2001 British Columbia general election

The 2001 British Columbia general election was the 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 18, 2001 and held on May 16, 2001. Voter turnout was 55.4 per cent of all eligible voters.

2001 British Columbia general election

← 1996 May 16, 2001 2005 →
79 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 40 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	55.44%^[1] 3.67 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gordon Campbell Ujjal Dosanjh Adriane Carr Party Liberal New Democratic Green Leader's seat Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Kensington (lost re-election) Ran in Powell River-Sunshine Coast (lost) Last election 33 39 0 Seats won 77 2 0 Seat change 44 37 0 Popular vote 916,888 343,156 197,231 Percentage 57.62 21.56 12.39 Swing 15.80 17.89 10.40
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 Ujjal Dosanjh New Democratic Premier after election Gordon Campbell Liberal

The incumbent British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), in office since 1991, had been rocked by two major scandals—the Fast Ferries Scandal and a bribery scandal involving Premier Glen Clark. With the NDP's ratings flatlining, Clark resigned in August 1999, and Deputy Premier Dan Miller took over as caretaker premier until Ujjal Dosanjh was elected his permanent successor in February. Dosanjh was not, however, able to restore the party's public image, and the BC NDP suffered a resounding defeat at the hands of the British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals), led by former Vancouver mayor Gordon Campbell. The BC Liberals won over 57% of the popular vote, and an unprecedented 77 of the 79 seats in the provincial legislature—the largest victory in the province's electoral history.

The BC NDP, on the other hand, suffered a near-total political collapse. The party lost almost half of the share of the popular vote that it had won in the 1996 election, while its seat count fell from 39 seats to only two—those of Deputy Premier and Education Minister Joy MacPhail and Community Development Minister Jenny Kwan. It was easily the worst defeat of a sitting government in British Columbia. It was also the second-worst defeat of a sitting provincial government in Canada, eclipsed only by the New Brunswick election of 1987, the Alberta election of 1935, and the Prince Edward Island election of 1935. In those elections, the governing party–the New Brunswick Tories, the United Farmers of Alberta and the PEI Tories–was completely wiped off the map. Dosanjh resigned as party leader soon after the election; he had actually conceded defeat a week before voters went to the polls. Despite being the only other party in the Assembly, the BC NDP lacked the four seats required for official party status.^[2]

The British Columbia Unity Party had been created as a union of conservative parties. Initially, Reform BC, the Social Credit, the British Columbia Party, and the Family Coalition Party had joined under the "BC Unity" umbrella. By the time the election was called, however, only the Family Coalition Party and a large majority of Reform BC segments had remained in the BC Unity coalition. The other parties had withdrawn to continue independently. Ron Gamble, sometime leader and sometime president of the renewed Reform BC continued his opposition to conservative mergers, consistently proclaiming a "Say No to Chris Delaney & BC Unity" policy, until Unity's eventual collapse in 2004 after a failed second attempt at a merger with BC Conservatives.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1996	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Gordon Campbell	79	33	77	+133.3%	916,888	57.62%	+15.80%
	New Democrats	Ujjal Dosanjh	79	39	2	-94.9%	343,156	21.56%	-17.89%
	Green	Adriane Carr	72	-	-	-	197,231	12.39%	+10.40%
	Unity	Chris Delaney	56	-	-	-	51,426	3.23%	+2.97%
	Marijuana	Brian Taylor	79	*	-	*	51,206	3.22%	*
	Independent		30	-	-	-	14,588	0.92%	+0.28%
	Reform		9	2	-	-100%	3,439	0.22%	-9.05%
	All Nations		6	*	-	*	3,380	0.21%	*
	Conservative	Susan Power	6	-	-	-	2,417	0.15%	+0.09%
	Social Credit	Grant Mitton	2	-	-	-	1,948	0.12%	-0.27%
	BC Action		5	*	-	*	1,636	0.10%	*
	No affiliation		6	*	-	*	727	0.05%	*
	People's Front		11	*	-	*	720	0.05%	*
	Western Reform		1	*	-	*	621	0.04%	*
	Citizens Alliance Now		2	*	-	*	584	0.04%	*
	Council of British Columbians		2	*	-	*	399	0.03%	*
	Communist		4	-	-	-	381	0.02%	+0.01%
	Freedom		2	*	-	*	240	0.02%	*
	Party of Citizens....		2	*	-	*	147	0.01%	*
	Patriot		1	*	-	*	82	0.01%	*
	Citizens Commonwealth		4	*	-	*	49	x	*
	Central		3	*	-	*	41	x	*
Total			456	75	79	+5.3%	1,591,306	100%

Notes

x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote.

* The party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Unity Party results are calculated relative to Family Coalition Party results.

Popular vote Liberal   57.62% NDP   21.56% Green   12.39% Others   8.43%

Seats summary Liberal   97.47% NDP   2.53%

Riding results

Names in bold indicate party leaders, cabinet ministers and former premiers. Incumbents denoted with a dagger (†) did not seek re-election.

Northern British Columbia

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	NDP		Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Bulkley Valley-Stikine		Bill Goodacre 2,823		Dennis MacKay 7,414		Rolf Hussinger 856		Trevor McKilligan 507		Rod Taylor 1,190		Theresa Tait (ANP) 405 Bill Forsyth (BC) 62		Bill Goodacre
North Coast		Colleen Fitzpatrick 4,084		Bill Belsey 4,915		David Konsmo 560		Kenneth Peerless 623		Clarence Hall 152		Emily Bolton (ANP) 526		Dan Miller †
Peace River North		Brian Churchill 1,047		Richard Neufeld 6,629				Paul Renaud 810		Roy Daniel Strange 568				Richard Neufeld
Peace River South		Elmer Kabush 767		Blair Lekstrom 6,393		Stacy LaJeunesse 407		Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek 444		Garret Golhof 225		Grant Mitton (SC) 1,726		Jack Weisgerber †
Prince George-Mount Robson		Todd Whitcombe 2,655		Shirley Bond 8,033		Lelani Arris 1,429		Andrej DeWolf 744		Bob Zayonc 1,110		Erle Martz (Ref.) 445		Lois Boone †
Prince George North		Bryan Llewellyn 2,148		Pat Bell 9,215		Hilary Crowley 1,137		Robert Grimsrud 588		David G. Low 838		Lisa Maskell (WR) 621 Fred McLeod (Ind.) 478 Leif Jensen (Ind.) 76		Paul Ramsey †
Prince George-Omineca		Ed John 3,156		Paul Nettleton 10,469		David Usher 1,026		Will DeWolf 646		Eldon Matte 1,168				Paul Nettleton
Skeena		Helmut Giesbrecht 2,644		Roger Harris 8,653		Roger Benham 695		Bob Erb 810				Gerald Amos (ANP) 479		Helmut Giesbrecht

Kootenay, Columbia and Boundary

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	NDP		Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Columbia River-Revelstoke		Jim Doyle 4,465		Wendy McMahon 7,659		Jennifer Brownlee 946		Lisa Kirkman 616		Miles Lehn 484				Jim Doyle
East Kootenay		Erda Walsh 3,502		Bill Bennett 9,771		Joni Krats 1,229		Fred Sima 670		Bruce Parke 621				Erda Walsh
Nelson-Creston		Corky Evans 6,626		Blair Suffredine 8,161		Colleen McCrory 4,354		Dan Loehndorf 540		Stephen Cox 1,064				Corky Evans
West Kootenay-Boundary		Ed Conroy 6,376		Sandy Santori 9,718		Patricia Pepe 1,796		Brian Taylor 785		Mark McLaren 1,065				Ed Conroy

Okanagan and Shuswap

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	NDP		Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Kelowna-Lake Country		Janet Scotland 3,102		John Weisbeck 14,093		Devra Rice 2,606		Paul Halonen 734		Kevin Wendland 1,496		David Thomson (Act) 272		John Weisbeck
Kelowna-Mission		Assunta Rossal 3,066		Sindi Hawkins 15,351		Angela Reid 2,588		Kelly Nichol 787		Paul Vogan 1,674		Grant Baudais (Act) 296		Sindi Hawkins
Okanagan-Vernon		Troy Sebastien 3,529		Tom Christensen 13,868		Erin Nelson 2,214		Michael Jones 917		Doug MacDonald 3,213		Herb Wong (Ind.) 562 Kathleen Daniels (Ind.) 157 Andrew Hokold (Pat) 82		April Sanders †
Okanagan-Westside		Ernie Ursuliak 3,176		Rick Thorpe 14,181				Teresa Taylor 1,188		Howard Lionel Hunt 1,364		Jack Peach (Act) 921		Rick Thorpe
Penticton-Okanagan Valley		Naga Terada 3,887		Bill Barisoff 15,609		Harry Naegal 3,524		Riley Goldstone 786		Walter Ozero 553		Kal Gidda (BC) 522		Bill Barisoff
Shuswap		Wayne Fowler 3,788		George Abbott 12,950		Larissa Lutjen 2,423		Paddy Roberts 835		Al Thiessen 2,857		Jeanette McLennan (Ind.) 119 Scott Yee (Cen) 41		George Abbott

Thompson and Cariboo

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	NDP		Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Cariboo North		Frank Garden 2,732		John Wilson 10,044		Douglas Gook 712		Stephen Payne 509		Steven McBeth 420		Kim McIvor (Ind.) 727 Al Charlebois (PF) 24		John Wilson
Cariboo South		David Zirnhelt 4,259		Walt Cobb 10,259				Mike Orr 739		Christopher Matte 598		Dan Case (AN) 552 Bruce Broomfield (PF) 83		David Zirnhelt
Kamloops		Cathy McGregor 4,592		Claude Richmond 12,258		Joe Teichman 2,180		Julian Gushulak 707		Ruth Watson 430		Ernie Schmidt (Ind.) 193		Cathy McGregor
Kamloops-North Thompson		Dwayne Hartle 4,181		Kevin Krueger 12,676		Denis Walsh 3,122		Vern Falk 1025		Bob Altenhofen 836				Kevin Krueger
Yale-Lillooet		Victor York 2,817		David Chutter 9,845		Harue Kanemitsu 1,657		Vincent Royer 807				Don Moses (AN) 1126 Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell (PF) 136		Harry Lali †

Fraser Valley

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	NDP		Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Abbotsford-Clayburn		Kris Lind 2,096		John van Dongen 12,584				John Fulford 706		Peter Stiegelmar 1751		Kenneth Keillor (F) 217		John van Dongen
Abbotsford-Mount Lehman		Taranjit Purewal 2,431		Mike de Jong 12,660		Karl Hann 1,299		Brian Carlisle 451		Gloria Ewert 1576		David MacKay (PF) Robert McCulloch (F) 46		Mike de Jong
Chilliwack-Kent		Malcolm James 2,155		Barry Penner 13,814		Larry Commodore 1,511		David Ferguson 968						Barry Penner
Chilliwack-Sumas		Christine Muise 2,434		John Les 14,137		Norm Siefken 1,130						Grant Cepuran (Con) 1,199	new district
Fort Langley-Aldergrove		Simon Challenger 2,619		Rich Coleman 16,527		Andrea Welling 2,766		Joshua McKenzie 674		Deanna Jopling 1,275		Murray Dunbar (Ind.) 336		Rich Coleman
Langley		Paul Latham 2,720		Lynn Stephens 14,564		Pat Taylor 2,847		Mavis Becker 723		Gordon Nelson 1,605				Lynn Stephens
Maple Ridge-Mission		Rose Bennett 4,710		Randy Hawes 12,920		Dawn Paley 2,910		Denise Briere-Smart 908		David Ritchie 1,037		Dale Randall (Ind.) 252 Chum Richardson (Ind.) 63		Dennis Streifel†
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows		Bill Hartley 5,764		Ken Stewart 12,235		Mike Gildersleeve 3,069		Rick Cameron 716		Dave Hensman 1,220		Michael Felgner (Act) 97		Bill Hartley

Surrey

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	NDP		Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Surrey-Cloverdale		Steve Oakley 2,333		Kevin Falcon 13,739		Steve Chitty 2,227		Jason Elliott 481		George Hoytema 1,112		Bonnie McKinnon (Ind.) 1,669		Bonnie McKinnon
Surrey-Green Timbers		Sue Hammell 5,592		Brenda Locke 7,539				Dennis Kalsi 561		C. Lewis Robinson 1,067		Jim Paterson (Ref.) 538 Harjit Daudharia (Com) 103		Sue Hammell
Surrey-Newton		Param Grewal 3,949		Tony Bhullar 6,750		David Walters 1,673		Stephen Kawamoto 348		Paul Joshi 498		Margaret Bridgman (Ref.) 431		Penny Priddy †
Surrey-Panorama Ridge		Bruce Ralston 3,240		Gulzar Cheema 9,590		Sunny Athwal 1,437		Randy Caine 424		Heather Stilwell 1,123		Shirley Abraham (Ref.) 408 Ed Weiland (Act) 50	new district
Surrey-Tynehead		Barry Bell 3,159		Dave Hayer 12,252		Joel Macht 1,876		Don Briere 385		Bill Stilwell 1,234		Marilyn Collins (Ind.) 880 Enoch Ephraimson 265 (Ref.) Mandir Benipal (Ind.) 50	new district
Surrey-Whalley		Joan Smallwood 4,536		Elayne Brenzinger 6,693		Terry McComas 1,652		Khalid Arnaout 544		John A. Conway 838		Mike Runte (Ref.) 374		Joan Smallwood
Surrey-White Rock		Matt Todd 3,415		Gordon Hogg 18,678		Ruth Christine 3,577		David Bourgeois 536		Garry Sahl 983				Gordon Hogg

Richmond and Delta

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	NDP		Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Delta North		Norm Lortie		Reni Masi		John Hague		Iain Gilfillan		Dario Todorovic				Reni Masi
Delta South		Ruth Mary Adams		Val Roddick		Rob LaBelle		Mike Hansen		Justin P. Goodrich		George Mann (Ind.) Paul Dhillon (Ind.)		Val Roddick
Richmond Centre		Jaana Grant		Greg Halsey-Brandt		Bruce Marshall		Alice Kan-Halford		Jim Hessels		Frank Tofin (Con.)		Doug Symons†
Richmond East		Willy Nasgowitz		Linda Reid		Stephen Kronstein		John Shavluk		Joe Pal		Mohamaud Farah (Ind.)		Linda Reid
Richmond-Steveston		Billie Mortimer		Geoff Plant		Kevan Hudson		Gordon Mathias		Vincent Paul		Allan Warnke (Ind.) Barry Chilton (Con.) Sue Wade (Ref.) Edith Petersen (PF)		Geoff Plant

Vancouver's Eastern Suburbs

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	NDP		Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Burnaby-Edmonds		Sav Dhaliwal 4,691		Patty Sahota 9,119		Eric Hawthorne 2,476		Roy Arjun 426		Grant Murray 1,076		Gordon S. Watson (POC) 112		Fred Randall †
Burnaby North		Pietro Calendino 5,735		Richard Lee 10,520		Tom Hetherington 2,669		Dale Ware 415						Pietro Calendino
Burnaby-Willingdon		Dave Myles 3,737		John Nuraney 8,338		Joe Keithley 2,347		Pamela Zak 313				Dennis MacAuley (COBC) 243		Joan Sawicki †
Burquitlam		Bart Healey 4,475		Harry Bloy 10,333		Steven J. Mancinelli 3,085		Peter Grin 630		Greg Watrich 720			new district
Coquitlam-Maillardville		Ken Landgraff 4,148		Richard Stewart 10,692		Elly Petersen 2,354		Paul Geddes 544		Tim Bonner 796		Harry Warren (Ind.) Doug Stead (Ind.) 160		John Cashore†
New Westminster		Graeme Bowbrick 6,688		Joyce Murray 10,626		Robert Broughton 2,799		Marlene P. Campbell 799		Howard Irving 571				Graeme Bowbrick
Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain		Mike Farnworth 6,964		Karn Manhas 9,584		Kelli Gallagher 1,765		Doug Hewer 412		Chris Delaney 2,236		Clay Fanstone (Ref.) 145 Craig Braconnier (Ind.) 144		Mike Farnworth
Port Moody-Westwood		Brian Revel 4,045		Christy Clark 15,967				Graeme Smecher 1,359						Christy Clark

Vancouver

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	NDP		Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Vancouver-Burrard		Tim Stevenson 7,359		Lorne Mayencourt 11,396		Robbie Mattu 3,826		Marc Emery 906				Boris Bear (Ind.) 136 Joseph Theriault (PF) 40 Helvis (Rhino) 25		Tim Stevenson
Vancouver-Fairview		Anita Romaniuk 4,772		Gary Farrell-Collins 12,864		Vanessa Violini 5,051		Ron MacIntyre 651				Brian Sproule (PF) 76		Gary Farrell-Collins
Vancouver-Fraserview		Ian Waddell 5,815		Ken Johnston 10,361		Merina Matthew 1,417		Paul Emerson Hughes 267		Paul Stilwell 369				Ian Waddell
Vancouver-Hastings		Joy MacPhail 8,009		Daniel Lee 7,600		Ian Gregson 2,874		Davin Ouimet 409				Carrol B. Woolsey (SC) 222 Charles Boyland (PF) 119		Joy MacPhail
Vancouver-Kensington		Ujjal Dosanjh 7,478		Patrick Wong 9,162		Betty Krawczyk 1,795		John Gordon 516		John O'Flynn 314				Ujjal Dosanjh
Vancouver-Kingsway		Alicia Barsallo 5,429		Rob Nijjar 8,264		Geoff Lyon 1,725		Steven M. Lay 364		Sal Vetro 541		Tyler Ducharme (COBC) 159 Donna Petersen (PF) 81		Glen Clark †
Vancouver-Langara		Peter G. Prontzos 2,999		Val Anderson 11,800		Doug Warkentin 2,009		Anthony Campbell 673				Joe Young (Ind.) 105 Michael Hill (PF) 51		Val Anderson
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant		Jenny Kwan 7,163		Gail Sparrow 5,343		Dale Hofmann 2,612		David Malmo-Levine 489		Ken Wright 166		Liar Liar (Ind.) 148 Kimball Cariou (Com) 142 Franklin Poley (POC) 42		Jenny Kwan
Vancouver-Point Grey		Am Johal 4,441		Gordon Campbell 13,430		Varya Rubin 5,094		Alex Curylo 659		Greg Dahms 257		Anne Jamieson (PF) 43		Gordon Campbell
Vancouver-Quilchena		Gareth Richmond 2,168		Colin Hansen 16,829		Judy Johnstone 3,277		Katrina Chowe 351				Mike Sharp (Ind.) 160		Colin Hansen

North Shore and Sunshine Coast

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	NDP		Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
North Vancouver-Lonsdale		Roger Kishi 3,016		Katherine Whittred 11,362		Terry W. Long 3,823		Darin Keith Neil 612				Jonathan Cote (Ind.) 173		Katherine Whittred
North Vancouver-Seymour		Sheila Paterson 2,751		Daniel Jarvis 15,568		Evelyn Kirkaldy 4,127		Tom Dreyer 568				Ron Gamble (Ref.) 683 Chris McKenzie (Ind.) 209		Daniel Jarvis
Powell River-Sunshine Coast		Gordon Wilson 6,349		Harold Long 9,904		Adriane Carr 6,316		Dana Larsen 812						Gordon Wilson
West Vancouver-Capilano		Matt Lovick 1,284		Ralph Sultan 15,556		Nora Gambioli 2,932		Keir Vichert 274				Jeremy Dalton (Ind.) 1,355		Jeremy Dalton
West Vancouver-Garibaldi		Barrie MacLeod 2,330		Ted Nebbeling 14,542		Peter Tatroff 3,691		Robert Adam 767						Ted Nebbeling

Vancouver Island

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	NDP		Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Alberni-Qualicum		Gerard Janssen 7,395		Gillian Trumper 13,109		Sergio Paone 2,999		Nicholas Thorp 1,081						Gerard Janssen
Comox Valley		Evelyn Gillespie 5,356		Stan Hagen 15,569		Pam Munroe 5,170		Sylvain Beaudoin 873		John William Robinson 677				Evelyn Gillespie
Cowichan-Ladysmith		Rob Hutchins 7,783		Graham Bruce 12,707		Loren Duncan 3,250		Larry Kunz 597						Jan Pullinger †
Nanaimo		Leonard Krog 6,602		Mike Hunter 9,748		Doug Catley 3,810		Donald LaVallee 889		Steve Miller 588		Brunie Brunie (Ind.) 199		Dale Lovick †
Nanaimo-Parksville		Jamie Brennan 5,852		Judith Reid 17,356		Phil Carson 3,192		Leonard Melman 634		Daniel Stelmacker 693				Judith Reid
North Island		Glenn Robertson 6,375		Rod Visser 13,781		Ralph Keller 2,871		Noreen Evers 1,099						Glenn Robertson

Greater Victoria

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	NDP		Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Esquimalt-Metchosin		Maurine Karagianis 6,258		Arnie Hamilton 9,544		Marilyn Sundeen 3,685		Christopher Davies 534		Bob Ward 268		Bill Clarke (Con) 322 Rick Berglund (Ind.) 105 Scott Attrill (Ind.) 68 Gerry McVeigh (Ind.) 57		Moe Sihota †
Malahat-Juan de Fuca		Richard Hughes 3,687		Brian Kerr 9,676		Stephen Bradley 3,275		Ron Anderton 547		Julie Mander 323		Rick Kasper (Ind.) 5,164 Susan Power (Con) 222		Rick Kasper
Oak Bay-Gordon Head		Charley Beresford 5,789		Ida Chong 14,588		Cristin Geall 4,666		Michael Mann 411						Ida Chong
Saanich North and the Islands		Paul Sam 5,011		Murray Coell 15,406		Andrew Lewis 7,211		Christina Racki 491				Bathar Jensen (Ind.) 257		Murray Coell
Saanich South		David Cubberley 6,838		Susan Brice 12,699		Gracie MacDonald 3,823		Tamara Tulloch 462				Paul Scrimger (Con.) 349 James Robert Lauder (Ind.) 172		Andrew Petter †
Victoria-Beacon Hill		Carole James 9,262		Jeff Bray 9,297		Walter Meyer Zu Erpen 5,453		Troy Tompkins 532		Gregory Hartnell 290		Rob Botterell (Ind.) 205 Kirsten Goodacre (Com) 64		Gretchen Brewin †
Victoria-Hillside		Steve Orcherton 7,796		Sheila Orr 7,878		Stuart Hertzog 4,142		Chuck Beyer 663		Allan Whittal 293		George Gidora (Com) 72 Laery Braaten (CCF) 49		Steve Orcherton

See also

• List of British Columbia political parties

References

1. (PDF). Elections BC. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
2. "B.C. NDP no longer official party after recounts". CBC News. May 31, 2001. Retrieved October 31, 2012.

Further reading

• Mutimer, David, ed. (2007). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2001. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442684126.

External links