Deputy Premier of British Columbia

The deputy premier of British Columbia is the representative of the premier of British Columbia in the Canadian province of British Columbia when the current premier is unable to attend functions executed by the premier.

Deputy Premier of British Columbia
Incumbent Niki Sharma since November 18, 2024
Status	Deputy head of government
Member of	Cabinet Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Premier of British Columbia Legislative Assembly
Seat	Victoria, British Columbia
Nominator	Premier of British Columbia
Appointer	Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	September 15, 1972
First holder	Eileen Dailly
Salary	CA$59,766.37[a][1]

Niki Sharma has been the deputy premier since November 18, 2024.^[2]

Although the position was only formally established in 1972, many MLAs have served as de facto deputy premiers or acting premiers prior to 1972. This includes John Robson, who served as acting premier in 1888 when Alexander Edmund Batson Davie was ill, as well as Royal Maitland and Herbert Anscomb, who were the Progressive Conservative Party leaders during the coalition governments of John Hart and Boss Johnson from 1941 to 1952.

Deputy premiers of British Columbia

No.	Name	Time in office		Party	Ministry	Constituency	Notes
1	Eileen Dailly	September 26, 1972	December 22, 1975	█ New Democratic	Barrett	Burnaby North	[3]
2	Grace McCarthy	December 22, 1975	May 26, 1983	█ Social Credit	B. Bennett	Vancouver-Little Mountain	[3]
–	Vacant	May 26, 1983	August 6, 1986	–		–	[3]
–	Vacant	August 6, 1986	August 14, 1986	–	Vander Zalm	–
(2)	Grace McCarthy	August 14, 1986	November 6, 1986	█ Social Credit		Vancouver-Little Mountain	[4]
–	Vacant	November 6, 1986	August 8, 1990	–		–	[4]
3	Rita Johnston	August 8, 1990	April 2, 1991	█ Social Credit		Surrey-Newton	[4]
–	Vacant	April 2, 1991	November 5, 1991	–	Johnston	–
4	Anita Hagen	November 5, 1991	September 15, 1993	█ New Democratic	Harcourt	New Westminster
5	Elizabeth Cull	September 15, 1993	February 22, 1996	█ New Democratic		Oak Bay-Gordon Head
6	Dan Miller	February 28, 1996	August 25, 1999	█ New Democratic	G. Clark	North Coast
7	Lois Boone	August 25, 1999	February 24, 2000	█ New Democratic	Miller	Prince George-Mount Robson
8	Joy MacPhail	February 29, 2000	June 5, 2001	█ New Democratic	Dosanjh	Vancouver-Hastings
9	Christy Clark	June 5, 2001	September 20, 2004	█ Liberal	Campbell	Port Moody-Westwood
10	Shirley Bond	December 15, 2004	June 10, 2009	█ Liberal		Prince George-Mount Robson
11	Colin Hansen	June 10, 2009	March 14, 2011	█ Liberal		Vancouver-Quilchena
12	Kevin Falcon	March 14, 2011	August 29, 2012	█ Liberal	C. Clark	Surrey-Cloverdale
13	Rich Coleman	September 5, 2012	July 18, 2017	█ Liberal		Fort Langley-Aldergrove Langley East
14	Carole James	July 18, 2017	November 26, 2020	█ New Democratic	Horgan	Victoria-Beacon Hill
–	Vacant	November 26, 2020	October 28, 2021	–		–
15	Mike Farnworth	October 28, 2021	November 18, 2024	█ New Democratic	Horgan	Port Coquitlam	[5]
					Eby
16	Niki Sharma	November 18, 2024	Incumbent	█ New Democratic	Eby	Vancouver-Hastings	[2]

See also

• Premier (Canada)

Notes

1. This number does not include the base salary received by all BC MLAs.

References

1. "MLA Remuneration and Expenses". www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
2. Dickson, Courtney; DeRosa, Katie (Nov 18, 2024). "27 cabinet ministers sworn in as B.C.'s new NDP government takes power". cbc.ca. Retrieved Nov 20, 2024.
3. "Executive Council Appointments, 1871-1986" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-02-20.
4. "Bill Vander Zalm Cabinet, 1986-1991" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-02-20.
5. Judd, Amy (October 28, 2021). "B.C. Premier John Horgan to undergo surgery to remove growth in throat". Global News. Retrieved October 28, 2021.