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British Columbia General Election, 2001The 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on April 18, 2001, and held on May 16, 2001. The incumbent New Democratic Party had been rocked by scandal that had led to the resignation of leader Glen Clark. Clark was replaced by the well-respected Ujjal Dosanjh. Dosanjh was not, however, able to restore the party's public image, and the NDP was soundly defeated by the conservative Liberal Party, led by former Vancouver mayor Gordon Campbell. The Liberals won over 57% of the popular vote, and all but two of the 79 seats in the provincial legislature. The NDP, on the other hand, lost almost half of the share of the popular vote that it had won in the 1996 election, and did not reach the 4 seats required for official status of caucus in the BC Legislature. The British Columbia Unity Party had been created as a union of conservative parties. Initially, Reform BC, the Social Credit, the BC Conservative Party, 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 The other parties had withdrawn to continue independently.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 would continue 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 | owspan="2"|Party | rowspan="2"|Party Leader | rowspan="2"|# of candidates | colspan="3"|Seats | colspan="3"|Popular Vote | | lign="center"|Previous | align="center"|After | align="center"|% Change | align="center"|# | align="center"|% | align="center"|Change | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Liberal-Party" title="British Columbia Liberal Party">Liberal | Gordon Campbell | align="right"| 79 | align="right"| 33 | align="right"| 77 | align="right"| +133.3% | align="right"| 916,888 | align="right"| 57.62% | align="right"| +15.80% | a href="/encyclopedia/New-Democratic-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="New Democratic Party of British Columbia">New Democratic | Ujjal Dosanjh | align="right"| 79 | align="right"| 39 | align="right"| 2 | align="right"| -94.9% | align="right"| 343,156 | align="right"| 21.56% | align="right"| -17.89% | a href="/encyclopedia/Green-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Green Party of British Columbia">Green | Adriane Carr | align="right"| 72 | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| - | align="right"| 197,231 | align="right"| 12.39% | align="right"| +10.40% | a href="/encyclopedia/Unity-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Unity Party of British Columbia">Unity | Chris Delaney | align="right"| 56 | align="right"| - | align="right"| - | align="right"| - | align="right"| 51,426 | align="right"| 3.23% | align="right"| +2.97% | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Marijuana-Party" title="British Columbia Marijuana Party">Marijuana | Dana Larsen | align="right"| 79 | align="right"| - | align="right"| - | align="right"| - | align="right"| 51,206 | align="right"| 3.22% | align="right"| n.a. | ndependent | align="center"| | align="right"|30 | align="right"|- | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| 14,588 | align="right"| 0.92% | align="right"| +0.28% | a href="/encyclopedia/Reform-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Reform Party of British Columbia">Reform | align="center"| | align="right"|9 | align="right"| 2 | align="right"|- | align="right"| -100% | align="right"| 3,439 | align="right"| 0.22% | align="right"| -9.05% | a href="/encyclopedia/All-Nations-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="All Nations Party of British Columbia">All Nations | align="center"| | align="right"|6 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 3,380 | align="right"| 0.21% | align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Conservative-Party" title="British Columbia Conservative Party">Conservative | align="center"| | align="right"|6 | align="right"|- | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| 2,417 | align="right"| 0.15% | align="right"| +0.09% | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Social-Credit-Party" title="British Columbia Social Credit Party">Social Credit | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"| - | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| 1,948 | align="right"| 0.12% | align="right"| -0.27% | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Action-Party" title="British Columbia Action Party">BC Action | align="center"| | align="right"|5 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 1,636 | align="right"| 0.10% | align="right"| n.a. | o Affiliation | align="center"| | align="right"|6 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 727 | align="right"| 0.05% | align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/People's-Front-(Canada)" title="People's Front (Canada)">People's Front | align="center"| | align="right"|11 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 720 | align="right"| 0.05% | align="right"| - | a href="/encyclopedia/Western-Reform" title="Western Reform">Western Reform | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 621 | align="right"| 0.04% | align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Citizens-Alliance-Now" title="British Columbia Citizens Alliance Now">Citizens Alliance Now | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 584 | align="right"| 0.04% | align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/Council-of-British-Columbians" title="Council of British Columbians">Council of British Columbians | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 399 | align="right"| 0.03 | align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/Communist-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Communist Party of British Columbia">Communist | align="center"| | align="right"|4 | align="right"| - | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| 381 | align="right"| 0.02% | align="right"| +0.01% | a href="/encyclopedia/Freedom-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Freedom Party of British Columbia">Freedom | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 240 | align="right"| 0.02% | align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/Party-of-Citizens-Who-Have-Decided-to-Think-for-Themselves-and-Be-Their-Own-politicians" title="Party of Citizens Who Have Decided to Think for Themselves and Be Their Own politicians">Party of Citizens.... | align="center"| | align="right"|2 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 147 | align="right"| 0.01% | align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Patriot-Party" title="British Columbia Patriot Party">Patriot | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 82 | align="right"| 0.01% | align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/Citizens-Commonwealth-Federation" title="Citizens Commonwealth Federation">Citizens Commonwealth | align="center"| | align="right"|4 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 49 | align="right"| x | align="right"| n.a. | a href="/encyclopedia/Central-Party-(British-Columbia)" title="Central Party (British Columbia)">Central | align="center"| | align="right"|3 | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"|- | align="right"| n.a. | align="right"| 41 | align="right"| x | align="right"| n.a. | | otal | align="center"| | align="right"| 456 | align="right"| 75 | align="right"| 79 | align="right"| +5.3% | align="right"| 1,591,306 | align="right"| 100% | align="right"|- | Notes: x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote. n.a. - not applicable: the party was not recognized at the previous election. Unity Party results are calculated relative to Family Coalition Party results. Riding By Riding breakdown Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers and former premiers. Incumbents denoted with a dagger (†) did not seek re-election. Northern British Columbia | idth=16% rowspan=2|Electoral District | colspan=6|Candidates | width=14% rowspan=2|Incumbent | | idth=11.5% bgcolor=sandybrown|NDP | width=11.5% bgcolor=lightcoral|BC Liberal | width=11.5% bgcolor=yellowgreen|Green | width=11.5% bgcolor=tan|Marijuana | width=11.5% bgcolor=mediumturquoise|Unity | width=11.5% bgcolor=gainsboro|Other | | gcolor=whitesmoke|Bulkley Valley-Stikine | Bill Goodacre 2,823 | bgcolor=lightcoral|Dennis MacKay 7,414 | Rolf Hussinger 856 | Trevor McKilligan 507 | Rod Taylor 1,190 | Theresa Tait (ANP) 405 Bill Forsyth (BC) 62 | bgcolor=sandybrown|Bill Goodacre | | gcolor=whitesmoke|North Coast | Colleen Fitzpatrick 4,084 | bgcolor=lightcoral|Bill Belsey 4,915 | David Konsmo 560 | Kenneth Peerless 623 | Clarence Hall 152 | Emsily Bolton (ANP) 526 | bgcolor=sandybrown|Dan Miller† | | gcolor=whitesmoke|Peace River North | Brian Churchill 1,047 | bgcolor=lightcoral|Richard Neufeld 6,629 | | Paul Renaud 810 | Roy Daniel Strange 568 | |bgcolor=lightcoral|Richard Neufeld | | gcolor=whitesmoke|Peace River South | Elmer Kabush 767 | bgcolor=lightcoral|Blair Lekstrom 6,393 | Stacy LaJeunesse 407 | Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek 444 | Garret Golhof 225 | Grant Mitton (SC) 1,726 | bgcolor=gainsboro|Jack Weisgerber † | | gcolor=whitesmoke|Prince George-Mount Robson | Todd Whitcombe 2,655 | bgcolor=lightcoral|Shirley Bond 8,033 | Lelani Arris 1,429 | Andrej DeWolf 744 | Bob Zayonc 1,110 | Erle Martz (Ref.) 445 | bgcolor=sandybrown|Lois Boone † | | gcolor=whitesmoke|Prince George North | Bryan Llewellyn 2,148 | bgcolor=lightcoral|Pat Bell 9,215 | Hilary Crowley 1,137 | Robert Grimsrud 588 | David G. 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