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Located in Victoria and officially opened in 1898 with a 150-metre-long facade (500 ft), central dome, two end pavilions, and a gilded statue of George Vancouver, the British Columbia Parliament Buildings is home to the Legislative Assembly The Parliament Buildings roof with a gilded statue of George Vancouver The Legislative Buildings, Victoria The Legislative Assembly in session, 1921 The ...
Socialist Party of British Columbia: 1901 Socialism, Impossiblism: 1905–1916 Social Democratic Party of British Columbia: 1907 Social democracy: 1912–1916 People's Party of British Columbia: N/A: Populism: 1920–1924 Provincial Party of British Columbia: 1923 Agrarianism: 1924–1928 Non Partisan Independent Group: 1933 Conservatism: 1933 ...
The 2024 British Columbia general election was held on October 19, 2024, to elect 93 members (MLAs) of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 43rd parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The election was the first to be held since a significant redistribution of electoral boundaries was finalised in 2023. The Legislative ...
The premier is British Columbia's head of government, and the king of Canada is its head of state and is represented by the lieutenant governor of British Columbia. The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of British Columbia and presides over that body. [3]
The 42nd Parliament of British Columbia was chosen in the 2020 British Columbia general election. [5] All 87 seats were up for election. [6] The 41st Parliament of British Columbia was dissolved on September 21, 2020. The 42nd Parliament convened for its first session on December 7, 2020.
The 43rd Parliament of British Columbia was chosen in the 2024 British Columbia general election. [1]It is the first Legislature in British Columbia to have a majority of female legislators, with 49 of 93 (52%) female MLAs, and the first in any Canadian province or territory to achieve this through a general election.
Contemporary elections in British Columbia use a relatively unique system of handling absentee ballots. [10] While all jurisdictions in Canada allow for absentee voting through advance communication with the appropriate federal or provincial election agency, British Columbia is unique in allowing same-day absentee voting at any polling station in the province; ballots so cast are not counted ...