38th Parliament of British Columbia explained

See also: Executive Council of British Columbia and Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

Jurisdiction:BC
#:38th
Type:Majority
Status:inactive
Term-Begin:June 8, 2005
Term-End:April 14, 2009
Sc:Bill Barisoff
Pm:Gordon Campbell
Pmterm:5 June 2001 – 14 March 2011
Lo:Carole James
Loterm:17 May 2005 – 19 January 2011
Ghl:Mike de Jong
Ohl:Mike Farnworth
Party:Liberal Party
Party2:New Democratic Party
Sessionbegin:September 12, 2005
Sessionend:February 14, 2006
Sessionbegin2:February 14, 2006
Sessionend2:February 13, 2007
Sessionbegin3:February 13, 2007
Sessionend3:February 12, 2008
Sessionbegin4:February 12, 2008
Sessionend4:February 16, 2009
Sessionbegin5:February 16, 2009
Sessionend5:March 31, 2009
Ministry:Campbell II
Monarchterm:6 February 1952 – present
Viceroy:Iona Campagnolo
Viceroyterm:25 September 2001 – 30 September 2007
Viceroy2:Steven Point
Viceroyterm2:1 October 2007 – 2 November 2012
Members:85
Lastparl:37th
Nextparl:39th

The 38th Parliament of British Columbia sat from 2005 to 2009, replacing the 37th parliament and being succeeded by the 39th parliament. It was composed of two elements, The Queen represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, Steven Point, and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as elected by the general election of British Columbia, Canada, on May 17, 2005. The Speaker of the House was Bill Barisoff.

The 38th Parliament

MemberPartyElectoral districtGeorge AbbottLiberalShuswapRobin AustinNDPSkeenaHarry BainsNDPSurrey-NewtonBill BarisoffLiberalPenticton-Okanagan ValleyPat BellLiberalPrince George NorthBill BennettLiberalEast KootenayIain BlackLiberalPort Moody-WestwoodHarry BloyLiberalBurquitlamShirley BondLiberalPrince George-Mount RobsonJagrup BrarNDPSurrey-Panorama RidgeGordon CampbellLiberalVancouver-Point GreyRon CantelonLiberalNanaimo-ParksvilleIda ChongLiberalOak Bay-Gordon HeadRaj ChouhanNDPBurnaby-EdmondsDavid ChudnovskyNDPVancouver-KensingtonTom ChristensenLiberalOkanagan-VernonMurray CoellLiberalSaanich North and the IslandsRich ColemanLiberalFort Langley-AldergroveKatrine ConroyNDPWest Kootenay-BoundaryGary CoonsNDPNorth CoastDavid CubberleyNDPSaanich SouthMike de JongLiberalAbbotsford-Mount LehmanAdrian DixNDPVancouver-KingswayCorky EvansNDPNelson-CrestonKevin FalconLiberalSurrey-CloverdaleMike FarnworthNDPPort Coquitlam-Burke MountainRob FlemingNDPVictoria-HillsideScott FraserNDPAlberni-QualicumGuy GentnerNDPDelta NorthSue HammellNDPSurrey-Green TimbersColin HansenLiberalVancouver-QuilchenaRandy HawesLiberalMaple Ridge-MissionSindi HawkinsLiberalKelowna-MissionDave HayerLiberalSurrey-TyneheadSpencer Chandra HerbertNDPVancouver-BurrardJohn HorganNDPMalahat-Juan de FucaAl HorningLiberalKelowna-Lake CountryGordon HoggLiberalSurrey-White RockOlga IlichLiberalRichmond CentreCarole JamesNDPVictoria-Beacon HillDaniel JarvisLiberalNorth Vancouver-SeymourMaurine KaragianisNDPEsquimalt-MetchosinLeonard KrogNDPNanaimoKevin KruegerLiberalKamloops-North ThompsonJenny KwanNDPVancouver-Mount PleasantHarry LaliNDPYale-LillooetRichard LeeLiberalBurnaby NorthBlair LekstromLiberalPeace River SouthJohn LesLiberalChilliwack-SumasNorm MacdonaldNDPColumbia River-RevelstokeDennis MacKayLiberalBulkley Valley-StikineJenn McGinnNDPVancouver-FairviewJoan McIntyreLiberalWest Vancouver-GaribaldiJohn NuraneyLiberalBurnaby-WillingdonWally OppalLiberalVancouver-FraserviewBarry PennerLiberalChilliwack-KentMary PolakLiberalLangleyChuck PuchmayrNDPNew WestminsterBruce RalstonNDPSurrey-WhalleyLinda ReidLiberalRichmond EastClaude RichmondLiberalKamloopsVal RoddickLiberalDelta SouthDoug RoutleyNDPCowichan-LadysmithJohn RustadLiberalPrince George-OminecaMichael SatherNDPMaple Ridge-Pitt MeadowsNicholas SimonsNDPPowell River-Sunshine CoastBob SimpsonNDPCariboo NorthShane SimpsonNDPVancouver-HastingsRalph SultanLiberalWest Vancouver-CapilanoRick ThorpeLiberalOkanagan-WestsideDiane ThorneNDPCoquitlam-MaillardvilleClaire TrevenaNDPNorth IslandJohn van DongenLiberalAbbotsford-ClayburnKatherine WhittredLiberalNorth Vancouver-LonsdaleCharlie WyseNDPCariboo SouthJohn YapLiberalRichmond-Steveston
†Speaker.

Three seats in the legislature were vacant when the assembly was dissolved: Comox Valley following the death in office of Stan Hagen, Peace River North following the appointment of Richard Neufeld to the Senate of Canada, and Vancouver-Langara following the resignation of Carole Taylor. As all three vacancies occurred less than six months before the next provincial election, by-elections were not held to fill the vacancies before the regular election.

Party standings of the 38th Parliament

AffiliationMembersFemale Members
 Liberal Party459
 New Democratic Party348
 Total
7917
 Government Majority
11
AffiliationLower Mainland
Interior
Vancouver Island
 Liberal Party27154
 New Democratic Party1689
 Total
432313

Source: Legislative Assembly of BC

Seating plan

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Reference:[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Seating Plan . 2009-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071019150925/http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-5.htm . 2007-10-19 . dead .