The 43rd Parliament of British Columbia was chosen in the 2024 British Columbia general election.[2]
| 43rd Parliament of British Columbia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Majority parliament | |||
| Feb. 18, 2025 – present | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Premier | David Eby Nov. 18, 2022 – present | ||
| Cabinet | Eby ministry (2nd term) | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | John Rustad Oct. 19, 2024 – Dec. 4, 2025 | ||
| Trevor Halford Dec. 4, 2025 – Jun. 29, 2026 | |||
| Heather Maahs Jun. 29, 2026 – present | |||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | New Democratic | ||
| Opposition | Conservative | ||
| Recognized | Green | ||
| Unrecognized | OneBC | ||
| Legislative Assembly | |||
| Speaker of the Assembly | Raj Chouhan Dec. 7, 2020 – present | ||
| Government House leader | Mike Farnworth Nov. 18, 2024 – present | ||
| Members | 93 MLA seats | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Charles III Sep. 8, 2022 – present | ||
| Lieutenant governor | Janet Austin Apr. 24, 2018 – Jan. 30, 2025 | ||
| Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia Jan. 30, 2025 – present | |||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session February 18, 2025[1] – February 12, 2026[1] | |||
| 2nd session February 17, 2026 – ongoing | |||
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BC Green Party
BC NDP
Conservative Party of British Columbia
Independent
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.[a][3]
Opposition MLAs from the Conservative and Green caucuses were sworn in on November 12, 2024, and the governing New Democratic MLAs were sworn in on November 13, 2024.[4]
Raj Chouhan, the MLA for Burnaby-New Westminster, was re-elected as the speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Party standings
edit| Affiliation | House members | Frontbench | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 election results | Current | |||
| New Democratic | 47 | 48 | Eby ministry | |
| Conservative | 44 | 37 | Rustad/Halford/Maahs shadow cabinet | |
| Green | 2 | 2 | N/A | |
| OneBC | 0 | 1 | N/A | |
| Independent | 0 | 5 | N/A | |
| Total seats | 93 | – | ||
Officeholders
editSpeaker
edit- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly: Raj Chouhan, NDP (December 7, 2020 – present)
Other chair occupants
edit- Deputy speaker: Mable Elmore, NDP
- Assistant deputy speaker: Lorne Doerkson, Conservative
Leaders
edit- Premier of British Columbia:
- David Eby, NDP (November 18, 2022 – present)
- Leader of the Opposition:
- John Rustad, Conservative (November 12, 2024 – December 4, 2025)
- Trevor Halford, Conservative (December 4, 2025 – June 29, 2026)
- Heather Maahs, Conservative (June 29, 2026 – present)
- Other leaders
- Green Party leader:
- Jeremy Valeriote (parliamentary; January 28, 2025 – present)
- OneBC leader:
- Dallas Brodie (interim; June 9, 2025 – December 13, 2025; December 21, 2025 – present)
- Green Party leader:
House leaders
edit- Government House leader: Mike Farnworth, NDP
- Opposition House leader: Sheldon Clare, Conservative
- Green Party House leader: Rob Botterell
Caucus whips
edit- Government whip: Janet Routledge, NDP
- Opposition whip: Bruce Banman, Conservative
- Opposition deputy whip: Sheldon Clare, Conservative
Members
edit- The name in bold and italics, with "††", is the premier
- The names in bold, with "†", are cabinet ministers and ministers of state
- The name in italics, with "‡", is the leader of the Official Opposition
- The names in italics are party leaders
- The name with "*" is the speaker of the Assembly
Seat changes
editNotes
edit- ↑ The 19th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly had a achieved a majority of women MLAs in 2021, but only after a by-election.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 First elected as a Liberal
- ↑ Elected as member of the Conservatives, resigned from caucus on August 14, 2026[5]
- 1 2 Elected as member of the Conservatives, resigned from caucus on March 7, 2025[6]
- 1 2 Formed a new party on June 9, 2025[7]
- ↑ Resigned from OneBC caucus on December 16, 2025
- ↑ Elected as member of the Conservatives, expelled from caucus on March 7, 2025[8]
- ↑ Removed as interim leader and member of caucus[9]
- ↑ Rejoined caucus.
References
edit- 1 2 "Speech From the Throne". www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
- ↑ Osmond, Andrew (October 20, 2024). "B.C. VOTES | Election results from across British Columbia". CityNews Vancouver. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ↑ "B.C. has elected its first majority-female legislature". CBC News. October 29, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- ↑ "Swearing in ceremonies at B.C. legislature mark start of new political season". The Canadian Press. November 12, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
- ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/finance-critic-peter-milobar-leaving-b-c-conservative-caucus-9.7307684
- ↑ Kurjata, Andrew. "2 MLAs defect from B.C. Conservative Party following Dallas Brodie's ouster". Global News. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ↑ Joveski, Emily. "Two former B.C. Conservative MLAs launch new political party". Global News. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
- ↑ Little, Simon. "Dallas Brodie booted from BC Conservatives over residential school comments | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
- ↑ "OneBC ousts MLA Dallas Brodie as leader — but she says she's fighting back". CBC News. December 15, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2026.