Parliament of British Columbia
The Parliament of British Columbia is made of two elements: the Queen of Canada in Right of British Columbia, represented by the Lieutenant Governor, and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The Parliament of British Columbia has existed since the province joined Canada in 1871, before which it was preceded by the Parliament of the United Colony of British Columbia.
Like the Canadian federal government, British Columbia uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections and from there the party with the most seats chooses a Premier of British Columbia and Executive Council of British Columbia. The premier acts as British Columbia's head of government, while the Queen of Canada in Right of British Columbia acts as its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Before 1903, candidates in British Columbia elections were not affiliated with political parties.
List of Parliaments
Following is a list of the 40 times the Parliament has been convened since 1871. This article only covers the time since 1871. For the governing body from 1867 to 1871, see Legislative Council of British Columbia.| Assembly Sessions | Election | From To | Governing Party | Premier | Official Opposition Party Leader | Other Official Party Leader | Speaker of the House |
| 1st Assembly 4 sessions | 1st general | Nov. 20, 1871 Aug. 30, 1875 | none | John Foster McCreight Amor De Cosmos George Anthony Walkem | none | none | James Trimble |
| 2nd Assembly 3 sessions | 2nd general | Jan. 10, 1876 Apr. 12, 1878 | none | George Anthony Walkem Andrew Charles Elliott | none | none | James Trimble |
| 3rd Assembly 5 sessions | 3rd general | Jul. 29, 1878 June 13, 1882 | none | George Anthony Walkem Robert Beaven | none | none | Frederick W. Williams |
| 4th Assembly 4 sessions | 4th general | Jan. 25, 1883 June 3, 1886 | none | Robert Beaven William Smithe | none | none | John Andrew Mara |
| 5th Assembly 4 sessions | 5th general | Jan. 24, 1887 May 10, 1890 | none | William Smithe Alexander Edmund Batson Davie John Robson | none | none | Charles Edward Pooley David Williams Higgins |
| 6th Assembly 4 sessions | 6th general | Jan. 15, 1891 June 2, 1894 | none | John Robson Theodore Davie | none | none | David Williams Higgins |
| 7th Assembly 4 sessions | 7th general | Nov. 12, 1894 June 7, 1898 | none | Theodore Davie John Herbert Turner | none | none | David Williams Higgins John Paton Booth |
| 8th Assembly 2 sessions | 8th general | Jan. 5, 1899 April 10, 1900 | none | John Herbert Turner Charles Augustus Semlin Joseph Martin | none | none | William Thomas Forster |
| 9th Assembly 4 sessions | 9th general | July 19, 1900 June 16, 1903 | none | James Dunsmuir Edward Gawler Prior Richard McBride | none | none | John Paton Booth Charles Edward Pooley |
| 10th Assembly | 10th general | Nov. 26, 1903 Dec. 24, 1906 | Conservative | Richard McBride | Liberal James Alexander MacDonald | none | Charles Edward Pooley |
| 11th Assembly | 11th general | Mar. 7, 1907 Oct. 20, 1909 | Conservative | Richard McBride | Liberal James Alexander MacDonald | none | David McEwen Eberts |
| 12th Assembly | 12th general | Jan. 20, 1910 Feb. 27, 1912 | Conservative | Richard McBride | Liberal James Alexander MacDonald | none | David McEwen Eberts |
| 13th Assembly | 13th general | Jan. 16, 1913 May 31, 1916 | Conservative | Richard McBride William John Bowser | Liberal Harlan Carey Brewster | none | David McEwen Eberts |
| 14th Assembly | 14th general | Mar. 1, 1917 Oct. 23, 1920 | Liberal | Harlan Carey Brewster John Oliver | Conservative William John Bowser | none | John Walter Weart John Keen |
| 15th Assembly | 15th general | Feb. 8, 1921 May 10, 1924 | Liberal | John Oliver | Conservative James Alexander MacDonald | none | Alexander Malcolm Manson Frederick Arthur Pauline |
| 16th Assembly | 16th general | Nov. 3, 1924 June 7, 1928 | Liberal | John Oliver John Duncan MacLean | Conservative Robert Henry Pooley | Provincial Alexander Duncan McRae | John Andrew Buckham |
| 17th Assembly | 17th general | Jan. 22, 1929 Aug. 1, 1933 | Conservative | Simon Fraser Tolmie | Liberal Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | none | James William Jones Cyril Francis Davie |
| 18th Assembly | 18th general | Feb. 20, 1934 Apr. 12, 1937 | Liberal | Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Robert Connell | Unionist Simon Fraser Tolmie | Henry George Thomas Perry |
| 19th Assembly | 19th general | Oct. 26, 1937 Jul. 21, 1941 | Liberal | Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | Conservative Frank Porter Patterson | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Harold Winch | Norman William Whittaker |
| 20th Assembly | 20th general | Dec. 4, 1941 Aug. 31, 1945 | Liberal-Conservative coalition | John Hart | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Harold Winch | none | Norman William Whittaker |
| 21st Assembly | 21st general | Feb. 1, 1946 Apr. 16, 1949 | Liberal-Conservative coalition | John Hart Byron Ingemar Johnson | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Harold Winch | none | Norman William Whittaker Robert Henry Carson John Hart |
| 22nd Assembly | 22nd general | Feb. 14, 1950 Apr. 10, 1952 | Liberal-Conservative coalition | Byron Ingemar Johnson | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Harold Winch Conservative Herbert Anscomb | none | Nancy Hodges |
| 23rd Assembly | 23rd general | Feb. 3, 1953 Mar. 27, 1953 | Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Harold Winch | Liberal Arthur Laing Progressive Conservative Herbert Anscomb | Thomas James Irwin |
| 24th Assembly | 24th general | Sep. 15, 1953 Aug. 13, 1956 | Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Arnold Webster | Liberal Arthur Laing Progressive Conservative Deane Finlayson | Thomas James Irwin |
| 25th Assembly | 25th general | Feb. 7, 1957 Aug. 3, 1960 | Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Robert Strachan | Liberal Ray Perrault | Thomas James Irwin Lorne Shantz |
| 26th Assembly | 26th general | Jan. 26, 1961 Aug. 21, 1963 | Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Robert Strachan | Liberal Ray Perrault | Lorne Shantz |
| 27th Assembly | 27th general | Jan. 23, 1964 Aug. 5, 1966 | Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | New Democratic Party Robert Strachan | Liberal Ray Perrault | William Harvey Murray |
| 28th Assembly | 28th general | Jan. 24, 1967 Jul. 21, 1969 | Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | New Democratic Party Robert Strachan | Liberal Ray Perrault | William Harvey Murray |
| 29th Assembly 3 sessions | 29th general | Jan. 22, 1970 Jul. 24, 1972 | Social Credit | W. A. C. Bennett | New Democratic Party Dave Barrett | Liberal Pat McGeer | William Harvey Murray |
| 30th Assembly 5 sessions | 30th general | Oct. 17, 1972 Nov. 3, 1975 | New Democratic Party | Dave Barrett | Social Credit W. A. C. Bennett Bill Bennett | Liberal David Anderson Progressive Conservative Derril Thomas Warren | Gordon Dowding |
| 31st Assembly 4 sessions | 31st general | Mar. 17, 1976 Apr. 3, 1979 | Social Credit | Bill Bennett | New Democratic Party William Stewart King Dave Barrett | Liberal Gordon Gibson Progressive Conservative George Scott Wallace | Ed Smith Harvey Schroeder |
| 32nd Assembly 4 sessions | 32nd general | June 6, 1979 Apr. 7, 1983 | Social Credit | Bill Bennett | New Democratic Party Dave Barrett | none | Harvey Schroeder Kenneth Walter Davidson |
| 33rd Assembly 4 sessions | 33rd general | June 23, 1983 Sep. 24, 1986 | Social Credit | Bill Bennett Bill Vander Zalm | New Democratic Party Dave Barrett Bob Skelly | none | Kenneth Walter Davidson |
| 34th Assembly 5 sessions | 34th general | Mar. 9, 1987 Sep. 19, 1991 | Social Democrat | Bill Vander Zalm Rita Johnston | New Democratic Party Bob Skelly | none | John Douglas Reynolds Stephen Rogers |
| 35th Assembly 5 sessions | 35th general | Mar. 17, 1992 April 30, 1996 | New Democratic Party | Mike Harcourt Glen Clark | Liberal Gordon Wilson | Social Credit Rita Johnston | Joan Sawicki Emery Barnes |
| 36th Assembly 5 sessions | 36th general | June 25, 1996 April 18, 2001 | New Democratic Party | Glen Clark Dan Miller Ujjal Dosanjh | Liberal Gordon Campbell | Reform Jack Weisgerber Progressive Democrat Gordon Wilson | Dale Lovick Gretchen Brewin William James Hartley |
| 37th Assembly 6 sessions | 37th general | June 19, 2001 2005 | Liberal | Gordon Campbell | New Democratic Party Joy MacPhail | none | Claude Richmond |
| 38th Assembly 5 sessions | 38th general | Sep. 12, 2005 2009 | Liberal | Gordon Campbell | New Democratic Party Carole James | none | Bill Barisoff |
| 39th Assembly 5 sessions | 39th general | Aug. 29, 2009 April 16, 2013 | Liberal | Gordon Campbell Christy Clark | New Democratic Party Adrian Dix | none | Bill Barisoff |
| 40th Assembly | 40th general | June 26, 2013 April 11, 2017 | Liberal | Christy Clark | New Democratic Party Adrian Dix John Horgan | Green Andrew J. Weaver | Linda Reid |
| 41st Assembly | 41st general | June 26, 2017 | Liberal New Democratic Party | Christy Clark John Horgan | New Democratic Party John Horgan Liberal Christy Clark | Green Andrew J. Weaver | Steve Thomson |
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