38th Parliament of British Columbia

38th Parliament of British Columbia
38th Parliament of British Columbia
Majority parliament
June 8, 2005 – April 14, 2009
Parliament leaders
Premier	Gordon Campbell; 5 June 2001 – 14 March 2011
Cabinet	Campbell II
Leader of the; Opposition	Carole James; 17 May 2005 – 19 January 2011
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	New Democratic Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the; Assembly	Bill Barisoff;
Government; House Leader	Mike de Jong;
Opposition; House Leader	Mike Farnworth;
Members	85 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; 6 February 1952 – present
Lieutenant; Governor	Iona Campagnolo; 25 September 2001 – 30 September 2007
	Steven Point; 1 October 2007 – 2 November 2012
Sessions
	1st session; September 12, 2005 – February 14, 2006
	2nd session; February 14, 2006 – February 13, 2007
	3rd session; February 13, 2007 – February 12, 2008
	4th session; February 12, 2008 – February 16, 2009
	5th session; February 16, 2009 – March 31, 2009
← 37th	→ 39th

The 38th Parliament of British Columbia sat from 2005 to 2009, replacing the 37th parliament and being succeeded by the 39th parliament. It was composed of two elements, The Queen represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, Steven Point, and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as elected by the general election of British Columbia, Canada, on May 17, 2005. The Speaker of the House was Bill Barisoff.

Quick Facts Parliament of British Columbia, Parliament leaders ...

Member	Party	Electoral district	First elected / previously elected
George Abbott	Liberal	Shuswap	1996
Robin Austin	NDP	Skeena	2005
Harry Bains	NDP	Surrey-Newton	2005
Bill Barisoff†	Liberal	Penticton-Okanagan Valley	1996
Pat Bell	Liberal	Prince George North	2001
Bill Bennett	Liberal	East Kootenay	2001
Iain Black	Liberal	Port Moody-Westwood	2005
Harry Bloy	Liberal	Burquitlam	2001
Shirley Bond	Liberal	Prince George-Mount Robson	2001
Jagrup Brar	NDP	Surrey-Panorama Ridge	2004
Gordon Campbell	Liberal	Vancouver-Point Grey	1994
Ron Cantelon	Liberal	Nanaimo-Parksville	2005
Ida Chong	Liberal	Oak Bay-Gordon Head	1996
Raj Chouhan	NDP	Burnaby-Edmonds	2005
David Chudnovsky	NDP	Vancouver-Kensington	2005
Tom Christensen	Liberal	Okanagan-Vernon	2001
Murray Coell	Liberal	Saanich North and the Islands	1996
Rich Coleman	Liberal	Fort Langley-Aldergrove	1996
Katrine Conroy	NDP	West Kootenay-Boundary	2005
Gary Coons	NDP	North Coast	2005
David Cubberley	NDP	Saanich South	2005
Mike de Jong	Liberal	Abbotsford-Mount Lehman	1994
Adrian Dix	NDP	Vancouver-Kingsway	2005
Corky Evans	NDP	Nelson-Creston	1991, 2005
Kevin Falcon	Liberal	Surrey-Cloverdale	2001
Mike Farnworth	NDP	Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain	1991, 2005
Rob Fleming	NDP	Victoria-Hillside	2005
Scott Fraser	NDP	Alberni-Qualicum	2005
Guy Gentner	NDP	Delta North	2005
Stan Hagen	Liberal	Comox Valley	1986,^[a] 2001
Sue Hammell	NDP	Surrey-Green Timbers	1991, 2005
Colin Hansen	Liberal	Vancouver-Quilchena	1996
Randy Hawes	Liberal	Maple Ridge-Mission	2001
Sindi Hawkins	Liberal	Kelowna-Mission	1996
Dave Hayer	Liberal	Surrey-Tynehead	2001
Spencer Chandra Herbert	NDP	Vancouver-Burrard	2008
John Horgan	NDP	Malahat-Juan de Fuca	2005
Al Horning	Liberal	Kelowna-Lake Country	2005
Gordon Hogg	Liberal	Surrey-White Rock	1997
Olga Ilich	Liberal	Richmond Centre	2005
Carole James	NDP	Victoria-Beacon Hill	2005
Daniel Jarvis	Liberal	North Vancouver-Seymour	1991
Maurine Karagianis	NDP	Esquimalt-Metchosin	2005
Leonard Krog	NDP	Nanaimo	1991,^[b] 2005
Kevin Krueger	Liberal	Kamloops-North Thompson	1996
Jenny Kwan	NDP	Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	1996
Harry Lali	NDP	Yale-Lillooet	1991, 2005
Richard Lee	Liberal	Burnaby North	2001
Blair Lekstrom	Liberal	Peace River South	2001
John Les	Liberal	Chilliwack-Sumas	2001
Norm Macdonald	NDP	Columbia River-Revelstoke	2005
Dennis MacKay	Liberal	Bulkley Valley-Stikine	2001
Lorne Mayencourt	Liberal	Vancouver-Burrard	2001
Jenn McGinn	NDP	Vancouver-Fairview	2008
Joan McIntyre	Liberal	West Vancouver-Garibaldi	2005
Richard Neufeld	Liberal	Peace River North	1991^[a]
John Nuraney	Liberal	Burnaby-Willingdon	2001
Wally Oppal	Liberal	Vancouver-Fraserview	2005
Barry Penner	Liberal	Chilliwack-Kent	1991
Mary Polak	Liberal	Langley	2005
Chuck Puchmayr	NDP	New Westminster	2005
Bruce Ralston	NDP	Surrey-Whalley	2005
Linda Reid	Liberal	Richmond East	1991
Claude Richmond	Liberal	Kamloops	1981,^[a] 2001
Gregor Robertson	NDP	Vancouver-Fairview	2005
Val Roddick	Liberal	Delta South	1999
Doug Routley	NDP	Cowichan-Ladysmith	2005
John Rustad	Liberal	Prince George-Omineca	2005
Michael Sather	NDP	Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows	2005
Nicholas Simons	NDP	Powell River-Sunshine Coast	2005
Bob Simpson	NDP	Cariboo North	2005
Shane Simpson	NDP	Vancouver-Hastings	2005
Ralph Sultan	Liberal	West Vancouver-Capilano	2001
Carole Taylor	Liberal	Vancouver-Langara	2005
Rick Thorpe	Liberal	Okanagan-Westside	1996
Diane Thorne	NDP	Coquitlam-Maillardville	2005
Claire Trevena	NDP	North Island	2005
John van Dongen	Liberal	Abbotsford-Clayburn	1995
Katherine Whittred	Liberal	North Vancouver-Lonsdale	1996
Charlie Wyse	NDP	Cariboo South	2005
John Yap	Liberal	Richmond-Steveston	2005

Affiliation		Members	Female Members
	Liberal Party	45	9
	New Democratic Party	34	8
Total		79	17
Government Majority		11

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

38th Parliament of British Columbia

The 38th Parliament

Party standings of the 38th Parliament

Seating plan

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