British Columbia General Election, 2005

Parties that currently have MLAs

British Columbia Liberal Party

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia

Smaller Parties

Green Party of British Columbia

British Columbia Unity Party

British Columbia Marijuana Party

Other parties that have formed government

British Columbia Conservative Party

British Columbia Social Credit Party

Other parties that have nominated candidates

• The Work Less Party of British Columbia's current leader is Conrad Schmidt. It has nominated 10 candidates thus far.

• The Your Political Party of British Columbia's current leader is James Filippelli, who is running in Port Moody - Westwood.

• The Western Refederation Party of British Columbia currently has no leader registered with Elections BC. It has nominated Linden Robert Shaw, who is running in Nanaimo.

Other parties that contested the last election

• The People's Front ran 11 candidates in 2001. Its current leader is Charles Boylan.

• The Reform Party of British Columbia ran 9 candidates in 2001. It currently has no leader registered with Elections BC. Its president and a number of its members have joined the new Democratic Reform British Columbia party as of January 15, 2005.

• The Communist Party of BC ran 4 candidates in 2001. Its current leader is George Gidora.

• The British Columbia Citizens Alliance Now ran 2 candidates in 2001. Its current leader is Bill P. Forsyth.

• The Freedom Party of British Columbia ran 2 candidates in 2001. Its current leader is Kenneth Montgomery Keillor.

• The Party of Citizens Who Have Decided to Think for Themselves and Be Their Own Politicians ran 2 candidates in 2001. Its current leader is Franklin Wayne Poley.

• The British Columbia Patriot Party ran 1 candidate in 2001. Its current leader is Andrew Nicholas Hokhold.

• The Citizens Commonwealth Federation ran 1 candidate in 2001. Its current leader is Laery Braaten.

• The Western Reform ran 1 candidate in 2001. Its current leader is Lisa Maskell.

Other parties

• The Alternative Party's current leader is James J. Strauss.

• The Annexation Party of British Columbia's current leader is R. Gordon Brosseuk.

• The BC Allegiance Party's current leader is Ross Parker.

• The BC Youth Coalition currently has no leader registered with Elections BC.

• The Bloc British Columbia Party's current leader is Paddy Roberts.

• The British Columbia Democratic Futures Party's current leader is Chad Bester.

• The British Columbia Labour Party's current leader is Gordon Henderson.

• The British Columbia Party's current leader is Grant Mitton.

• The Canadian Alliance Party of British Columbia's current leader is Fred J. Cavanagh.

• The Centre Democratic Party's current leader is Thomas E. Deak.

• The Citizens Action Party's current leader is Bill Savage.

• The Confederation Party of BC's current leader is Terry Milne.

• The Emerged Democracy Party of British Columbia's current leader is Tony Luck.

• The Enterprise Party of B.C. currently has no leader registered with Elections BC.

• The Free Canadian Party's current leader is Steven Kubby.

• The Idealists Party's current leader is George Mann.

• Link BC's current leader is Harvey Maser.

• The Natural Law Party of British Columbia's current leader is John Cowhig.

• The None of the Above Party of BC's current leader is Sal Vetro.

• The People of British Columbia Millionaires Party's current leader is Terry Cooke.

• The Renewal Party of B.C.'s current leader is Eric Buckley.

• The United Peoples Action Party's current leader is Ernest Schmidt.

• The Western Canada Concept Party of British Columbia's current leader is Douglas Christie.

Deregistered parties that contested the 2001 election

• The All Nations Party of British Columbia ran 6 candidates in 2001. It merged into the new Democratic Reform British Columbia party on January 15, 2005.

• The B.C. Action Party ran 5 candidates in 2001. It is no longer registered with Elections BC.

• The Council of British Columbians ran 2 candidates in 2001. It is no longer registered with Elections BC.

• The Central Party ran 1 candidate in 2001. It is no longer registered with Elections BC.

• The Moderate Democratic Movement, created after the 2001 election, merged into the new Democratic Reform British Columbia party on January 15, 2005.

• August 23, 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 the BC Hydro power utility. He is removed from caucus several days later and still sits as an Independent Liberal.

• January 9, 2003 - Premier Gordon Campbell is arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Hawaii.

• November 23, 2003 - Carole James is elected as leader of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.

• March 22, 2004 - Liberal MLA Elayne Brenzinger quits the caucus citing a "secret agenda" being understaken by Premier Campbell.

• 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 - Liberal Finance Minister Gary 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 former cabinet minister Sandy Santori resigns from his seat in the Legislature.

• 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 a 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.

• Ipsos-Reid/The Globe and Mail, 2005 - Mar 7 - Mar 17: Lib 46%, NDP 39%, Green 12% http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=6396

• Mustel, 2005 - Feb 3 - Feb 13: Lib 46%, NDP 40%, Green 10%, Reform 2%, Other 3% http://www.mustelgroup.com/pr/20050222.htm

• Robbins SCE Research, 2004 - Nov 10 - Nov 16: NDP 49%, Lib 41%, Green 7% http://www.robbinssceresearch.com/polls/poll_152.html?PHPSESSID=8549ee59a8dc6245469e747b89209543

Northern British Columbia

Kootenay, Columbia and Boundary

Okanagan and Shuswap

Thompson and Cariboo

Fraser Valley

Surrey

Richmond and Delta

Vancouver's Eastern Suburbs

Vancouver

North Shore and Sunshine Coast

Vancouver Island

Greater Victoria

Results by party

Results by region

• Elections BC
• Nodice Elections: British Columbia
• electionprediction.org - BC 2005
• The Tyee Election Central: Battleground BC
• 2001 Election Candidate Financial Disclosures

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