# 38th Parliament of British Columbia

The 38th Parliament of British Columbia sat from 2005 to 2009, replacing the 37th parliament and being succeeded by the 39th parliament. It was composed of two elements, The Queen represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, Steven Point, and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as elected by the general election of British Columbia, Canada, on May 17, 2005. The Speaker of the House was Bill Barisoff.

## The 38th Parliament

| Member | Party | Electoral district | First elected / previously elected |
| George Abbott | Liberal | Shuswap | 1996 |
| Robin Austin | NDP | Skeena | 2005 |
| Harry Bains | NDP | Surrey-Newton | 2005 |
| Bill Barisoff† | Liberal | Penticton-Okanagan Valley | 1996 |
| Pat Bell | Liberal | Prince George North | 2001 |
| Bill Bennett | Liberal | East Kootenay | 2001 |
| Iain Black | Liberal | Port Moody-Westwood | 2005 |
| Harry Bloy | Liberal | Burquitlam | 2001 |
| Shirley Bond | Liberal | Prince George-Mount Robson | 2001 |
| Jagrup Brar | NDP | Surrey-Panorama Ridge | 2004 |
| Gordon Campbell | Liberal | Vancouver-Point Grey | 1994 |
| Ron Cantelon | Liberal | Nanaimo-Parksville | 2005 |
| Ida Chong | Liberal | Oak Bay-Gordon Head | 1996 |
| Raj Chouhan | NDP | Burnaby-Edmonds | 2005 |
| David Chudnovsky | NDP | Vancouver-Kensington | 2005 |
| Tom Christensen | Liberal | Okanagan-Vernon | 2001 |
| Murray Coell | Liberal | Saanich North and the Islands | 1996 |
| Rich Coleman | Liberal | Fort Langley-Aldergrove | 1996 |
| Katrine Conroy | NDP | West Kootenay-Boundary | 2005 |
| Gary Coons | NDP | North Coast | 2005 |
| David Cubberley | NDP | Saanich South | 2005 |
| Mike de Jong | Liberal | Abbotsford-Mount Lehman | 1994 |
| Adrian Dix | NDP | Vancouver-Kingsway | 2005 |
| Corky Evans | NDP | Nelson-Creston | 1991, 2005 |
| Kevin Falcon | Liberal | Surrey-Cloverdale | 2001 |
| Mike Farnworth | NDP | Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | 1991, 2005 |
| Rob Fleming | NDP | Victoria-Hillside | 2005 |
| Scott Fraser | NDP | Alberni-Qualicum | 2005 |
| Guy Gentner | NDP | Delta North | 2005 |
| Stan Hagen | Liberal | Comox Valley | 1986, 2001 |
| Sue Hammell | NDP | Surrey-Green Timbers | 1991, 2005 |
| Colin Hansen | Liberal | Vancouver-Quilchena | 1996 |
| Randy Hawes | Liberal | Maple Ridge-Mission | 2001 |
| Sindi Hawkins | Liberal | Kelowna-Mission | 1996 |
| Dave Hayer | Liberal | Surrey-Tynehead | 2001 |
| Spencer Chandra Herbert | NDP | Vancouver-Burrard | 2008 |
| John Horgan | NDP | Malahat-Juan de Fuca | 2005 |
| Al Horning | Liberal | Kelowna-Lake Country | 2005 |
| Gordon Hogg | Liberal | Surrey-White Rock | 1997 |
| Olga Ilich | Liberal | Richmond Centre | 2005 |
| Carole James | NDP | Victoria-Beacon Hill | 2005 |
| Daniel Jarvis | Liberal | North Vancouver-Seymour | 1991 |
| Maurine Karagianis | NDP | Esquimalt-Metchosin | 2005 |
| Leonard Krog | NDP | Nanaimo | 1991, 2005 |
| Kevin Krueger | Liberal | Kamloops-North Thompson | 1996 |
| Jenny Kwan | NDP | Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | 1996 |
| Harry Lali | NDP | Yale-Lillooet | 1991, 2005 |
| Richard Lee | Liberal | Burnaby North | 2001 |
| Blair Lekstrom | Liberal | Peace River South | 2001 |
| John Les | Liberal | Chilliwack-Sumas | 2001 |
| Norm Macdonald | NDP | Columbia River-Revelstoke | 2005 |
| Dennis MacKay | Liberal | Bulkley Valley-Stikine | 2001 |
| Lorne Mayencourt | Liberal | Vancouver-Burrard | 2001 |
| Jenn McGinn | NDP | Vancouver-Fairview | 2008 |
| Joan McIntyre | Liberal | West Vancouver-Garibaldi | 2005 |
| Richard Neufeld | Liberal | Peace River North | 1991 |
| John Nuraney | Liberal | Burnaby-Willingdon | 2001 |
| Wally Oppal | Liberal | Vancouver-Fraserview | 2005 |
| Barry Penner | Liberal | Chilliwack-Kent | 1991 |
| Mary Polak | Liberal | Langley | 2005 |
| Chuck Puchmayr | NDP | New Westminster | 2005 |
| Bruce Ralston | NDP | Surrey-Whalley | 2005 |
| Linda Reid | Liberal | Richmond East | 1991 |
| Claude Richmond | Liberal | Kamloops | 1981, 2001 |
| Gregor Robertson | NDP | Vancouver-Fairview | 2005 |
| Val Roddick | Liberal | Delta South | 1999 |
| Doug Routley | NDP | Cowichan-Ladysmith | 2005 |
| John Rustad | Liberal | Prince George-Omineca | 2005 |
| Michael Sather | NDP | Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | 2005 |
| Nicholas Simons | NDP | Powell River-Sunshine Coast | 2005 |
| Bob Simpson | NDP | Cariboo North | 2005 |
| Shane Simpson | NDP | Vancouver-Hastings | 2005 |
| Ralph Sultan | Liberal | West Vancouver-Capilano | 2001 |
| Rick Thorpe | Liberal | Okanagan-Westside | 1996 |
| Diane Thorne | NDP | Coquitlam-Maillardville | 2005 |
| Claire Trevena | NDP | North Island | 2005 |
| John van Dongen | Liberal | Abbotsford-Clayburn | 1995 |
| Katherine Whittred | Liberal | North Vancouver-Lonsdale | 1996 |
| Charlie Wyse | NDP | Cariboo South | 2005 |
| John Yap | Liberal | Richmond-Steveston | 2005 |
†Speaker.
Three seats in the legislature were vacant when the assembly was dissolved: Comox Valley following the death in office of Stan Hagen, Peace River North following the appointment of Richard Neufeld to the Senate of Canada, and Vancouver-Langara following the resignation of Carole Taylor. As all three vacancies occurred less than six months before the next provincial election, by-elections were not held to fill the vacancies before the regular election.

## Party standings of the 38th Parliament

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members | Female Members |
| | Liberal Party | 45 | 9 |
| | New Democratic Party | 34 | 8 |
| Total | Total | 79 | 17 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 11 | |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Lower Mainland | Interior | Vancouver Island |
| | Liberal Party | 27 | 15 | 4 |
| | New Democratic Party | 16 | 8 | 9 |
| Total | Total | 43 | 23 | 13 |
Source: Legislative Assembly of BC

## Seating plan

| Horgan | Gentner | Dix | Trevena | Bains | Macdonald | Karagianis | Chandra Herbert | Krog | Evans | * | Chouhan | Coons | Routley | Hammell | Lali | Cubberley | Conroy | MacKay | Richmond | Rustad |
| S. Simpson | McGinn | Fleming | Farnworth | James | Kwan | Ralston | B. Simpson | Austin | Wyse | * | Brar | Thorne | Simons | Puchmayr | Fraser | Sather | Chudnovsky | Hawes | Yap | Vacant | **** |
| Barisoff |
| Lekstrom | Vacant | Oppal | de Jong | Campbell | Hansen | Bond | van Dongen | Abbott | Penner | * | Coleman | Cantelon | Thorpe | Ilich | Hawkins | Roddick | Sultan | Whittred | Vacant | **** |
| Falcon | Reid | Coell | McIntyre | Chong | Christensen | Polak | Bell | Krueger | Bennett | * | Black | Hogg | Les | Hayer | Lee | Jarvis | Nuraney | Horning | Bloy | **** |