The members of the legislative assembly were elected in the 42nd general election, held on October 24, 2020.[7] The election resulted in an absolute majority for the BC NDP, and after a judicial recount in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky the final results had 57 BC NDP members, 28 BC Liberals, and 2 BC Greens being certified.[8] As leader of the BC NDP, John Horgan continued from the previous parliament as premier. Even though BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson won his riding in Vancouver-Quilchena, he resigned as leader of the Opposition prior to the new parliament commencing, with Shirley Bond assuming that position and being interim leader of the BC Liberals. In replacing members of his Executive Council that had retired, Horgan added newly elected MLAs Jennifer Whiteside as minister of Education, Murray Rankin as minister of Indigenous Relations, and Josie Osborne as minister of Municipal Affairs, as well as Nathan Cullen as minister of state for Lands and Natural Resources. Continuing in their roles from the previous parliament, Adrian Dix continued as minister of Health, David Eby as attorney general, George Heyman as minister of Environment, Harry Bains as minister of Labour, Lana Popham as minister of Agriculture, and Mike Farnworth as solicitor general.[9]
First sessionedit
The first session of the 42nd parliament began on December 17, 2020, with the speech from the throne delivered by Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin on behalf of Premier Horgan and the BC NDP government.[10] The first session only lasted four months, with all bills receiving royal assent by the end of March. Among the legislation adopted, the Firearm Violence Prevention Act (Bill 4) repealed and replaced the Firearm Act and included new measures as recommended in the 2017 report from a previous parliament's Illegal Firearms Task Force, such as a prohibition on the sale of imitation and low-velocity guns to youth.[11] Bill 5 created the position of the Fairness Officer at ICBC to replace the corporation's Fairness Commissioner; Bill 8 brought the Real Estate Council of BC and the Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate under the regulatory authority of the BC Financial Services Authority; and Bill 9 amended how local government elections are conducted by regulating activities during a defined pre-campaign period, limiting sponsorship contributions and creating a registry of elector organizations.[12][13][14]
Second sessionedit
The second session began on April 12, 2021, with a new speech from the throne delivered by Lieutenant Governor Austin. There were no changes to the membership of the Executive Council, though Mike Farnworth was named deputy premier in October after Horgan was diagnosed with throat cancer.[15] Budget measures were implemented in Bill 4 and included freezing the carbon tax for one year, creating the BC Recovery Benefit as a one-time payment of $500 per individual on income assistance, creating the temporary Increased Employment Incentive program for employers to hire new employees, extending the book publishing tax credit by 5 years, and increasing the tobacco tax.[16] COVID-related legislation included a new entitlement for employees to receive paid leave to receive a vaccination against COVID‐19,[17] prohibiting until July 2023 any conduct that disrupts access to COVID-19 vaccination sites or hospitals with emergency rooms,[18] making permanent several temporary measures allowing electronic local government council meetings, and extending the COVID-19 Related Measures Act to December 31, 2022.
New acts adopted with all-party support included the Accessible British Columbia Act, to allow accessibility-related regulations to be implemented affecting the built environment, delivery of government services, and in the health and education sectors;[19] and the Early Childhood Educators Act, to create oversight of early childhood educators.[20] With all-party support, the Early Learning and Child Care Act repealed and replaced the Child Care BC Act and the Child Care Subsidy Act. With the BC Liberal Party voting to oppose, the InBC Investment Corp. Act was adopted to create a new Crown corporation to administer a new small business investment fund.[21]
Significant amendments to existing legislation, with all-party support, included adding "Indigenous identity" to the BC Human Rights Code[22] and adding "single-use product" (i.e. plastics) to the list of packaging materials that may be regulated or prohibited. On division, with the BC Liberal Party opposed, the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act was amended to increase the number of electoral districts from 87 to 93 and remove the provisions that required a certain number to be located in the North, the Cariboo-Thompson and the Columbia-Kootenay regions despite population factors;[23] and forestry-related legislation was amended to require forestry companies to publicly disclose where operations will occur, replace forest stewardship plans with forest landscape plans with a new set of objectives, require licence holders maintain inventories of ecosystems, recreation-visual resources, reduce annual allowable cuts for purposes of redistribution to small businesses and create a new designation for non-timber production purpose.[24] With both Liberals and Green Party MLAs voting against, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act was amended to allow data-hosting outside of BC and allow disclosure of personal information outside Canada and to create a fee to apply for a freedom-of-information request.[25]
^ abWas elected as a member of the BC Liberal Party/BC United and subsequently crossed the floor
^Elected as member of the NDP, removed from caucus following an internal investigation.
Referencesedit
^"Orders – No. 2 – Tuesday, December 8, 2020 – 1.30 p.m." www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^"Orders – No. 1 – Tuesday, April 13, 2021 – 10 a.m." www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^"Orders – No. 1 – Wednesday, February 9, 2022 – 1.30 p.m." www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^"Orders – No. 1 – Tuesday, February 7, 2023 – 10 a.m." www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^"B.C. election results: Live, real-time results from the provincial election". Global News. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
^"Poll shows B.C. NDP retains large lead over Liberals as election day looms". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
^"B.C. NDP will form decisive majority government, CBC News projects". CBC News. October 24, 2020.
^"Recount affirms B.C. Liberal narrowly beats Green in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky". CBC News. November 17, 2020.
^Shaw, Rob (November 26, 2020). "B.C. Premier John Horgan unveils his new cabinet". Vancouver Sun.
^Bennett, Nelson (December 7, 2020). "Throne speech promises more pandemic spending". Times Colonist.
^"B.C. targets gang and drug violence in new gun bill". CBC News. March 3, 2021.
^DeRosa, Katie (March 26, 2021). "Legislative session wraps up with new legislation on firearms and ICBC fairness officer". Vancouver Sun.
^"BCREA: BC Government Proposes Changes to Real Estate Services Act Paving Path for Single Regulator". Business Examiner. March 5, 2021.
^Fletcher, Tom (March 4, 2021). "B.C. Liberals, NDP sing in harmony on local election reforms". Surrey Now-Leader.
^Mangione, Kendra (October 28, 2021). "B.C. premier has growth in throat, undergoing surgery this week". CTV News.
^"Budget 2021 supports people now while building the foundation for strong recovery". British Columbia Ministry of Finance. April 20, 2021.
^"B.C. guarantees workers 3 hours paid leave for COVID-19 vaccine appointments". CBC News. April 28, 2021.
^"New act protects important services from disruption". British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General. November 15, 2021.
^Woodrooffe, Sophie (June 25, 2021). "Province passes Accessible British Columbia Act". Coast Reporter.
^Cordasco, Lisa (June 8, 2021). "B.C. to make child care registry public in move to improve accountability, transparency". Vancouver Sun.
^Leyne, Les (May 18, 2021). "B.C. Liberals see too much NDP influence in proposed $500M investment fund". Times Colonist.
^Grinder, Haley (December 2, 2021). "Bills to uphold Indigenous rights given royal assent". Toronto Star.
^Pilon, Dennis; Phillips, Stephen (May 25, 2021). "Making B.C. electoral boundaries commissions more independent". The Georgia Straight.
^Yunker, Zoë (November 9, 2021). "How B.C.'s long-awaited forestry law updates leave gaps around protecting old-growth and Indigenous Rights". The Narwhal.
^Leyne, Les (October 19, 2021). "Bill would allow B.C. citizens' personal data to be sent out of country". Times Colonist.
^"Fraser-Nicola MLA named as BC's new Assistant Deputy Speaker - Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal". www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com. February 16, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
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October 27, 2023
42nd, parliament, british, columbia, chosen, 2020, british, columbia, general, election, seats, were, election, majority, parliament7, december, 2020, presentparliament, leaderspremierjohn, horganjuly, 2017, november, 2022david, ebynovember, 2022, presentcabin. The 42nd Parliament of British Columbia was chosen in the 2020 British Columbia general election 5 All 87 seats were up for election 6 42nd Parliament of British ColumbiaMajority parliament7 December 2020 presentParliament leadersPremierJohn HorganJuly 18 2017 November 18 2022David EbyNovember 18 2022 presentCabinetsHorgan 2nd EbyLeader of theOppositionShirley BondNovember 23 2020 May 16 2022Kevin FalconMay 16 2022 presentParty caucusesGovernmentNew Democratic PartyOppositionBC UnitedRecognizedConservative PartyGreen PartyLegislative AssemblySeating arrangements of the Legislative AssemblySpeaker of theAssemblyRaj ChouhanDecember 7 2020 presentGovernmentHouse LeaderMike FarnworthJuly 18 2017 presentOppositionHouse LeaderPeter MilobarDecember 7 2020 presentMembers87 MLA seatsSovereignMonarchElizabeth IIFebruary 6 1952 September 8 2022Charles IIISeptember 8 2022 presentLieutenantGovernorJanet AustinApril 24 2018 presentSessions1st sessionDecember 8 2020 1 April 12 20212nd sessionApril 13 2021 2 February 8 20223rd sessionFebruary 9 2022 3 February 6 20234th sessionFebruary 7 2023 4 present 41stThe 41st Parliament of British Columbia was dissolved on September 21 2020 The 42nd Parliament convened for its first session on December 7 2020 Contents 1 Party standings 2 Election and appointments 3 First session 4 Second session 5 Officeholders 5 1 Speaker 5 2 Other chair occupants 5 3 Leaders 5 4 House leaders 6 Members of the 42nd Parliament 7 By elections 8 Notes 9 ReferencesParty standings editStandings in the 42nd British Columbia Parliament Affiliation House members2020 election results CurrentNew Democratic 57 56 BC United 28 26Green 2 2Conservative 0 2Independent 0 1Total seats 87Election and appointments editThe members of the legislative assembly were elected in the 42nd general election held on October 24 2020 7 The election resulted in an absolute majority for the BC NDP and after a judicial recount in West Vancouver Sea to Sky the final results had 57 BC NDP members 28 BC Liberals and 2 BC Greens being certified 8 As leader of the BC NDP John Horgan continued from the previous parliament as premier Even though BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson won his riding in Vancouver Quilchena he resigned as leader of the Opposition prior to the new parliament commencing with Shirley Bond assuming that position and being interim leader of the BC Liberals In replacing members of his Executive Council that had retired Horgan added newly elected MLAs Jennifer Whiteside as minister of Education Murray Rankin as minister of Indigenous Relations and Josie Osborne as minister of Municipal Affairs as well as Nathan Cullen as minister of state for Lands and Natural Resources Continuing in their roles from the previous parliament Adrian Dix continued as minister of Health David Eby as attorney general George Heyman as minister of Environment Harry Bains as minister of Labour Lana Popham as minister of Agriculture and Mike Farnworth as solicitor general 9 First session editThe first session of the 42nd parliament began on December 17 2020 with the speech from the throne delivered by Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin on behalf of Premier Horgan and the BC NDP government 10 The first session only lasted four months with all bills receiving royal assent by the end of March Among the legislation adopted the Firearm Violence Prevention Act Bill 4 repealed and replaced the Firearm Act and included new measures as recommended in the 2017 report from a previous parliament s Illegal Firearms Task Force such as a prohibition on the sale of imitation and low velocity guns to youth 11 Bill 5 created the position of the Fairness Officer at ICBC to replace the corporation s Fairness Commissioner Bill 8 brought the Real Estate Council of BC and the Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate under the regulatory authority of the BC Financial Services Authority and Bill 9 amended how local government elections are conducted by regulating activities during a defined pre campaign period limiting sponsorship contributions and creating a registry of elector organizations 12 13 14 Second session editThe second session began on April 12 2021 with a new speech from the throne delivered by Lieutenant Governor Austin There were no changes to the membership of the Executive Council though Mike Farnworth was named deputy premier in October after Horgan was diagnosed with throat cancer 15 Budget measures were implemented in Bill 4 and included freezing the carbon tax for one year creating the BC Recovery Benefit as a one time payment of 500 per individual on income assistance creating the temporary Increased Employment Incentive program for employers to hire new employees extending the book publishing tax credit by 5 years and increasing the tobacco tax 16 COVID related legislation included a new entitlement for employees to receive paid leave to receive a vaccination against COVID 19 17 prohibiting until July 2023 any conduct that disrupts access to COVID 19 vaccination sites or hospitals with emergency rooms 18 making permanent several temporary measures allowing electronic local government council meetings and extending the COVID 19 Related Measures Act to December 31 2022 New acts adopted with all party support included the Accessible British Columbia Act to allow accessibility related regulations to be implemented affecting the built environment delivery of government services and in the health and education sectors 19 and the Early Childhood Educators Act to create oversight of early childhood educators 20 With all party support the Early Learning and Child Care Act repealed and replaced the Child Care BC Act and the Child Care Subsidy Act With the BC Liberal Party voting to oppose the InBC Investment Corp Act was adopted to create a new Crown corporation to administer a new small business investment fund 21 Significant amendments to existing legislation with all party support included adding Indigenous identity to the BC Human Rights Code 22 and adding single use product i e plastics to the list of packaging materials that may be regulated or prohibited On division with the BC Liberal Party opposed the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act was amended to increase the number of electoral districts from 87 to 93 and remove the provisions that required a certain number to be located in the North the Cariboo Thompson and the Columbia Kootenay regions despite population factors 23 and forestry related legislation was amended to require forestry companies to publicly disclose where operations will occur replace forest stewardship plans with forest landscape plans with a new set of objectives require licence holders maintain inventories of ecosystems recreation visual resources reduce annual allowable cuts for purposes of redistribution to small businesses and create a new designation for non timber production purpose 24 With both Liberals and Green Party MLAs voting against the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act was amended to allow data hosting outside of BC and allow disclosure of personal information outside Canada and to create a fee to apply for a freedom of information request 25 Officeholders editSpeaker edit Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Raj Chouhan NDP December 7 2020 present Other chair occupants edit Deputy speaker Spencer Chandra Herbert NDP December 7 2020 present Assistant deputy speaker Jackie Tegart Liberal February 7 2022 present 26 Deputy chair Committee of the Whole Ronna Rae Leonard NDP December 7 2020 present Leaders edit Premier of British Columbia John Horgan NDP July 18 2017 November 18 2022 27 David Eby NDP November 18 2022 present Leader of the Opposition Andrew Wilkinson Liberal February 3 2018 November 23 2020 Shirley Bond Liberal interim November 23 2020 February 5 2022 Kevin Falcon Liberal February 5 2022 April 11 2023 Kevin Falcon United April 12 2023 present Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau September 14 2020 present Conservative Party leader John RustadHouse leaders edit Government House Leader Ravi Kahlon NDP Opposition House Leader Peter Milobar UnitedMembers of the 42nd Parliament editThis section needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information December 2022 The name in bold and italics with is the premier The names in bold with are cabinet ministers and ministers of state The name in italics with is the leader of the Official Opposition The names in italics are party leaders The name with is the Speaker of the AssemblyMember Party Electoral districtPam Alexis New Democratic Abbotsford MissionBruce Banman Conservative a Abbotsford SouthMike de Jong United Abbotsford WestRoly Russell New Democratic Boundary SimilkameenAnne Kang New Democratic Burnaby Deer LakeRaj Chouhan New Democratic Burnaby EdmondsKatrina Chen New Democratic Burnaby LougheedJanet Routledge New Democratic Burnaby NorthLorne Doerkson United Cariboo ChilcotinCoralee Oakes United Cariboo NorthDan Coulter New Democratic ChilliwackKelli Paddon New Democratic Chilliwack KentDoug Clovechok United Columbia River RevelstokeFin Donnelly New Democratic Coquitlam Burke MountainSelina Robinson New Democratic Coquitlam MaillardvilleRonna Rae Leonard New Democratic Courtenay ComoxSonia Furstenau Green Cowichan ValleyRavi Kahlon New Democratic Delta NorthIan Paton United Delta SouthMitzi Dean New Democratic Esquimalt MetchosinJackie Tegart United Fraser NicolaPeter Milobar United Kamloops North ThompsonTodd Stone United Kamloops South ThompsonNorm Letnick United Kelowna Lake CountryRenee Merrifield United Kelowna MissionBen Stewart United Kelowna WestTom Shypitka United Kootenay EastKatrine Conroy New Democratic Kootenay WestRavi Parmar New Democratic Langford Juan de FucaAndrew Mercier New Democratic LangleyMegan Dykeman New Democratic Langley EastBob D Eith New Democratic Maple Ridge MissionLisa Beare New Democratic Maple Ridge Pitt MeadowsJosie Osborne New Democratic Mid Island Pacific RimSheila Malcolmson New Democratic NanaimoDoug Routley New Democratic Nanaimo North CowichanJohn Rustad Conservative a Nechako LakesBrittny Anderson New Democratic Nelson CrestonJennifer Whiteside New Democratic New WestminsterJennifer Rice New Democratic North CoastMichele Babchuk New Democratic North IslandBowinn Ma New Democratic North Vancouver LonsdaleSusie Chant New Democratic North Vancouver SeymourMurray Rankin New Democratic Oak Bay Gordon HeadAdam Walker Independent b Parksville QualicumDan Davies United Peace River NorthMike Bernier United Peace River SouthDan Ashton United PentictonMike Farnworth New Democratic Port CoquitlamRick Glumac New Democratic Port Moody CoquitlamNicholas Simons New Democratic Powell River Sunshine CoastMike Morris United Prince George MackenzieShirley Bond United Prince George ValemountTeresa Wat United Richmond North CentreAman Singh New Democratic Richmond QueensboroughHenry Yao New Democratic Richmond South CentreKelly Greene New Democratic Richmond StevestonAdam Olsen Green Saanich North and the IslandsLana Popham New Democratic Saanich SouthGreg Kyllo United ShuswapEllis Ross United SkeenaNathan Cullen New Democratic StikineMike Starchuk New Democratic Surrey CloverdaleJagrup Brar New Democratic Surrey FleetwoodRachna Singh New Democratic Surrey Green TimbersGarry Begg New Democratic Surrey GuildfordHarry Bains New Democratic Surrey NewtonJinny Sims New Democratic Surrey PanoramaElenore Sturko United Surrey SouthBruce Ralston New Democratic Surrey WhalleyTrevor Halford United Surrey White RockGeorge Heyman New Democratic Vancouver FairviewBrenda Bailey New Democratic Vancouver False CreekGeorge Chow New Democratic Vancouver FraserviewNiki Sharma New Democratic Vancouver HastingsMable Elmore New Democratic Vancouver KensingtonAdrian Dix New Democratic Vancouver KingswayMichael Lee United Vancouver LangaraJoan Phillip New Democratic Vancouver Mount PleasantDavid Eby New Democratic Vancouver Point GreyKevin Falcon United Vancouver QuilchenaSpencer Chandra Herbert New Democratic Vancouver West EndHarwinder Sandhu New Democratic Vernon MonasheeGrace Lore New Democratic Victoria Beacon HillRob Fleming New Democratic Victoria Swan LakeKarin Kirkpatrick United West Vancouver CapilanoJordan Sturdy United West Vancouver Sea to SkyBy elections edit2023 Langford Juan de Fuca provincial by election 2023 Vancouver Mount Pleasant provincial by electionNotes edit a b Was elected as a member of the BC Liberal Party BC United and subsequently crossed the floor Elected as member of the NDP removed from caucus following an internal investigation References edit Orders No 2 Tuesday December 8 2020 1 30 p m www leg bc ca Retrieved March 14 2023 Orders No 1 Tuesday April 13 2021 10 a m www leg bc ca Retrieved March 14 2023 Orders No 1 Wednesday February 9 2022 1 30 p m www leg bc ca Retrieved March 14 2023 Orders No 1 Tuesday February 7 2023 10 a m www leg bc ca Retrieved March 14 2023 B C election results Live real time results from the provincial election Global News Retrieved October 25 2020 Poll shows B C NDP retains large lead over Liberals as election day looms Vancouver Sun Retrieved October 25 2020 B C NDP will form decisive majority government CBC News projects CBC News October 24 2020 Recount affirms B C Liberal narrowly beats Green in West Vancouver Sea to Sky CBC News November 17 2020 Shaw Rob November 26 2020 B C Premier John Horgan unveils his new cabinet Vancouver Sun Bennett Nelson December 7 2020 Throne speech promises more pandemic spending Times Colonist B C targets gang and drug violence in new gun bill CBC News March 3 2021 DeRosa Katie March 26 2021 Legislative session wraps up with new legislation on firearms and ICBC fairness officer Vancouver Sun BCREA BC Government Proposes Changes to Real Estate Services Act Paving Path for Single Regulator Business Examiner March 5 2021 Fletcher Tom March 4 2021 B C Liberals NDP sing in harmony on local election reforms Surrey Now Leader Mangione Kendra October 28 2021 B C premier has growth in throat undergoing surgery this week CTV News Budget 2021 supports people now while building the foundation for strong recovery British Columbia Ministry of Finance April 20 2021 B C guarantees workers 3 hours paid leave for COVID 19 vaccine appointments CBC News April 28 2021 New act protects important services from disruption British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General November 15 2021 Woodrooffe Sophie June 25 2021 Province passes Accessible British Columbia Act Coast Reporter Cordasco Lisa June 8 2021 B C to make child care registry public in move to improve accountability transparency Vancouver Sun Leyne Les May 18 2021 B C Liberals see too much NDP influence in proposed 500M investment fund Times Colonist Grinder Haley December 2 2021 Bills to uphold Indigenous rights given royal assent Toronto Star Pilon Dennis Phillips Stephen May 25 2021 Making B C electoral boundaries commissions more independent The Georgia Straight Yunker Zoe November 9 2021 How B C s long awaited forestry law updates leave gaps around protecting old growth and Indigenous Rights The Narwhal Leyne Les October 19 2021 Bill would allow B C citizens personal data to be sent out of country Times Colonist Fraser Nicola MLA named as BC s new Assistant Deputy Speaker Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal www ashcroftcachecreekjournal com February 16 2022 Retrieved August 5 2022 Shaw Rob July 19 2017 B C NDP Cabinet 2017 Metro Vancouver MLAs handed key cabinet roles Vancouver Sun Retrieved October 27 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 42nd Parliament of British Columbia amp oldid 1181727747, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
