British Columbia general election, 2013

British Columbia general election, 2013

2009 ← May 14, 2013 (2013-05-14) → 2017

outgoing members ← → elected members

in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 43 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls   Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Christy Clark Adrian Dix Jane Sterk Party Liberal New Democratic Green Leader since February 26, 2011 April 17, 2011 October 21, 2007 Leader's seat Vancouver-Point Grey (lost re-election) Vancouver-Kingsway Ran in Victoria-Beacon Hill (lost) Last election 49 seats, 45.82% 35 seats, 42.15% 0 seats, 8.21% Seats before 45 36 0 Seats won 49 34 1 Seat change 4 2 1 Popular vote 795,946 715,999 146,607 Percentage 44.14% 39.71% 8.13% Swing 1.68pp 2.44pp 0.08pp

Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.

Premier before election Christy Clark Liberal Premier-designate Christy Clark Liberal

Christy Clark
Liberal

Christy Clark
Liberal

The 40th British Columbia general election took place on May 14, 2013, to elect the 85 members of the 40th Parliament of British Columbia to the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals) formed the government during the 39th Parliament prior to this general election, initially under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell then after his resignation, Christy Clark. The British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) under the leadership of Carole James, and then Adrian Dix, formed the Official Opposition. The BC Green Party under the leadership of Jane Sterk and the BC Conservative Party under John Cummins were also included in polling, although neither party had representation at the end of the 39th Parliament.

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