Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
39th Parliament of British Columbia
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Bill Barisoff, Liberal Since September 12, 2005
Premier	Christy Clark, Liberal Since March 14, 2011
Leader of the Opposition	Adrian Dix, NDP Since April 17, 2011
Government House Leader	Rich Coleman, Liberal Since March 14, 2011
Opposition House Leader	John Horgan, NDP Since April 26, 2011
Structure
Seats	85
Political groups	Liberal Party New Democratic Party Green Party
Elections
Last election	May 12, 2009
Meeting place
Parliament Building, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Website
leg.bc.ca

Located in Victoria, British Columbia and officially opened in 1898 with a 500-foot-long facade (150 m), central dome, two end pavilions, and a gold-covered statue of Captain George Vancouver, the British Columbia Parliament Buildings is home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

The Parliament Buildings roof with a gold-covered statue of Captain George Vancouver

The Legislative Buildings, Victoria, BC. (Pacific Undersea Gardens also pictured.)

The legislature of British Columbia in session, 1921

Legislative Chamber

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Legislature of British Columbia, the provincial parliament (the other is the Queen of Canada, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia).

The Legislature meets in Victoria. Members are elected from provincial ridings and are referred to as Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). The current Parliament is the 40th Parliament. The most recent general election was the British Columbia general election held on May 14, 2013.

Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly are broadcast to cable viewers in the province by Hansard TV.

Parliaments [edit]

Current members [edit]

The current Premier of British Columbia, Christy Clark and Green Party leader Jane Sterk are not sitting members of the Legislative Assembly, as they were defeated in their own ridings in the [[British Columbia general election, 2013|2013

According to the official website, the LA was dissolved. There are no current members. http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm

Current party standings [edit]

Seating plan [edit]

Standings changes [edit]

Officeholders [edit]

Speaker [edit]

• Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia: Bill Barisoff, Liberal

Other Chair occupants [edit]

• Deputy Speaker: Linda Reid, Liberal
• Assistant Deputy Speaker: Dawn Black, NDP
• Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole: Douglas Horne, Liberal

Leaders [edit]

• Premier of British Columbia: Hon. Christy Clark, Liberal
• Leader of the Opposition: Adrian Dix, NDP

House leaders [edit]

• Government House Leader: Hon. Rich Coleman, Liberal
• Opposition House Leader: John Horgan, NDP

See also [edit]

• Executive Council of British Columbia
• Legislative Council of British Columbia
• BC Legislature Raids

References [edit]

v t e Provincial political parties in British Columbia Legislative Assembly Liberal (50) New Democratic (33) Green (1) Independent (1) Other parties recognized by Elections BC, active in the 2013 election Advocational British Columbia Party Christian Heritage Communist Conservative Excalibur First Helping Hand Libertarian Marijuana Platinum Social Credit Unparty Vision Work Less Your Political Party Other parties recognized by Elections BC, inactive in the 2013 election New Wave Patriot People's Front Progressive Nationalist Refederation Reform Western Canada Concept

v t e Politics of British Columbia Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon Former lieutenant-governors Premier Christy Clark Former Premiers By time in office Opposition Leader Adrian Dix Former Opposition Leaders Speaker of the Assembly Bill Barisoff Legislature Current Parliament Former Parliaments Cabinet Political parties Conservatives Greens Liberals New Democrats Social Credit Elections 2013 general election 2009 general election Past elections Electoral districts Other Canadian politics Federal BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL YT NT NU

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Coordinates: 48°25′10″N 123°22′13″W / 48.419523°N 123.370277°W / 48.419523; -123.370277