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40th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

40th Parliament of British Columbia
Majority parliament
June 26, 2013 – April 11, 2017
Parliament leaders
Premier Christy Clark
14 March 2011 – present
Leader of the
Opposition
Adrian Dix
17 April 2011 – 4 May 2014
John Horgan
4 May 2014 – present
Party caucuses
Government Liberal Party
Opposition New Democratic Party
Third party Green Party*
* Party does not hold official party status.
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly
Linda Reid
June 26, 2013 – present
Government
House Leader
Michael de Jong
2012 – present
Members 85 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Elizabeth II
6 February 1952 – present
Lieutenant
Governor
Judith Guichon
2 November 2012 – present
Sessions
1st Session
June 26, 2013 – February 11, 2014
2nd Session
February 11, 2014 – October 6, 2014
3rd Session
October 6, 2014 – February 10, 2015
4th Session
February 10, 2015 – February 9, 2016
5th Session
February 9, 2016 – February 14, 2017
6th Session
February 14, 2017 – March 16, 2017
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The 40th Parliament of British Columbia was in session from June 26, 2013 to April 11, 2017. It consisted of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, as elected by the general election of May 14, 2013, and The Queen represented by the Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon. That election unexpectedly returned the BC Liberal Party to another absolute majority government, their fourth consecutive government since 2001, this time with Christy Clark who had been premier since 2011. The BC New Democratic Party formed the official opposition under Adrian Dix and John Horgan who replaced Dix in the 2014 leadership election. The first Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Green Party of BC, Andrew J. Weaver served in this parliament, along with independent Vicki Huntington. Three MLAs resigned: Jenny Kwan and Douglas Horne who resigned to stand in a federal election, as well as Ben Stewart who resigned for the purpose of providing the Premier, who had lost her seat in the general election, with another opportunity to gain a seat. The bylelections to replace the resigned members Clark won Stewart's Kelowna riding, while Melanie Mark and Jodie Wickens replaced Kwan and Horne, respectively. The only members to leave their party, Marc Dalton briefly left the BC Liberals as he unsuccessfully sought the Conservative Party nomination in the federal election, and Pat Pimm left the BC Liberal Party just prior to being arrested.


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