40th Parliament of British Columbia

40th Parliament of British Columbia
Majority parliament
5 June 2013 – present
Parliament leaders
Premier	Hon. Christy Clark
Leader of the Opposition	Adrian Dix 5 June 2013 - 4 May 2014
	John Horgan 4 May 2014 -
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
Members	85 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – present
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The 40th Parliament of British Columbia is the most recent Parliament of British Columbia and comprised the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, as elected by the general election of May 15, 2013, and The Queen represented by the Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon. That election resulted in a majority government for the BC Liberal Party led by Christy Clark, a BC New Democratic Party official opposition, and the Green Party its first member to the parliament.

Members of the 40th Parliament

	Member	Party	Electoral district
	Darryl Plecas	Liberal	Abbotsford South
	Mike de Jong	Liberal	Abbotsford West
	Simon Gibson	Liberal	Abbotsford-Mission
	Scott Fraser	NDP	Alberni-Pacific Rim
	Linda Larson	Liberal	Boundary-Similkameen
	Kathy Corrigan	NDP	Burnaby-Deer Lake
	Raj Chouhan	NDP	Burnaby-Edmonds
	Jane Shin	NDP	Burnaby-Lougheed
	Richard Lee	Liberal	Burnaby North
	Donna Barnett	Liberal	Cariboo-Chilcotin
	Coralee Oakes	Liberal	Cariboo North
	John Martin	Liberal	Chilliwack
	Laurie Throness	Liberal	Chilliwack-Hope
	Norm Macdonald	NDP	Columbia River-Revelstoke
	Don McRae	Liberal	Comox Valley
	Douglas Horne (to August 11, 2015)	Liberal	Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
	Jodie Wickens (since February 2, 2016)	NDP
	Selina Robinson	NDP	Coquitlam-Maillardville
	Bill Routley	NDP	Cowichan Valley
	Scott Hamilton	Liberal	Delta North
	Vicki Huntington	Independent	Delta South
	Maurine Karagianis	NDP	Esquimalt-Royal Roads
	Rich Coleman	Liberal	Fort Langley-Aldergrove
	Jackie Tegart	Liberal	Fraser-Nicola
	John Horgan	NDP	Juan de Fuca
	Terry Lake	Liberal	Kamloops-North Thompson
	Todd Stone	Liberal	Kamloops-South Thompson
	Norm Letnick	Liberal	Kelowna-Lake Country
	Steve Thomson	Liberal	Kelowna-Mission
	Bill Bennett	Liberal	Kootenay East
	Katrine Conroy	NDP	Kootenay West
	Mary Polak	Liberal	Langley
	Marc Dalton	Liberal (to February 12, 2015)	Maple Ridge-Mission
		Independent (since February 12, 2015)
	Doug Bing	Liberal	Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
	Leonard Krog	NDP	Nanaimo
	Doug Routley	NDP	Nanaimo-North Cowichan
	John Rustad	Liberal	Nechako Lakes
	Michelle Mungall	NDP	Nelson-Creston
	Judy Darcy	NDP	New Westminster
	Jennifer Rice	NDP	North Coast
	Claire Trevena	NDP	North Island
	Naomi Yamamoto	Liberal	North Vancouver-Lonsdale
	Jane Thornthwaite	Liberal	North Vancouver-Seymour
	Andrew Weaver	Green	Oak Bay-Gordon Head
	Michelle Stilwell	Liberal	Parksville-Qualicum
	Pat Pimm	Liberal	Peace River North
	Mike Bernier	Liberal	Peace River South
	Dan Ashton	Liberal	Penticton
	Mike Farnworth	NDP	Port Coquitlam
	Linda Reimer	Liberal	Port Moody-Coquitlam
	Nicholas Simons	NDP	Powell River-Sunshine Coast
	Mike Morris	Liberal	Prince George-Mackenzie
	Shirley Bond	Liberal	Prince George-Valemount
	Teresa Wat	Liberal	Richmond Centre
	Linda Reid	Liberal	Richmond East
	John Yap	Liberal	Richmond-Steveston
	Gary Holman	NDP	Saanich North and the Islands
	Lana Popham	NDP	Saanich South
	Greg Kyllo	Liberal	Shuswap
	Robin Austin	NDP	Skeena
	Doug Donaldson	NDP	Stikine
	Stephanie Cadieux	Liberal	Surrey-Cloverdale
	Peter Fassbender	Liberal	Surrey-Fleetwood
	Sue Hammell	NDP	Surrey-Green Timbers
	Harry Bains	NDP	Surrey-Newton
	Marvin Hunt	Liberal	Surrey-Panorama
	Amrik Virk	Liberal	Surrey-Tynehead
	Bruce Ralston	NDP	Surrey-Whalley
	Gordon Hogg	Liberal	Surrey-White Rock
	George Heyman	NDP	Vancouver-Fairview
	Sam Sullivan	Liberal	Vancouver-False Creek
	Suzanne Anton	Liberal	Vancouver-Fraserview
	Shane Simpson	NDP	Vancouver-Hastings
	Mable Elmore	NDP	Vancouver-Kensington
	Adrian Dix	NDP	Vancouver-Kingsway
	Moira Stilwell	Liberal	Vancouver-Langara
	Jenny Kwan (to August 4, 2015)	NDP	Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
	Melanie Mark (since February 2, 2016)
	David Eby	NDP	Vancouver-Point Grey
	Andrew Wilkinson	Liberal	Vancouver-Quilchena
	Spencer Chandra Herbert	NDP	Vancouver-West End
	Eric Foster	Liberal	Vernon-Monashee
	Carole James	NDP	Victoria-Beacon Hill
	Rob Fleming	NDP	Victoria-Swan Lake
	Ralph Sultan	Liberal	West Vancouver-Capilano
	Jordan Sturdy	Liberal	West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
	Ben Stewart (to June 5, 2013) Christy Clark (since July 10, 2013)	Liberal	Westside-Kelowna

Standings changes since the 40th general election

Number of members per party by date		2013			2015				2016
		May 14	June 5	July 10	February 12	August 4	August 11	August 12	February 2
	Liberal	49	48	49	48		47	48
	NDP	34				33			35
	Green	1
	Independent	1				2		1
	Total members	85	84	85		84	83		85
	Vacant	0	1	0		1	2		0
	Government Majority	13	12	13	12	13	12	13	11

Membership changes in the 40th Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	May 14, 2013	See list of members			Election day of the 40th British Columbia general election
	June 11, 2013	Ben Stewart	Westside-Kelowna	Liberal	Resigned to allow party leader Christy Clark to contest the seat in a by-election, following her defeat in Vancouver-Point Grey on election day.
	July 10, 2013	Christy Clark	Westside-Kelowna	Liberal	Elected in by-election; Liberal hold.
	February 12, 2015	Marc Dalton	Maple Ridge-Mission	Independent	Left BC Liberal caucus to seek Conservative Party of Canada nomination in Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission.
	August 4, 2015	Jenny Kwan	Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	NDP	Resigned to run in the federal election.
	August 11, 2015	Douglas Horne	Coquitlam-Burke Mountain	Liberal	Resigned to run in the federal election.
	August 12, 2015	Marc Dalton	Maple Ridge-Mission	Liberal	Rejoined BC Liberal caucus after losing Conservative Party of Canada nomination in Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission.
	February 2, 2016	Jodie Wickens	Coquitlam-Burke Mountain	NDP	Elected in by-election; NDP gain
	February 2, 2016	Melanie Mark	Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	NDP	Elected in by-election; NDP hold.