41st British Columbia general election
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The 41st British Columbia general election is tentatively scheduled for May 9, 2017, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It will take place after the Premier of British Columbia formally advises the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the Legislative Assembly.
The election will be the first contested on a new electoral map completed in 2015, with the total number of constituencies increased from 85 in the current legislature to 87. New districts will be added for Richmond and Surrey, while the boundaries to 48 existing electoral districts will be adjusted.[2]
Timing
Section 23 of British Columbia's Constitution Act provides that general elections occur on the second Tuesday in May of the fourth calendar year after the last election.[3] As an election was held on May 14, 2013, the next election will be scheduled for May 9, 2017. The same section, though, makes the fixed election date subject to the Lieutenant Governor's right to dissolve the Legislative Assembly as he or she sees fit (in practice, on the advice of the Premier).[3]
Background
In the 2013 general election, the BC Liberal Party under the leadership of Premier Christy Clark were re-elected with a majority government. The New Democratic Party, under the leadership of Adrian Dix, again formed the Official Opposition with a slightly reduced total of 34 seats. Despite the victory, Clark was defeated by NDP candidate David Eby in her riding but was elected in the Westside-Kelowna by-election following Ben Stewart's resignation in July 2013.[4] The Green Party, under the leadership of Jane Sterk, won its first seat in the legislature, though Sterk herself was not elected. Dix resigned as NDP leader following the election, and was succeeded by John Horgan.[5] On August 13, 2013 Sterk announced she would resign as Green Party leader,[6] Adam Olsen was appointed interim leader on August 25, 2013.[7] The Conservative Party, under the leadership of John Cummins, failed to win a seat and Cummins resigned after the Westside-Kelowna by-election. On February 2, 2016, two by-elections occurred in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Coquitlam-Burke Mountain to replace Jenny Kwan and Douglas Horne who had resigned to seek election in the 2015 federal election.
In preparation of the election, the Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014 increased the number of electoral districts to 87 and required that the number of electoral districts in the North, Cariboo-Thompson, and the Columbia-Kootenay regions not be decreased despite lower population. The Electoral Districts Act was updated in November 2015 to establish the new electoral districts, adding one new electoral district in Surrey and one in Richmond. The Election Amendment Act, 2015 requires the chief electoral officer to provide each party with the identification of registered voters to voted in the last election, as well as allows constituency associations to incur election expenses, limits vouching to amend voter information to only family members of the voter, and eliminates the 60-day pre-campaign period, including its expense limits.
Retiring incumbents
- Liberals
- Independent
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- New Democrats
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Current standings
Summary of the current standings of the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Candidates
The following is a list of candidates nominated or known to be running in the 2017 election by electoral district, as noted by their respective parties (BC Liberal, Green sources) or from CBC's updated list of candidates.
- Names in bold indicate cabinet ministers, and italics indicates party leaders.
- Incumbents who did not seek re-election are denoted by †
- Incumbents who are running for re-election in a different district are marked by ‡
Northern British Columbia
Kootenays
Okanagan, Shuswap and Boundary
Thompson and Cariboo
Fraser Valley
Surrey
Richmond and Delta
Vancouver's eastern suburbs
Vancouver
North Shore and Sunshine Coast
Vancouver Island
Greater Victoria
Opinion polls
| Polling firm |
Last date of polling |
Link |
Lib. |
NDP |
Green |
Cons. |
Other |
Type of poll |
Sample size |
| Insights West |
160810 !November 21, 2016 |
HTML |
39 |
40 |
14 |
5 |
2 |
online |
806 |
| Mainstreet Research |
160909 !September 8, 2016 |
HTML |
33 |
38 |
16 |
14 |
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IVR |
2,207 |
| Innovative Research |
160814 !August 14, 2016 |
HTML |
38 |
29 |
16 |
15 |
1 |
telephone |
600 |
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| Ipsos Reid |
160509 !May 9, 2016 |
HTML |
42 |
36 |
10 |
11 |
1 |
online |
803 |
| Insights West |
160505 !May 5, 2016 |
HTML |
34 |
40 |
14 |
10 |
2 |
online |
801 |
| Insights West |
151114 !November 14, 2015 |
HTML |
34 |
39 |
16 |
7 |
4 |
online |
812 |
| Insights West |
150519 !May 19, 2015 |
HTML |
37 |
43 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
online |
801 |
| Ipsos Reid |
150512 !May 12, 2015 |
HTML |
41 |
44 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
online |
804 |
| Insights West |
141206 !December 6, 2014 |
HTML |
36 |
40 |
14 |
8 |
2 |
online |
805 |
| McAllister Opinion Research |
140729 !July 29, 2014 |
PDF |
36.0 |
36.3 |
17.5 |
9.1 |
1.0 |
online |
1,704 |
| Insights West |
140510 !May 10, 2014 |
HTML |
38 |
39 |
14 |
8 |
1 |
online |
824 |
| Justason Market Intelligence |
140119 !January 19, 2014 |
HTML |
37 |
35 |
19 |
7 |
1 |
telephone/online |
600 |
| Insights West |
131203 !December 3, 2013 |
HTML |
40 |
36 |
14 |
6 |
3 |
online |
866 |
| Election 2013 |
130514 !May 14, 2013 |
HTML |
44.14 |
39.71 |
8.13 |
4.76 |
3.25 |
ballot |
1,803,051 |
References
- ↑ Christy Clark running in Kelowna West for 2017 election, 10 September 2015, retrieved 4 October 2016
- ↑ JBC Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report (PDF), 24 September 2015, retrieved 20 June 2016
- 1 2 Constitution Act, s. 23.
- ↑ "B.C.’s Premier Christy Clark wins byelection, returns to legislature". Toronto Star, July 10, 2013.
- ↑ "John Horgan acclaimed as B.C. NDP leader". Vancouver Sun. May 1, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Jane Sterk resigns as Green Party leader". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ↑ "Adam Olsen appointed interim leader of B.C. Green Party". CBC News. August 25, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bill-bennett-won-t-run-again-1.3646513
- ↑ Browne, Alex (2016-10-04). "Surrey-White Rock MLA Hogg rejects sixth term to focus on community". peacearchnews.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ↑ Laanela, Mike (2016-09-01). "B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake will not run in upcoming election". CBC News. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
- ↑ "MLA McRae stepping away". comoxvalleyrecord.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ Shaw, Rob. "Former Liberal cabinet minister Moira Stilwell to retire from politics". vancouversun.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
- ↑ "City councillor announces pursuit of Peace River North candidacy - Energeticcity.ca". Energeticcity.ca. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
- ↑ "Northwestern B.C. MLA won't run again". Terrace Standard. Terrace, British Columbia. May 3, 2016.
- ↑ "B.C. NDP MLA Kathy Corrigan retiring, not running in 2017 election". cbc.ca. April 22, 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
- ↑ Shaw, Rob (2016-08-31). "B.C. NDP to lose MLA Maurine Karagianis to retirement". vancouversun.com. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
- ↑ http://www.revelstokemountaineer.com/columbia-river-revelstoke-mla-norm-macdonald-wont-run-in-2017-b-c-general-election-12864
- ↑ "MLA Bill Boutley to Retire in 2017". Cowichan Valley Citizen. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
- ↑ "Jane Shin not running in next provincial election". Burnaby Now. 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ↑ http://www.delta-optimist.com/delta-south-mla-not-ready-to-retire-1.2259693
- ↑ http://www.bcliberals.com/blog/news/former-global-morning-news-anchor-steve-darling-ready-run-todays-bc-liberals-burnaby-lougheed/
- ↑ http://www.bcliberals.com/blog/news/mathew-wilson-takes-bc-liberal-nomination-powell-river-sunshine-coast/
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