42nd Parliament of British Columbia

The 42nd Parliament of British Columbia was chosen in the 2020 British Columbia general election.[5] All 87 seats were up for election.[6]

42nd Parliament of British Columbia
Majority parliament
7 December 2020  present
Parliament leaders
PremierJohn Horgan
July 18, 2017 – November 18, 2022
David Eby
November 18, 2022 − present
CabinetsHorgan (2nd)
Eby
Leader of the
Opposition
Shirley Bond
November 23, 2020 – May 16, 2022
Kevin Falcon
May 16, 2022 – present
Party caucuses
GovernmentNew Democratic Party
OppositionBC United
RecognizedConservative Party
Green Party
Legislative Assembly

Seating arrangements of the Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly
Raj Chouhan
December 7, 2020 – present
Government
House Leader
Mike Farnworth
July 18, 2017 – present
Opposition
House Leader
Peter Milobar
December 7, 2020 – present
Members87 MLA seats
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Charles III
September 8, 2022 – present
Lieutenant
Governor
Janet Austin
April 24, 2018 – present
Sessions
1st session
December 8, 2020[1] – April 12, 2021
2nd session
April 13, 2021[2] – February 8, 2022
3rd session
February 9, 2022[3] – February 6, 2023
4th session
February 7, 2023[4] – present
 41st

The 41st Parliament of British Columbia was dissolved on September 21, 2020. The 42nd Parliament convened for its first session on December 7, 2020.

Party standings

Standings in the 42nd British Columbia Parliament
Affiliation House members
2020 election results Current
New Democratic 57 56
  BC United 28 26
Green 2 2
Conservative 0 2
Independent 0 1
Total seats 87

Election and appointments

The members of the legislative assembly were elected in the 42nd general election, held on October 24, 2020.[7] The election resulted in an absolute majority for the BC NDP, and after a judicial recount in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky the final results had 57 BC NDP members, 28 BC Liberals, and 2 BC Greens being certified.[8] As leader of the BC NDP, John Horgan continued from the previous parliament as premier. Even though BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson won his riding in Vancouver-Quilchena, he resigned as leader of the Opposition prior to the new parliament commencing, with Shirley Bond assuming that position and being interim leader of the BC Liberals. In replacing members of his Executive Council that had retired, Horgan added newly elected MLAs Jennifer Whiteside as minister of Education, Murray Rankin as minister of Indigenous Relations, and Josie Osborne as minister of Municipal Affairs, as well as Nathan Cullen as minister of state for Lands and Natural Resources. Continuing in their roles from the previous parliament, Adrian Dix continued as minister of Health, David Eby as attorney general, George Heyman as minister of Environment, Harry Bains as minister of Labour, Lana Popham as minister of Agriculture, and Mike Farnworth as solicitor general.[9]

First session

The first session of the 42nd parliament began on December 17, 2020, with the speech from the throne delivered by Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin on behalf of Premier Horgan and the BC NDP government.[10] The first session only lasted four months, with all bills receiving royal assent by the end of March. Among the legislation adopted, the Firearm Violence Prevention Act (Bill 4) repealed and replaced the Firearm Act and included new measures as recommended in the 2017 report from a previous parliament's Illegal Firearms Task Force, such as a prohibition on the sale of imitation and low-velocity guns to youth.[11] Bill 5 created the position of the Fairness Officer at ICBC to replace the corporation's Fairness Commissioner; Bill 8 brought the Real Estate Council of BC and the Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate under the regulatory authority of the BC Financial Services Authority; and Bill 9 amended how local government elections are conducted by regulating activities during a defined pre-campaign period, limiting sponsorship contributions and creating a registry of elector organizations.[12][13][14]

Second session

The second session began on April 12, 2021, with a new speech from the throne delivered by Lieutenant Governor Austin. There were no changes to the membership of the Executive Council, though Mike Farnworth was named deputy premier in October after Horgan was diagnosed with throat cancer.[15] Budget measures were implemented in Bill 4 and included freezing the carbon tax for one year, creating the BC Recovery Benefit as a one-time payment of $500 per individual on income assistance, creating the temporary Increased Employment Incentive program for employers to hire new employees, extending the book publishing tax credit by 5 years, and increasing the tobacco tax.[16] COVID-related legislation included a new entitlement for employees to receive paid leave to receive a vaccination against COVID‐19,[17] prohibiting until July 2023 any conduct that disrupts access to COVID-19 vaccination sites or hospitals with emergency rooms,[18] making permanent several temporary measures allowing electronic local government council meetings, and extending the COVID-19 Related Measures Act to December 31, 2022.

New acts adopted with all-party support included the Accessible British Columbia Act, to allow accessibility-related regulations to be implemented affecting the built environment, delivery of government services, and in the health and education sectors;[19] and the Early Childhood Educators Act, to create oversight of early childhood educators.[20] With all-party support, the Early Learning and Child Care Act repealed and replaced the Child Care BC Act and the Child Care Subsidy Act. With the BC Liberal Party voting to oppose, the InBC Investment Corp. Act was adopted to create a new Crown corporation to administer a new small business investment fund.[21]

Significant amendments to existing legislation, with all-party support, included adding "Indigenous identity" to the BC Human Rights Code[22] and adding "single-use product" (i.e. plastics) to the list of packaging materials that may be regulated or prohibited. On division, with the BC Liberal Party opposed, the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act was amended to increase the number of electoral districts from 87 to 93 and remove the provisions that required a certain number to be located in the North, the Cariboo-Thompson and the Columbia-Kootenay regions despite population factors;[23] and forestry-related legislation was amended to require forestry companies to publicly disclose where operations will occur, replace forest stewardship plans with forest landscape plans with a new set of objectives, require licence holders maintain inventories of ecosystems, recreation-visual resources, reduce annual allowable cuts for purposes of redistribution to small businesses and create a new designation for non-timber production purpose.[24] With both Liberals and Green Party MLAs voting against, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act was amended to allow data-hosting outside of BC and allow disclosure of personal information outside Canada and to create a fee to apply for a freedom-of-information request.[25]

Officeholders

Speaker

Other chair occupants

Leaders

House leaders

Members of the 42nd Parliament

  • 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
Member Party Electoral district
Pam Alexis   New Democratic Abbotsford-Mission
Bruce Banman   Conservative[lower-alpha 1] Abbotsford South
Mike de Jong   United Abbotsford West
Roly Russell   New Democratic Boundary-Similkameen
Anne Kang   New Democratic Burnaby-Deer Lake
Raj Chouhan*   New Democratic Burnaby-Edmonds
Katrina Chen   New Democratic Burnaby-Lougheed
Janet Routledge   New Democratic Burnaby North
Lorne Doerkson   United Cariboo-Chilcotin
Coralee Oakes   United Cariboo North
Dan Coulter   New Democratic Chilliwack
Kelli Paddon   New Democratic Chilliwack-Kent
Doug Clovechok   United Columbia River-Revelstoke
Fin Donnelly   New Democratic Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Selina Robinson   New Democratic Coquitlam-Maillardville
Ronna-Rae Leonard   New Democratic Courtenay-Comox
Sonia Furstenau   Green Cowichan Valley
Ravi Kahlon   New Democratic Delta North
Ian Paton   United Delta South
Mitzi Dean   New Democratic Esquimalt-Metchosin
Jackie Tegart   United Fraser-Nicola
Peter Milobar   United Kamloops-North Thompson
Todd Stone   United Kamloops-South Thompson
Norm Letnick   United Kelowna-Lake Country
Renee Merrifield   United Kelowna-Mission
Ben Stewart   United Kelowna West
Tom Shypitka   United Kootenay East
Katrine Conroy   New Democratic Kootenay West
Ravi Parmar   New Democratic Langford-Juan de Fuca
Andrew Mercier   New Democratic Langley
Megan Dykeman   New Democratic Langley East
Bob D'Eith   New Democratic Maple Ridge-Mission
Lisa Beare   New Democratic Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Josie Osborne   New Democratic Mid Island-Pacific Rim
Sheila Malcolmson   New Democratic Nanaimo
Doug Routley   New Democratic Nanaimo-North Cowichan
John Rustad   Conservative[lower-alpha 1] Nechako Lakes
Brittny Anderson   New Democratic Nelson-Creston
Jennifer Whiteside   New Democratic New Westminster
Jennifer Rice   New Democratic North Coast
Michele Babchuk   New Democratic North Island
Bowinn Ma   New Democratic North Vancouver-Lonsdale
Susie Chant   New Democratic North Vancouver-Seymour
Murray Rankin   New Democratic Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Adam Walker   Independent[lower-alpha 2] Parksville-Qualicum
Dan Davies   United Peace River North
Mike Bernier   United Peace River South
Dan Ashton   United Penticton
Mike Farnworth   New Democratic Port Coquitlam
Rick Glumac   New Democratic Port Moody-Coquitlam
Nicholas Simons   New Democratic Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Mike Morris   United Prince George-Mackenzie
Shirley Bond   United Prince George-Valemount
Teresa Wat   United Richmond North Centre
Aman Singh   New Democratic Richmond-Queensborough
Henry Yao   New Democratic Richmond South Centre
Kelly Greene   New Democratic Richmond-Steveston
Adam Olsen   Green Saanich North and the Islands
Lana Popham   New Democratic Saanich South
Greg Kyllo   United Shuswap
Ellis Ross   United Skeena
Nathan Cullen   New Democratic Stikine
Mike Starchuk   New Democratic Surrey-Cloverdale
Jagrup Brar   New Democratic Surrey-Fleetwood
Rachna Singh   New Democratic Surrey-Green Timbers
Garry Begg   New Democratic Surrey-Guildford
Harry Bains   New Democratic Surrey-Newton
Jinny Sims   New Democratic Surrey-Panorama
Elenore Sturko   United Surrey South
Bruce Ralston   New Democratic Surrey-Whalley
Trevor Halford   United Surrey-White Rock
George Heyman   New Democratic Vancouver-Fairview
Brenda Bailey   New Democratic Vancouver-False Creek
George Chow   New Democratic Vancouver-Fraserview
Niki Sharma   New Democratic Vancouver-Hastings
Mable Elmore   New Democratic Vancouver-Kensington
Adrian Dix   New Democratic Vancouver-Kingsway
Michael Lee   United Vancouver-Langara
Joan Phillip   New Democratic Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
David Eby   New Democratic Vancouver-Point Grey
Kevin Falcon   United Vancouver-Quilchena
Spencer Chandra Herbert   New Democratic Vancouver-West End
Harwinder Sandhu   New Democratic Vernon-Monashee
Grace Lore   New Democratic Victoria-Beacon Hill
Rob Fleming   New Democratic Victoria-Swan Lake
Karin Kirkpatrick   United West Vancouver-Capilano
Jordan Sturdy   United West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

By-elections

Notes

  1. Was elected as a member of the BC Liberal Party/BC United and subsequently crossed the floor
  2. Elected as member of the NDP, removed from caucus following an internal investigation.

References

  1. "Orders – No. 2 – Tuesday, December 8, 2020 – 1.30 p.m." www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  2. "Orders – No. 1 – Tuesday, April 13, 2021 – 10 a.m." www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  3. "Orders – No. 1 – Wednesday, February 9, 2022 – 1.30 p.m." www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  4. "Orders – No. 1 – Tuesday, February 7, 2023 – 10 a.m." www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
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  7. "B.C. NDP will form decisive majority government, CBC News projects". CBC News. October 24, 2020.
  8. "Recount affirms B.C. Liberal narrowly beats Green in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky". CBC News. November 17, 2020.
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  10. Bennett, Nelson (December 7, 2020). "Throne speech promises more pandemic spending". Times Colonist.
  11. "B.C. targets gang and drug violence in new gun bill". CBC News. March 3, 2021.
  12. DeRosa, Katie (March 26, 2021). "Legislative session wraps up with new legislation on firearms and ICBC fairness officer". Vancouver Sun.
  13. "BCREA: BC Government Proposes Changes to Real Estate Services Act Paving Path for Single Regulator". Business Examiner. March 5, 2021.
  14. Fletcher, Tom (March 4, 2021). "B.C. Liberals, NDP sing in harmony on local election reforms". Surrey Now-Leader.
  15. Mangione, Kendra (October 28, 2021). "B.C. premier has growth in throat, undergoing surgery this week". CTV News.
  16. "Budget 2021 supports people now while building the foundation for strong recovery". British Columbia Ministry of Finance. April 20, 2021.
  17. "B.C. guarantees workers 3 hours paid leave for COVID-19 vaccine appointments". CBC News. April 28, 2021.
  18. "New act protects important services from disruption". British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General. November 15, 2021.
  19. Woodrooffe, Sophie (June 25, 2021). "Province passes Accessible British Columbia Act". Coast Reporter.
  20. Cordasco, Lisa (June 8, 2021). "B.C. to make child care registry public in move to improve accountability, transparency". Vancouver Sun.
  21. Leyne, Les (May 18, 2021). "B.C. Liberals see too much NDP influence in proposed $500M investment fund". Times Colonist.
  22. Grinder, Haley (December 2, 2021). "Bills to uphold Indigenous rights given royal assent". Toronto Star.
  23. Pilon, Dennis; Phillips, Stephen (May 25, 2021). "Making B.C. electoral boundaries commissions more independent". The Georgia Straight.
  24. Yunker, Zoë (November 9, 2021). "How B.C.'s long-awaited forestry law updates leave gaps around protecting old-growth and Indigenous Rights". The Narwhal.
  25. Leyne, Les (October 19, 2021). "Bill would allow B.C. citizens' personal data to be sent out of country". Times Colonist.
  26. "Fraser-Nicola MLA named as BC's new Assistant Deputy Speaker - Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal". www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com. February 16, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
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