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The Conservative Party of British Columbia, commonly known as the BC Conservatives and colloquially known as the Tories, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. [1] It is the main rival to the governing British Columbia New Democratic Party and forms the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia .
Since then, it has had a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the legislative assembly. 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 first party government, in 1903, was Conservative. And disciplined party caucuses have been the backbone of BC provincial politics ever since. A list of political parties currently registered with Elections BC can be found at the Elections BC website.
Since party politics were introduced to British Columbia, there have been a number of political parties which have controlled the government for more than ten years, including the Conservative government of the early 20th century, the interwar Liberal government, the post-war Social Credit ("Socred") government of W.A.C. Bennett and, following ...
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 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.
British Columbia: 37th: British Columbia New Democratic Party: 2 years, 74 days 2022 designation: 2024 election: 2028 election: 43rd: Dennis King [6] Prince Edward Island: 33rd: Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island: 5 years, 267 days 2019 election: 2023 election: 2027 election: 67th: Scott Moe [7] Saskatchewan: 15th ...
British Columbia Conservative Party politicians (3 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Conservative Party of British Columbia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.