2005 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 2005 British Columbia general election British Columbia parliamentary no no no 2001 British Columbia general election 2001 2009 British Columbia general election 2009 79 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 40 seats were needed for a majority May 17, 2005 37th Parliament of British Columbia 38th Parliament of British Columbia 57.80%Statement of Votes – 38th Provincial General Election https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2005GEResults/SOV-GEcomplete.pdf Elections BC September 25, 2023 September 25, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230925171140/https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2005GEResults/SOV-GEcomplete.pdf live 2.75 pp 165x165px BC Liberal nohash Gordon Campbell September 11, 1993 BC Liberal name Vancouver-Point Grey 77 seats 46 31 807,118 45.80% 11.82% 165x165px BC NDP nohash Carole James November 23, 2003 BC NDP name Victoria-Beacon Hill 2 seats 33 31 731,719 41.52% 19.96% Adriane Carr of the Green Party.jpg 240 120 165 0 40 BC Green nohash Adriane Carr September 23, 2000 BC Green name Ran in Powell River-Sunshine Coast (lost) 0 seats 0 161,842 9.18% 3.22% British Columbia general election, 2005 results by riding.svg 400px Popular vote map by riding. Traditional areas of NDP support returned to the party fold after the preceding wipeout.Colourblind-friendly version Premier Gordon Campbell BC Liberal name Premier after election Gordon Campbell BC Liberal name Results of 2005 British Columbia, Canada General Election The 2005 British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of the Province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. The British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals) formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell. The main opposition was the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), whose electoral representation was reduced to two MLAs in the previous provincial election in 2001. The BC Liberals retained power, with a reduced majority of 46 out of 79 seats, down from the record 77 out of 79 in 2001. While the popularity of Campbell's government was affected by various factors such as its resolution of the Fast ferry scandal inherited from the previous NDP government, the sale of BC Rail, and Campbell being convicted for driving under the influence in January 2003, the overwhelming majority they earned at the previous election held up well enough for them to remain comfortably in control of the Legislative Assembly. Voter turnout was 58.2 per cent. Under amendments to the BC Constitution Act passed in 2001, BC elections are now held on fixed dates: the second Tuesday in May every four years. This was the first provincial election for which elector data in the provincial elector list was synchronised with the National Register of Electors.http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/news/n_040520.pdf PDF Elections BC and Elections Canada will Amalgamate Voters Lists Victoria, British Columbia Elections British Columbia 21 May 2004 2011-03-30 March 19, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319183227/http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/news/n_040520.pdf dead Coincidental with the general election, BC voters also voted on whether or not to change the province's electoral system. Electoral reform referendum The BC electoral reform referendum was held in conjunction with this election. This referendum asked voters whether or not they support the proposed electoral reforms of the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, which included switching to a single transferable vote (STV) system. Had it been approved by 60% of voters in 60% of ridings), the new electoral system would have been implemented for the general election in 2009. Although the proposed reform attracted a clear majority (58% of the popular vote in favour, with 77 out of 79 ridings showing majority support), the level of support was just short of that required for mandatory implementation. A new vote on a revamped version of STV was held in conjunction with the 2009 British Columbia general election. Results +Elections to the 38th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (2005)Elections BC 2005 24PartyLeaderCandidatesVotesSeats # ± % Change (pp) 2001 2005 ± BC Liberal row-nameGordon Campbell79 807,118 109,770 45.80 -11.82 −2 1em background:red7746 79 BC Liberal31 BC NDP row-nameCarole James 79 731,783 388,677 41.52 19.96 −2 1em background:green233 79 BC NDP31 BC Green row-nameAdriane Carr 79 161,849 35,382 9.18 -3.21 −2 1em background:red BC Independent row-name 28 17,599 2,284 1.00 0.04 −2 1em background:green BC DRBC row-nameTom Morino 32 14,022 14,022 0.80 0.80 −2 1em background:green BC Marijuana row-nameMarc Emery 44 11,449 39,757 0.65 -2.57 −2 1em background:red BC Unity row-nameDaniel Stelmacker 1 224 51,202 0.01 -3.22 −2 1em background:red BC Conservative row-name Barry Chilton 7 9,623 6,243 0.55 0.33 BC WLP row-name Conrad Schmidt 11 1,641 1,641 0.09 New BC Libertarian row-name 6 1,053 1,053 0.06 New BC Platinum row-name Jeff Evans 11 779 779 0.04 New BC Refederation row-name 4 675 675 0.04 New BC Social Credit row-name C. Barbara Woolsey 2 502 1,446 0.03 −0.09 BC YPP row-name James Filippelli 1 442 442 0.03 New BC Western Canada Concept row-name Douglas Christie 2 387 387 0.02 New BC People's Front row-name Charles Boylan 5 380 340 0.02 −0.02 BC Youth Coalition row-name 2 369 369 0.02 New BC Moderate Democratic Movement row-name 2 367 367 0.02 New BC Reform row-name 1 365 3,074 0.02 −0.20 BC British Columbia row-name Grant Mitton 2 362 362 0.02 New BC Sex row-name John Ince 3 305 305 0.02 New BC Freedom row-name K.M. Keillor 2 282 42 0.02 – BC Bloc BC row-name Paddy Roberts 3 282 282 0.02 New BC Communist row-name George Gidora 3 244 137 0.01 −0.01 BC Emerged Democracy row-name Tony Luck 1 151 151 0.01 New BC Patriot row-name Andrew Hokhold 2 90 8 0.01 –Total 4121,762,343 100.00% Rejected ballots 11,926 3,467 Turnout1,774,269 174,50462.36% 8.59 Registered votersB.C. Voter Participation: 1983 to 2013 http://142.34.128.33/docs/stats/bc-voter-participation-1983-2013.pdf Elections BC May 11, 2017 March 28, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190328040547/https://142.34.128.33/docs/stats/bc-voter-participation-1983-2013.pdf dead 2,845,284 590,364 a Vote and seat summaries Ternary plots – shift of electoral support (2001–2005) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary BC2001.svg 2001 Ternary plot of 2001 results File:Ternary BC2005.svg 2005 Ternary plot of 2005 results MLAs elected #A51B12 Abbotsford-Clayburn: John van Dongen #A51B12 Abbotsford-Mount Lehman: Mike de Jong #F4A460 Alberni-Qualicum: Scott Fraser #A51B12 Bulkley Valley-Stikine: Dennis MacKay #F4A460 Burnaby-Edmonds: Raj Chouhan #A51B12 Burnaby North: Richard Lee #A51B12 Burnaby-Willingdon: John Nuraney #A51B12 Burquitlam: Harry Bloy #F4A460 Cariboo North: Bob Simpson #F4A460 Cariboo South: Charlie Wyse #A51B12 Chilliwack-Kent: Barry Penner #A51B12 Chilliwack-Sumas: John Les #F4A460 Columbia River-Revelstoke: Norm Macdonald #A51B12 Comox Valley: Stan Hagen #F4A460 Coquitlam-Maillardville: Diane Thorne #F4A460 Cowichan-Ladysmith: Doug Routley #F4A460 Delta North: Guy Gentner #A51B12 Delta South: Val Roddick #A51B12 East Kootenay: Bill Bennett #F4A460 Esquimalt-Metchosin: Maurine Karagianis #A51B12 Fort Langley-Aldergrove: Rich Coleman #A51B12 Kamloops: Claude Richmond #A51B12 Kamloops-North Thompson: Kevin Krueger #A51B12 Kelowna-Lake Country: Al Horning #A51B12 Kelowna-Mission: Sindi Hawkins #A51B12 Langley: Mary Polak #F4A460 Malahat-Juan de Fuca: John Horgan #A51B12 Maple Ridge-Mission: Randy Hawes #F4A460 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows: Michael Sather #F4A460 Nanaimo: Leonard Krog #A51B12 Nanaimo-Parksville: Ron Cantelon #F4A460 Nelson-Creston: Corky Evans #F4A460 New Westminster: Chuck Puchmayr #F4A460 North Coast: Gary Coons #F4A460 North Island: Claire Trevena #A51B12 North Vancouver-Lonsdale: Katherine Whittred #A51B12 North Vancouver-Seymour: Daniel Jarvis #A51B12 Oak Bay-Gordon Head: Ida Chong #A51B12 Okanagan-Vernon: Tom Christensen #A51B12 Okanagan-Westside: Rick Thorpe #A51B12 Peace River North: Richard Neufeld #A51B12 Peace River South: Blair Lekstrom #A51B12 Penticton-Okanagan Valley: Bill Barisoff #F4A460 Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain: Mike Farnworth #A51B12 Port Moody-Westwood: Iain Black #F4A460 Powell River-Sunshine Coast: Nicholas Simons #A51B12 Prince George-Mount Robson: Shirley Bond #A51B12 Prince George North: Pat Bell #A51B12 Prince George-Omineca: John Rustad #A51B12 Richmond Centre: Olga Ilich #A51B12 Richmond East: Linda Reid #A51B12 Richmond-Steveston: John Yap #A51B12 Saanich North and the Islands: Murray Coell #F4A460 Saanich South: David Cubberley #A51B12 Shuswap: George Abbott #F4A460 Skeena: Robin Austin #A51B12 Surrey-Cloverdale: Kevin Falcon #F4A460 Surrey-Green Timbers: Sue Hammell #F4A460 Surrey-Newton: Harry Bains #F4A460 Surrey-Panorama Ridge: Jagrup Brar #A51B12 Surrey-Tynehead: Dave Hayer #F4A460 Surrey-Whalley: Bruce Ralston #A51B12 Surrey-White Rock: Gordon Hogg #A51B12 Vancouver-Burrard: Lorne Mayencourt #F4A460 Vancouver-Fairview: Gregor Robertson #A51B12 Vancouver-Fraserview: Wally Oppal #F4A460 Vancouver-Hastings: Shane Simpson #F4A460 Vancouver-Kensington: David Chudnovsky #F4A460 Vancouver-Kingsway: Adrian Dix #A51B12 Vancouver-Langara: Val Anderson #F4A460 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant: Jenny Kwan #A51B12 Vancouver-Point Grey: Gordon Campbell #A51B12 Vancouver-Quilchena: Colin Hansen #F4A460 Victoria-Beacon Hill: Carole James #F4A460 Victoria-Hillside: Rob Fleming #F4A460 West Kootenay-Boundary: Katrine Conroy #A51B12 West Vancouver-Capilano: Ralph Sultan #A51B12 West Vancouver-Garibaldi: Joan McIntyre #F4A460 Yale-Lillooet: Harry Lali Synopsis of results + Results by riding – 2005 British Columbia general electionElections BC 2005 37–39 Riding Winning party Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots Votesparties receiving more than 1% of the popular vote, or fielding candidates in at least half of the constituencies, are listed separately. Democratic Reform is highlighted, as it received more votes than the Marijuana Party while having fewer candidates. Conservatives are also listed separately, as they achieved significant 3rd and 4th places in several districts.Name 2001Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Lib NDP Grn DR Democratic Reform Mari Marijuana Con Conservative Ind Independent or no affiliation Oth Other minor parties Total   Abbotsford-Clayburn Lib Lib 11,047 59.95% 5,492 29.80% 59.50% 11,047 5,555 1,428 – 198 – – 199 18,427 Abbotsford-Mount Lehman Lib Lib 11,325 57.55% 5,193 26.39% 57.97% 11,325 6,132 1,359 472 392 – – – 19,680 Alberni-Qualicum Lib NDP 13,988 52.61% 4,200 15.80% 69.02% 9,788 13,988 1,912 292 401 – 209 – 26,590 Bulkley Valley-Stikine Lib Lib 6,279 48.30% 1,102 8.48% 68.78% 6,279 5,177 769 354 205 – – 216 13,000 Burnaby-Edmonds Lib NDP 10,337 46.71% 738 3.34% 57.70% 9,599 10,337 2,192 – – – – – 22,128 Burnaby North Lib Lib 10,421 45.59% 65 0.28% 59.76% 10,421 10,356 1,763 316 – – – – 22,856 Burnaby-Willingdon Lib Lib 8,754 44.00% 399 2.01% 57.36% 8,754 8,355 1,482 947 214 – 142 – 19,894 Burquitlam Lib Lib 10,054 46.39% 372 1.72% 60.45% 10,054 9,682 1,619 – 191 – 125 – 21,671 Cariboo North Lib NDP 7,353 47.28% 269 1.73% 64.26% 7,084 7,353 835 – 281 – – – 15,553 Cariboo South Lib NDP 7,277 45.99% 114 0.72% 67.43% 7,163 7,277 851 – – – 532 – 15,823 Chilliwack-Kent Lib Lib 11,368 57.14% 4,834 24.30% 58.71% 11,368 6,534 1,651 – – – – 343 19,896 Chilliwack-Sumas Lib Lib 11,995 57.36% 5,518 26.39% 59.98% 11,995 6,477 1,731 315 – – – 393 20,911 Columbia River-Revelstoke Lib NDP 7,460 51.71% 1,710 11.85% 62.47% 5,750 7,460 1,217 – – – – – 14,427 Comox Valley Lib Lib 14,068 45.73% 807 2.62% 68.34% 14,068 13,261 2,833 187 214 – – 201 30,764 Coquitlam-Maillardville Lib NDP 10,532 46.96% 531 2.37% 63.41% 10,001 10,532 1,415 – 236 – – 242 22,426 Cowichan-Ladysmith Lib NDP 14,014 50.02% 2,589 9.24% 71.86% 11,425 14,014 1,950 238 – – 307 83 28,017 Delta North Lib NDP 10,481 47.46% 1,001 4.53% 64.24% 9,480 10,481 1,711 – 224 – – 187 22,083 Delta South Lib Lib 9,112 37.48% 1,069 4.40% 70.81% 9,112 5,828 1,131 – 139 – 8,101Vicki Huntington received 8,043 votes – 24,311 East Kootenay Lib Lib 8,060 48.01% 721 4.29% 60.03% 8,060 7,339 1,389 – – – – – 16,788 Esquimalt-Metchosin Lib NDP 12,545 49.63% 2,895 11.45% 66.89% 9,650 12,545 2,672 409 – – – – 25,276 Fort Langley-Aldergrove Lib Lib 15,454 59.13% 7,857 30.06% 65.06% 15,454 7,597 2,529 – 374 – – 183 26,137 Kamloops Lib Lib 11,261 47.58% 1,375 5.81% 61.81% 11,261 9,886 1,723 – – 797 – – 23,667 Kamloops-North Thompson Lib Lib 11,648 48.36% 2,013 8.36% 67.71% 11,648 9,635 1,689 – 321 795 – – 24,088 Kelowna-Lake Country Lib Lib 12,247 50.37% 4,857 19.98% 54.88% 12,247 7,390 2,541 1,793 341 – – – 24,312 Kelowna-Mission Lib Lib 13,827 53.72% 5,638 21.91% 57.00% 13,827 8,189 3,308 – 320 – – 94 25,738 Langley Lib Lib 12,877 52.18% 4,574 18.53% 61.68% 12,877 8,303 3,042 – 278 – – 180 24,680 Malahat-Juan de Fuca Lib NDP 12,460 46.09% 1,932 7.15% 69.57% 10,528 12,460 2,610 1,256 – – – 180 27,034 Maple Ridge-Mission Lib Lib 12,095 44.30% 199 0.73% 63.31% 12,095 11,896 2,633 – 314 – 312 53 27,303 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Lib NDP 11,786 46.38% 925 3.64% 64.23% 10,861 11,786 1,869 534 360 – – – 25,410 Nanaimo Lib NDP 13,226 51.90% 4,569 17.93% 62.83% 8,657 13,226 2,933 – 294 – 204 169 25,483 Nanaimo-Parksville Lib Lib 16,542 51.42% 4,110 12.78% 69.56% 16,542 12,432 2,714 – 198 – – 283 32,169 Nelson-Creston Lib NDP 12,896 58.80% 7,034 32.07% 67.88% 5,862 12,896 2,724 – 276 – – 173 21,931 New Westminster Lib NDP 13,226 51.32% 3,581 13.89% 63.91% 9,645 13,226 2,416 152 293 – – 42 25,774 North Coast Lib NDP 5,845 53.77% 1,660 15.27% 60.86% 4,185 5,845 629 – 211 – – – 10,870 North Island Lib NDP 11,464 45.29% 660 2.61% 66.38% 10,804 11,464 1,874 699 – – 471 – 25,312 North Vancouver-Lonsdale Lib Lib 9,375 44.51% 984 4.67% 64.31% 9,375 8,391 2,562 163 209 – – 365 21,065 North Vancouver-Seymour Lib Lib 14,518 56.92% 6,923 27.14% 74.88% 14,518 7,595 3,013 – 212 – – 169 25,507 Oak Bay-Gordon Head Lib Lib 13,443 47.52% 1,427 5.04% 73.63% 13,443 12,016 2,379 278 – – 176 – 28,292 Okanagan-Vernon Lib Lib 11,566 43.20% 2,571 9.60% 61.10% 11,566 8,995 1,867 – 260 3,095 945 48 26,776 Okanagan-Westside Lib Lib 12,148 54.39% 5,275 23.62% 60.85% 12,148 6,873 2,262 1,051 – – – – 22,334 Peace River North Lib Lib 5,498 59.37% 2,987 32.26% 47.36% 5,498 2,511 638 – – – 613 – 9,260 Peace River South Lib Lib 5,810 57.74% 2,514 24.99% 56.30% 5,810 3,296 956 – – – – – 10,062 Penticton-Okanagan Valley Lib Lib 13,650 50.23% 3,453 12.71% 62.61% 13,650 10,197 2,669 – – – 660 – 27,176 Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Lib NDP 11,844 48.14% 1,092 4.44% 64.29% 10,752 11,844 1,691 – – – – 318 24,605 Port Moody-Westwood Lib Lib 14,161 53.75% 4,313 16.37% 60.57% 14,161 9,848 1,670 – – – 227 442 26,348 Powell River-Sunshine Coast Lib NDP 11,099 43.45% 3,397 13.30% 72.43% 7,702 11,099 6,585 – – – – 156 25,542 Prince George-Mount Robson Lib Lib 5,885 41.06% 891 6.22% 58.41% 5,885 4,994 1,053 – 241 – 2,158Paul Nettleton was the incumbent Liberal MLA in Prince George-Omineca. – 14,331 Prince George North Lib Lib 7,697 49.93% 2,099 13.62% 61.55% 7,697 5,598 1,201 241 235 – 443 – 15,415 Prince George-Omineca Lib Lib 8,622 51.71% 2,442 14.65% 64.22% 8,622 6,180 1,393 479 – – – – 16,674 Richmond Centre Lib Lib 10,908 58.56% 4,857 26.08% 49.42% 10,908 6,051 1,436 – 231 – – – 18,626 Richmond East Lib Lib 11,652 57.48% 4,960 24.47% 53.01% 11,652 6,692 1,530 – 191 – 207 – 20,272 Richmond-Steveston Lib Lib 13,859 59.20% 6,525 27.87% 59.87% 13,859 7,334 1,934 282 – – – – 23,409 Saanich North and the Islands Lib Lib 13,781 43.66% 1,939 6.14% 73.09% 13,781 11,842 4,846 1,092 – – – – 31,561 Saanich South Lib NDP 12,809 46.08% 429 1.54% 72.03% 12,380 12,809 2,018 223 – – 161 207 27,798 Shuswap Lib Lib 11,024 46.96% 2,743 11.68% 64.34% 11,024 8,281 1,394 – 356 2,330 – 92 23,477 Skeena Lib NDP 6,166 48.12% 359 2.80% 62.52% 5,807 6,166 616 – – – – 224 12,813 Surrey-Cloverdale Lib Lib 16,429 61.64% 8,789 32.97% 65.49% 16,429 7,640 2,280 305 – – – – 26,654 Surrey-Green Timbers Lib NDP 10,836 60.82% 5,217 29.28% 56.69% 5,619 10,836 791 142 225 – – 203 17,816 Surrey-Newton Lib NDP 10,741 57.89% 4,268 23.00% 60.42% 6,473 10,741 876 268 – – – 195 18,553 Surrey-Panorama Ridge Lib NDP 11,553 53.17% 2,980 13.71% 62.00% 8,573 11,553 1,370 – 234 – – – 21,730 Surrey-Tynehead Lib Lib 12,052 51.37% 2,583 11.01% 59.14% 12,052 9,469 1,095 – 243 – 603 – 23,462 Surrey-Whalley Lib NDP 8,903 55.00% 3,954 24.43% 54.95% 4,949 8,903 1,238 607 302 – 139 50 16,188 Surrey-White Rock Lib Lib 16,462 57.86% 8,951 31.46% 67.91% 16,462 7,511 3,051 87 – 1,340 – – 28,451 Vancouver-Burrard Lib Lib 12,009 42.16% 11 0.04% 51.95% 12,009 11,998 3,698 82 – – – 696 28,483 Vancouver-Fairview Lib NDP 13,009 46.59% 895 3.21% 60.64% 12,114 13,009 2,479 – – – 102 216 27,920 Vancouver-Fraserview Lib Lib 9,895 47.80% 1,112 5.37% 57.96% 9,895 8,783 1,374 – 650 – – – 20,702 Vancouver-Hastings NDP NDP 11,726 54.61% 4,816 22.43% 55.43% 6,910 11,726 1,928 – 188 – 130 589 21,471 Vancouver-Kensington Lib NDP 10,573 49.97% 1,624 7.67% 58.46% 8,949 10,573 1,273 – 266 – – 99 21,160 Vancouver-Kingsway Lib NDP 10,038 51.44% 2,144 10.99% 54.19% 7,894 10,038 1,212 – 219 – – 150 19,513 Vancouver-Langara Lib Lib 11,181 56.55% 4,661 23.57% 53.51% 11,181 6,520 1,591 – 144 – – 336 19,772 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant NDP NDP 12,974 64.24% 8,676 42.96% 49.93% 4,298 12,974 2,066 43 308 – 205 302 20,196 Vancouver-Point Grey Lib Lib 12,498 45.98% 2,250 8.28% 60.94% 12,498 10,248 4,111 – 138 – – 188 27,183 Vancouver-Quilchena Lib Lib 16,394 67.16% 11,263 46.14% 61.64% 16,394 5,131 2,538 – 175 – – 174 24,412 Victoria-Beacon Hill Lib NDP 16,081 57.03% 7,460 26.46% 64.12% 8,621 16,081 3,077 169 – – 247 – 28,195 Victoria-Hillside Lib NDP 13,926 57.00% 6,884 28.18% 62.74% 7,042 13,926 2,934 363 – – – 167 24,432 West Kootenay-Boundary Lib NDP 13,318 60.26% 7,138 32.30% 68.63% 6,180 13,318 1,561 – – 802 180 59 22,100 West Vancouver-Capilano Lib Lib 14,665 68.27% 10,765 50.11% 66.14% 14,665 3,900 2,648 – 147 – – 122 21,482 West Vancouver-Garibaldi Lib Lib 11,808 50.35% 5,573 23.76% 61.57% 11,808 4,947 6,235 – – 464 – – 23,454 Yale-Lillooet Lib NDP 8,432 48.90% 1,483 8.60% 66.97% 6,949 8,432 1,566 183 – – – 112 17,242 a #B9E5B9 silver = Open seat #F5F5DC silver = turnout is above provincial average #DCDCDC silver = winning candidate was in previous Legislature #EABB94 silver = Incumbent had switched allegiance #FFFF00 silver = Previously incumbent in another riding #EEBBBB silver = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature #87CEFA silver = Incumbency arose from by-election gain #DCD0FF silver = other incumbents renominated #FFA07A silver = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada #F0E68C silver = Multiple candidates Summary analysis + Party candidates in 2nd placeElections BC 2005 25–36 Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalLib NDP Grn IndBC Liberal row-name 44 1 1 46BC NDP row-name 33 33 Total33 44 1 1 79 + Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by partyElections BC 2005 25–36 Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5thBC NDP colour&name33 44 2 BC Liberal colour&name46 33 BC Green colour&name 1 74 4 BC Independent colour&name 1 1 7 11BC Conservative colour&name 2 5 BC Marijuana colour&name 25 15BC DRBC colour&name 22 6BC Libertarian colour&name 2 3BC Refederation colour&name 2 BC Social Credit colour&name 2 BC Freedom colour&name 1 BC Moderate Democratic Movement colour&name 1 BC Sex colour&name 1 BC YPP colour&name 1 BC Reform colour&name 1 BC Unity colour&name 1 BC WLP colour&name 8BC People's Front colour&name 3BC Platinum colour&name 2BC Western Canada Concept colour&name 2BC Youth Coalition colour&name 2BC British Columbia colour&name 1BC Communist colour&name 1BC Emerged Democracy colour&name 1BC Progressive Nationalist colour&name 1 + Resulting composition of the 38th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Source PartyLibNDPTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned36 1 37Open seats held10 1 11Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated 20 20Open seats gained – new MLAs 8 8Open seats gained – taken by candidates who had previously been MLAs 2 2Byelection gains held 1 1Total46 33 79 Results by region Party nameVan.Van. East Sub.North Shore/Sun. C.Rich./Delta/SurreyVan. IslandFraser ValleyInteriorNorthTotal BC Liberal rowBC Liberal Seats:5447479646 BC Liberal row Popular Vote:44.3%44.9%49.6%48.2%40.7%53.2%44.9%48.8%45.8% BC NDP rowNew Democrats Seats:5415916233 BC NDP row Popular Vote:43.7%45.3%30.7%39.6%47.1%35.2%41.5%38.7%41.5%Total seats:10851213815879Parties that won no seats:BC Green row-name Popular Vote:9.6%7.7%18.0%7.1%9.6%8.9%8.6%7.1%9.2% BC DRBC row-name Popular Vote:0.1%0.8%0.1%0.6%1.4%0.7%0.9%1.0%0.8% BC Marijuana row-name Popular Vote:0.9%0.5%0.5%0.7%0.3%1.1%0.7%0.9%0.7% BC Conservative row-name Popular Vote:--0.4%0.1%--2.4%-0.6% BC WLP row-name Popular Vote:0.4%-0.2%xx0.1%---0.1% BC Libertarian row-name Popular Vote:0.3%0.1%------0.1% BC Platinum row-name Popular Vote:0.1%0.1%-xx-0.2%--xx BC Refederation row-name Popular Vote:--0.1%-0.1%---xx BC Social Credit row-name Popular Vote:0.1%0.1%------xx BC YPP row-name Popular Vote:-0.2%------xx BC Western Canada Concept row-name Popular Vote:----0.1%---xx BC People's Front row-name Popular Vote:0.1%---xx-xxxxxx BC Youth Coalition row-name Popular Vote:-----0.2%--xx BC Moderates row-name Popular Vote:-----0.2%--xx BC Reform row-name Popular Vote:--0.3%-----xx BC British Columbia row-name Popular Vote:---0.1%---0.2%xx BC Sex row-name Popular Vote:0.1%-------xx BC Bloc row-name Popular Vote:------0.1%-xx BC Freedom row-name Popular Vote:----xx0.1%--xx BC Communist row-name Popular Vote:xx--xx--xx-xx BC Unity row-name Popular Vote:-------0.2%xx BC Emerged Democracy row-name Popular Vote:---0.1%----xx BC Patriot row-name Popular Vote:------xx-xx BC Independent rowIndependents/No Affiliation Popular Vote:0.2%0.3%-3.5%0.5%0.2%0.7%3.1%1.0% xx Denotes party received less than 0.1% Timeline Pre-campaign period August 30, 2001 – Bill 7, Constitution Amendment Act is passed, fixing the date of the election at May 17, 2005. November 13, 2002 – Liberal MLA Paul Nettleton accuses the government of a secret plan to privatize BC Rail as well the BC Hydro electric utility. He is removed from caucus several days later and sits as an Independent Liberal until the 2005 election, when he unsuccessfully ran in Prince George-Mount Robson against Shirley Bond. BC Rail was subsequently sold to CN in what other bidders have described as a corrupted process, and BC Hydro's administrative arm was sold to Accenture. January 9, 2003 – Premier Gordon Campbell is arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Maui. Because drunk driving is not a criminal offence in the state of Hawaii, but only a misdemeanour, Campbell did not resign his seat as he would have had to in Canada, and due to pressure from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) he attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and a series of speaking engagements condemning drinking and driving. November 23, 2003 – Carole James is elected as leader of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia. December 28, 2003 – the RCMP execute search warrants on various locations in the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria, including offices in the Parliament Buildings in Victoria, in relation to suspicious dealings in relation to the bidding process for the sale of BC Rail (see BC Legislature Raids). March 22, 2004 – Liberal MLA Elayne Brenzinger quits the caucus citing a "secret agenda" being undertaken by Premier Campbell in relation to the sale of BC Rail.Hansard, October 6, 2004, quoted in the BC Legislature Raids blog September 17, 2004 – Deputy Premier Christy Clark, whose house had been searched under warrant by the RCMP in connection with the BC Legislature Raids investigation, quits politics saying she wanted to spend more time with her family. October 22, 2004 – New Democrat Jagrup Brar wins a by-election in Surrey-Panorama Ridge with 53.6% of the vote, a swing of 33.7% to the NDP from the 2001 result. One of Brar's competitors was Green leader Adriane Carr who captured 8.4% of the vote. December 14, 2004 – In the wake of revelations he had been under surveillance by the RCMP in connection with dealings concerning the sale of BC Rail, Liberal Finance Minister Gary Farrell-Collins abruptly resigns from cabinet and the legislature despite having been named co-chair of the Liberal re-election campaign a month earlier. The move requires Premier Campbell to undertake a minor cabinet shuffle. January 15, 2005 – The Democratic Reform British Columbia party is created out of a merger of the British Columbia Democratic Coalition and the All Nations Party of British Columbia. The party also boasts the support of key elements of the Reform Party of British Columbia. Prior to the official creation of this party, the Democratic Coalition and Reform BC jointly nominated a candidate for the Surrey-Panorama Ridge by-election. January 19, 2005 – Independent MLA Elayne Brenzinger joins DRBC, adding a third party to the Legislative Assembly for the first time since Gordon Wilson folded his Progressive Democratic Alliance party and joined the NDP. January 31, 2005 – Liberal MLA and then-cabinet minister Sandy Santori resigns from his seat in the Legislature in a dispute over the deletion of emails by Premier Gordon Campbell's Deputy Minister to the Premier, Ken Dobell."Delete button wipes out 'transparency' in government: Called for 'thorough, complete, diligent investigation'", Michael Smyth, The Province June 25, 2009, quoted in the BC Legislature Raids blog February 15, 2005 – New Liberal Finance Minister Colin Hansen introduces what is widely viewed as an "election budget" which promised $1.3 billion in new spending, tax cuts and an economic surplus. March 11, 2005 – Attorney-General Geoff Plant announces that he will not seek re-election. March 15, 2005 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation board chair Carole Taylor announces that she will run for the Liberals in the riding of Vancouver-Langara. Premier Gordon Campbell endorses Taylor's candidacy. March 29, 2005 – The consortium of television stations organizing the leaders' debate announces that the leaders of the Liberal, New Democratic, and Green parties will be invited to participate in the debate. April 13, 2005 – The NDP and Green Party release their platforms in Victoria. Campaign period April 19, 2005 – The writ of election is issued (not "dropped" as in past elections), dissolving the Legislature and beginning the official campaign period. April 20, 2005 – The NDP becomes the first party to complete a province-wide nomination slate. April 22, 2005 – NDP candidate Rollie Keith withdraws his candidacy in Chilliwack-Kent after telling the Vancouver Province that he was "impressed" when he met Slobodan Milošević and that he did not believe there had been war crimes committed in Kosovo. May 3, 2005 – The leaders of the Liberal, NDP and Green parties meet in a televised debate. Commentators indicate the debate was either a draw or a win for Green leader Adriane Carr. An Ipsos-Reid poll conducted online following the debate showed that 33% of debate views thought the debate produced no clear winner, 31% felt NDP leader Carole James won, 23% felt Liberal leader Gordon Campbell won while only 12% saw Carr as the winner. May 17, 2005 – CBC projects a BC Liberal majority government at 9:05 p.m. local time. June 22, 2005 – Tim Stevenson, who lost to Lorne Mayencourt by 11 votes, asks the Supreme Court of British Columbia to order a new election in Vancouver-Burrard due to 70 ballots that could not be counted because they had not been initialed by election officials. Opinion polls Voter intention polling 600px|Opinion polls during the 37th Parliament of British Columbia + Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level Polling firmLast day of survey SourceLiberalNDP Green Unity Other ME Margin of Error SampleVoting results45.8041.529.180.013.49Strategic11 May 2005 HTML4936132Ipsos10 May 2005 124739113± 3.51,050Mustel9 May 2005 HTML4540123Robbins SCE5 May 2005 HTML 3940 13 8The writ of election is issued (19 April 2005)Ipsos26 April 2005 124639132± 3.51,050Nordic6 April 2005 HTML43 34 14 8Ipsos14 March 2005 124639124± 3.5800Ipsos30 November 2004 1PDF44411203± 3.5800Ipsos15 September 2004 1PDF40381633± 3.5800Ipsos7 July 2004 12 3738 18 4 3± 3.5800Ipsos7 March 2004 12 3942 12 5 1± 3.5800Ipsos8 December 2003 1PDF41371454± 3.5800Carole James is elected as NDP leader (23 November 2003)Ipsos9 September 2003 1PDF45311744± 3.5800Ipsos12 May 2003 1PDF44281855± 3.5800Ipsos10 March 2003 1PDF44301933± 3.5800Ipsos13 January 2003 1PDF41341834± 3.5800Ipsos9 December 2002 1PDF44311753± 3.5800Ipsos11 September 2002 HTML43281955± 3.5800Ipsos11 June 2002 HTML48251855± 3.5800Ipsos8 May 2002 1245272044± 3.5800Ipsos11 March 2002 1248281635± 3.5800Ipsos10 December 2001 1250211783± 3.5800Ipsos21 September 2001 HTML62151435Joy MacPhail is appointed as NDP interim leader (16 June 2001)Election 200157.6221.5612.393.235.20 Besides the usual public polling by market research firms, other organizations have been attempting to predict the results of the upcoming election using alternate methods. Results suggest that all three projections below underestimated NDP seats and overestimated Liberal seats: UBC's Election Stock Market tracks the prices of contracts whose value depend on election results: Popular vote: Lib 44.5%, NDP 35.9%, Green 13.9%, Other 5.3% Seats: Lib 48.6 (61.5), NDP 29.4 (37.2), Other 1.6 (2.0)(values in parentheses are values of actual contracts, in cents) The Election Prediction Project aggregates submissions from the Internet and subjectively predicts winners based on the submissions (see methodology): Seats: Lib 50, NDP 29, Other 0 Will McMartin at the progressive online newspaper The Tyee makes his predictions by looking at "historic election results and selected demographics, as well as public opinion polls, regional sources and input from Election Central readers" (see details): Seats: Lib 51, NDP 28, Other 0. Political parties British Columbia has Canada's least restrictive elections laws with regard to political party registration, and consequently there are currently nearly 50 parties registered with Elections BC, by far the most of any jurisdiction in the country. Twenty-five parties contested the 2005 election, also a considerably greater number than anywhere else in Canada. List of political parties in Canada#British Columbia British Columbia Liberal Party  Leader: Gordon Campbell The BC Liberals won 77 of 79 seats in the 2001 election. At dissolution, the party held 72 seats. One member elected as a Liberal left the party to sit as a member of Democratic Reform British Columbia; one member elected as a Liberal left to sit as an independent; the party lost one by-election to the opposition New Democratic Party; and two former Liberal seats were vacant when the election was called. In 2005 election, the Liberal party dropped from 72 to 46 seats in the legislature, yet still won the election. New Democratic Party of British Columbia  Leader: Carole James The NDP's legislative caucus was reduced from a majority to just two seats in the 2001 election. It won another seat in an October 2004 by-election to bring the total to three. Carole James led the NDP to 33 seats to become the Leader of the Opposition. Green Party of British Columbia  Leader: Adriane Carr The Green Party ran 72 candidates in 2001, winning 12 percent of the vote but no seats in the legislature. Some argued that the Green Party support peaked in 2001, drawing on dissatisfied NDP voters, and they would remain incapable of winning a seat in 2005 under the First-Past-the-Post system; others believed that if there had been four or more competitive parties in this election, the Greens might elect a handful of members. Alternatively, if they had received more votes, they would have been more likely to win a seat. The Greens may benefit if a later election is conducted using the proposed BC-STV system. In 2005, the Greens received 9% of the popular vote and no seats. Democratic Reform British Columbia  Leader: Tom Morino Democratic Reform British Columbia is a new party created in early 2005 by the merger of the British Columbia Democratic Coalition—a coalition of minor centrist parties— with the All Nations Party of British Columbia and key elements of the Reform BC. Independent MLA Elayne Brenzinger, a former Liberal, became DRBC's first MLA on January 19, 2005. Controversially, no invitation was extended for Morino to participate in the leader's debate. British Columbia Marijuana Party  Leader: Marc Emery The BC Marijuana Party nominated 43 candidates in this election. It was the only party other than the Liberals and NDP to run candidates in all 79 districts in 2001. The party chose not to run in certain districts and instead endorse New Democrat and Green candidates who publicly favour the legalization of marijuana. Party founder Marc Emery ran against Solicitor General Rich Coleman, an anti-drug hardliner, in staunchly conservative Fort Langley-Aldergrove. He gained controversy early in the campaign for claiming that the government spends too much money on senior citizens. Minor parties  Work Less Party of British Columbia Leader: Conrad Schmidt The WLP is an anti-materialist political movement that hopes to achieve socialist and green ends through, among other things, the promotion of a four-day work-week. The 2005 BC election marked the debut in Western politics of any registered party expressly driven by the ideology of voluntary simplicity. It nominated 11 candidates, all in urban ridings. Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness Leader: Jeff Evans Nominated eleven candidates. British Columbia Conservative Party Leader: Barry Chilton Nominated seven candidates. Former provincial affiliate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada British Columbia Libertarian Party No registered leader Nominated six candidates. Provincial affiliate of the Libertarian Party of Canada People's Front Leader: Charles Boylan Nominated five candidates. Provincial affiliate of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist). Western Refederation Party of British Columbia No registered leader A new autonomist/separatist party that nominated four candidates around the province. Communist Party of British Columbia Leader: George Gidora Nominated three candidates. Provincial affiliate of the Communist Party of Canada. Sex Party Leader: John Ince Nominated three candidates in the City of Vancouver. Billed itself as "the world's first sex-positive party." Bloc British Columbia Party Leader: Paddy Roberts Libertarian separatist movement. Nominated three candidates in the Interior. British Columbia Social Credit Party No registered leader Although Social Credit governed British Columbia for most of the period from 1952 to 1991, the party is now a minor party, with little organization or support. It nominated the minimum two candidates in order to retain party status this election. Freedom Party of British Columbia Leader: Kenneth Montgomery Keillor Nominated two candidates. British Columbia Patriot Party Leader: Andrew Hokhold Nominated two candidates. Western Canada Concept Party of British Columbia Leader: Doug Christie Although the WCC did not run in the 2001 election, it has been a constant, if minor, force in the BC political fringes for decades. Christie, its controversial leader, and a second candidate were nominated by the party in Greater Victoria. British Columbia Party Leader: Grant Mitton The BC Party is also a relatively old minor party, one of several populist conservative organizations that attempted to fill the vacuum after the collapse of Social Credit in the mid-nineties. This was the first election in which it nominated candidates. It nominated two candidates. A third possible candidate, Summer Davis in Surrey-Tynehead, ran as an independent. British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement No registered leader The majority of the Moderates, including leader Matthew Laird, joined DRBC. The party's registration did not lapsed, however. The two candidates running under its banner opposed the merger. British Columbia Youth Coalition No registered leader. Nominated two candidates. British Columbia Unity Party Interim Leader: Daniel Stelmacker BC Unity finished fourth in 2001, winning slightly over 3% of the vote with a slate of 56 candidates. It stood poised to potentially benefit from right-of-centre voters disenchanted with Campbell, but instead fell victim to serious internal division following a failed merger with the BC Conservative Party, which led to Chris Delaney's resignation as party leader. It appointed Daniel Stelmacker as its interim leader until it can hold a full leadership convention in the autumn of 2005. Stelmacker was its only nominated candidate, in Skeena riding. Reform Party of British Columbia No registered leader Aborted mergers with BC Unity and DRBC drained supporters left and right from BC Reform, leaving only a tiny core of what was briefly BC's third party. Party founder Ron Gamble was the party's sole candidate in North Vancouver-Lonsdale. Your Political Party of British Columbia Leader: James Filippelli YPP appears to be a one-man political movement; its website made mention of no figures other than Filippelli, the party's founder and leader, who was its sole candidate in this election. He ran in Port Moody-Westwood. Emerged Democracy Party of British Columbia Leader: Tony Luck Nominated one candidate, Rob Nordberg, in Surrey-Green Timbers. References Further reading 2005 Statement of Votes - 38th Provincial General Election https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2005GEResults/SOV-GEcomplete.pdf Victoria Elections BC 0227-9207 Elections BC 2005 https://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2005-Errata.pdf Errata to Statutory Reports of the May 17, 2005 General Election and Referendum on Electoral Reform 2009 Elections BC Mutimer David Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2005 2012 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9781442643857 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_c2n9 registration External links Elections BC CBC - BC Votes 2005 canada.com/The Vancouver Sun – BC Election 2005 The Tyee Election Central: Battleground BC Election Almanac – British Columbia Provincial Election Simulation of 2005 Election with STV Ridings electionprediction.org – BC 2005 UBC Election Stock Market B.C. 2005 Prof. Antweiler's "Voter Migration Matrix" Election Forecasting Tool 2001 Election Candidate Financial Disclosures Category: elections in Canada General election Category:May 2005 in Canada