LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Located in Victoria, British Columbia and officially opened in 1898 with a 500-ft long facade, 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.

British Columbia Legislature in Victoria, BC

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

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

The 'Legislative Assembly of British Columbia' is one of two components of the 'Parliament of British Columbia', the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. Parliament meets in Victoria. The members (MLAs) of the 38th Parliament were elected in the BC general election held on May 17, 2005.

Contents
The 38th Parliament
Party standings of the 38th Legislature

The 38th Parliament


'George Abbott'LiberalShuswapRobin AustinNDPSkeenaHarry BainsNDPSurrey-NewtonBill BarisoffLiberalPenticton-Okanagan Valley'Pat Bell'LiberalPrince George NorthBill BennettLiberalEast KootenayIain BlackLiberalPort Moody-WestwoodHarry BloyLiberalBurquitlam'Shirley Bond'LiberalPrince George-Mount RobsonJagrup BrarNDPSurrey-Panorama Ridge'''Gordon Campbell'''LiberalVancouver-Point GreyRon CantelonLiberalNanaimo-Parksville'Ida Chong'LiberalOak Bay-Gordon HeadRaj ChouhanNDPBurnaby-EdmondsDavid ChudnovskyNDPVancouver-Kensington'Tom Christensen'LiberalOkanagan-Vernon'Murray Coell'LiberalSaanich North and the Islands'Rich Coleman'LiberalFort Langley-AldergroveKatrine ConroyNDPWest Kootenay-BoundaryGary CoonsNDPNorth CoastDavid CubberleyNDPSaanich South'Mike de Jong'LiberalAbbotsford-Mount LehmanAdrian DixNDPVancouver-KingswayCorky EvansNDPNelson-Creston'Kevin Falcon'LiberalSurrey-CloverdaleMike FarnworthNDPPort Coquitlam-Burke MountainRob FlemingNDPVictoria-HillsideScott FraserNDPAlberni-QualicumGuy GentnerNDPDelta North'Stan Hagen'LiberalComox ValleySue HammellNDPSurrey-Green Timbers'Colin Hansen'LiberalVancouver-QuilchenaRandy HawesLiberalMaple Ridge-MissionSindi HawkinsLiberalKelowna-MissionDave HayerLiberalSurrey-TyneheadJohn HorganNDPMalahat-Juan de FucaAl HorningLiberalKelowna-Lake CountryGordon HoggLiberalSurrey-White Rock'Olga Ilich'LiberalRichmond Centre''Carole James''NDPVictoria-Beacon HillDaniel JarvisLiberalNorth Vancouver-SeymourMaurine KaragianisNDPEsquimalt-MetchosinLeonard KrogNDPNanaimo'Kevin Krueger'LiberalKamloops-North ThompsonJenny KwanNDPVancouver-Mount PleasantHarry LaliNDPYale-LillooetRichard LeeLiberalBurnaby NorthBlair LekstromLiberalPeace River South'John Les'LiberalChilliwack-SumasNorm MacdonaldNDPColumbia River-RevelstokeDennis MacKayLiberalBulkley Valley-StikineLorne MayencourtLiberalVancouver-BurrardJoan McIntyreLiberalWest Vancouver-Garibaldi'Richard Neufeld'LiberalPeace River NorthJohn NuraneyLiberalBurnaby-Willingdon'Wally Oppal'LiberalVancouver-Fraserview'Barry Penner'LiberalChilliwack-KentMary PolakLiberalLangleyChuck PuchmayrNDPNew Westminster'Linda Reid'LiberalRichmond East'Claude Richmond'LiberalKamloopsGregor RobertsonNDPVancouver-FairviewVal RoddickLiberalDelta SouthDoug RoutleyNDPCowichan-LadysmithJohn RustadLiberalPrince George-OminecaMichael SatherNDPMaple Ridge-Pitt MeadowsNicholas SimonsNDPPowell River-Sunshine CoastBob SimpsonNDPCariboo NorthShane SimpsonNDPVancouver-HastingsRalph SultanLiberalWest Vancouver-Capilano'Carole Taylor'LiberalVancouver-Langara'Rick Thorpe'LiberalOkanagan-WestsideDiane ThorneNDPCoquitlam-MaillardvilleClaire TrevenaNDPNorth Island'John van Dongen'LiberalAbbotsford-ClayburnKatherine WhittredLiberalNorth Vancouver-LonsdaleCharlie WyseNDPCariboo SouthJohn YapLiberalRichmond-Steveston

†Speaker.

Party standings of the 38th Legislature


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Seating Plan


Official Seating Plan
'Affiliation' 'Members'
'Female Members'
  Liberal Party 46 10
  New Democratic Party 33 7
 'Total'
'79' '17'
 'Government Majority'
'13'


'Affiliation' 'Lower Mainland'
'Interior'
'Vancouver Island'
  Liberal Party 27 15 4
  New Democratic Party 16 8 9
 'Total'
'43' '23' '13'


Source: Legislative Assembly of BC

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