The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia () is the deliberative assembly of the Legislature of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The legislature also includes the lieutenant governor of British Columbia. The assembly has 93 elected members and meets in Victoria. Members are elected from provincial ridings and are referred to as members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor in the name of the King of Canada.
The current legislature is the 43rd Parliament. The most recent general election was held on October 19, 2024. Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly are broadcast by Hansard Broadcasting Services.
Location
From 1856 to 1860, the Legislature of the Colony of Vancouver Island met at Bachelor's Hall at Fort Victoria. From 1860 to 1898 it was housed in the first permanent building at Legislative Hall or Legislative Council Court, a two-storey wooden building along with four other buildings (Land Office, Colonial Office, Supreme Court, and Treasury) known colloquially as "The Birdcages" because of their shape (burned 1957). Since 1898, the legislature has been located in the British Columbia Parliament Buildings, which features a , central dome, two end pavilions, and a gilded statue of George Vancouver.
Recent parliaments
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Parliament
! colspan="2" |Period
! colspan="3" |Government<br />
! colspan="3" |Opposition<br />
|-
!Start
!End
! colspan="2" |Party
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
!Name
|-
| 30th<br />1972 British Columbia general election|
| 1972
| 1975
| |
|
| Dave Barrett
| |
| Social Credit
|
|-
| 31st<br />1975 British Columbia general election|
| 1976
| 1979
| |
|
| Bill Bennett
| |
| NDP
| Dave Barrett
|-
| 32nd<br />1979 British Columbia general election|
| 1979
| 1983
| |
|
| Bill Bennett
| |
| NDP
| Dave Barrett
|-
| 33rd<br />1983 British Columbia general election|
| 1983
| 1986
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|-
| 34th<br />1986 British Columbia general election|
| 1987
| 1991
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|-
| 35th<br />1991 British Columbia general election|
| 1991
| 1996
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|-
| 36th<br />1996 British Columbia general election|
| 1996
| 2001
| |
|
|
| |
|
| Gordon Campbell
|-
| 37th<br />2001 British Columbia general election|
| 2001
| 2005
| |
|
| Gordon Campbell
| |
|
| Joy MacPhail
|-
| 38th<br />2005 British Columbia general election|
| 2005
| 2009
| |
|
| Gordon Campbell
| |
|
| Carole James
|-
| 39th<br />2009 British Columbia general election|
| 2009
| 2013
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|-
| 40th<br />2013 British Columbia general election|
| 2013
| 2017
| |
|
| Christy Clark
| |
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |41st<br />2017 British Columbia general election|
| rowspan="2" |2017
| rowspan="2" |2020
| |
|
| Christy Clark
| |
|
| John Horgan
|-
| |
|
| John Horgan
| |
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 42nd<br />2020 British Columbia general election|
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |
| |
|
|
|-
| style="background: #12C0D3;" |
| United
| Kevin Falcon
|-
|43rd<br>2024 British Columbia general election|
|2025
|present
| |
|
| David Eby
| |
| Conservative
|
|}
Officeholders
Since 2024
Speaker
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia: Raj Chouhan (NDP)
Other chair occupants
- Deputy speaker; chair, Committee of the Whole: Mable Elmore (New Democratic Party)
- Assistant deputy speaker: Lorne Doerkson (Conservative)
Leaders
- Premier of British Columbia: David Eby (New Democratic Party)
- Leader of the Opposition: Trevor Halford (Conservative)
- Green Party leader: Emily Lowan
House leaders
- Government House leader: Ravi Kahlon (New Democratic Party)
- Opposition House leader: Áʼa꞉líya Warbus (Conservative)
- Green Party House leader: Rob Botterell
Gallery
See also
- Executive Council of British Columbia
- Legislative Council of British Columbia
- List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009)
- British Columbia Legislature raids