Politics of British Columbia
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The Politics of British Columbia involve not only the governance of British Columbia, Canada, and the various political factions that have held or vied for legislative power, but also a number of experiments or attempts at political and electoral reform.
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Politics of British Columbia | |
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Polity type | Province within a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
Constitution | Constitution of Canada |
Legislative branch | |
Name | Parliament |
Type | Unicameral |
Meeting place | British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria |
Presiding officer | Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
Executive branch | |
Head of State | |
Currently | King Charles III represented by Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor |
Head of Government | |
Currently | Premier David Eby |
Appointer | Lieutenant Governor |
Cabinet | |
Name | Executive Council |
Leader | Premier (as President of the Executive Council) |
Appointer | Lieutenant Governor |
Headquarters | Victoria |
Judicial branch | |
Court of Appeal | |
Chief judge | Robert J. Bauman |
Seat | Vancouver |
Provincial Court | |
Chief judge | Christopher E. Hinkson |
Provincial Court | |
Chief judge | Melissa Gillespie |
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A constitutional monarchy, the Crown is the corporation sole, assuming distinct roles: the executive, as the Crown-in-Council; the legislature, as the Crown-in-Parliament; and the courts, as the Crown-on-the-Bench. Three institutions—the Executive Council (Cabinet); the Legislative Assembly; and the judiciary, respectively—exercise the powers of the Crown.