart	Liberal	Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows	Richard Stewart	Liberal	Coquitlam-Maillardville	Lynn Stephens	Liberal	Langley	Blair Suffredine	Liberal	Nelson-Creston	Ralph Sultan	Liberal	West Vancouver-Capilano	Rick Thorpe	Liberal	Okanagan-Westside	Gillian Trumper	Liberal	Alberni-Qualicum	John van Dongen	Liberal	Abbotsford-Clayburn	Rod Visser	Liberal	North Island	John Weisbeck	Liberal	Kelowna-Lake Country	Katherine Whittred	Liberal	North Vancouver-Lonsdale	John Wilson	Liberal	Cariboo North	Patrick Wong	Liberal	Vancouver-Kensington

Members of the 37th Parliament who resigned

• Gulzar Cheema, Liberal – Surrey-Panorama Ridge
• Gary Farrell-Collins, Liberal – Vancouver-Fairview
• Sandy Santori, Liberal – West Kootenay-Boundary

Members of the 37th Parliament elected in byelections

• Jagrup Brar, N.D.P. – Surrey-Panorama Ridge

Party standings of the 37th Parliament at investiture

		Lwr. M.	Int.	Van. I.	Total
BC Liberal Party		41	23	13	77
New Democratic Party of BC		2	0	0	2
		43	23	13	79

Party standings of the 37th Parliament at Dissolution

		Lwr. M.	Int.	Van. I.	Total
BC Liberal Party		38	21	13	72
New Democratic Party of BC		3			3
Democratic Reform BC		1			1
Independent			1		1
Vacant		1	1		2
		43	23	13	79

See also: Executive Council of British Columbia.

Notes and References

1. until February 21, 2002
2. from November, 2004
3. until May 23, 2004
4. from October 29, 2004
5. until March 22, 2004
6. from January 19, 2005
7. until November 19, 2004