# 42nd Parliament of British Columbia

The 42nd Parliament of British Columbia was chosen in the 2020 British Columbia general election. All 87 seats were up for election.
The 41st Parliament of British Columbia was dissolved on September 21, 2020. The 42nd Parliament convened for its first session on December 7, 2020.

## Party standings

Standings in the 42nd British Columbia Parliament :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | House members | House members |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | 2020 election results | Dissolution |
| | New Democratic | 57 | 55 |
| | BC United | 28 | 20 |
| | Conservative | 0 | 8 |
| | Green | 2 | 2 |
| | Independent | 0 | 2 |
| Total seats | Total seats | 87 | 87 |
Changes in seats held (2020–2024) :
| Seat | Before | Before | Before | Before | Change | Change | Change |
| Seat | Date | Member | Party | Reason | Date | Member | Party |
| Vancouver-Quilchena | February 7, 2022 | Andrew Wilkinson | █ Liberal | Resigned | April 30, 2022 | Kevin Falcon | █ Liberal |
| Surrey South | April 30, 2022 | Stephanie Cadieux | █ Liberal | Resigned | September 10, 2022 | Elenore Sturko | █ Liberal |
| Nechako Lakes | August 18, 2022 | John Rustad | █ Liberal | Removed from caucus | | | █ Independent |
| Nechako Lakes | February 16, 2023 | John Rustad | █ Independent | Crossed the floor | | | █ Conservative |
| Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | February 22, 2023 | Melanie Mark | █ New Democratic | Resigned | June 24, 2023 | Joan Phillip | █ New Democratic |
| Langford-Juan de Fuca | March 31, 2023 | John Horgan | █ New Democratic | Resigned | June 24, 2023 | Ravi Parmar | █ New Democratic |
| → BC Liberals become BC United (April 12, 2023) ||||||||
| Abbotsford South | September 13, 2023 | Bruce Banman | █ BC United | Crossed the floor | | | █ Conservative |
| Parksville-Qualicum | September 17, 2023 | Adam Walker | █ New Democratic | Removed from caucus | | | █ Independent |
| Coquitlam-Maillardville | March 6, 2024 | Selina Robinson | █ New Democratic | Left caucus | | | █ Independent |
| Cariboo-Chilcotin | May 31, 2024 | Lorne Doerkson | █ BC United | Crossed the floor | | | █ Conservative |
| Surrey South | June 3, 2024 | Elenore Sturko | █ BC United | Crossed the floor | | | █ Conservative |
| Richmond North Centre | July 29, 2024 | Teresa Wat | █ BC United | Crossed the floor | | | █ Conservative |
| Delta South | September 3, 2024 | Ian Paton | █ BC United | Crossed the floor | | | █ Conservative |
| Kamloops-North Thompson | September 3, 2024 | Peter Milobar | █ BC United | Crossed the floor | | | █ Conservative |
| Surrey-White Rock | September 3, 2024 | Trevor Halford | █ BC United | Crossed the floor | | | █ Conservative |

## Election and appointments

The members of the legislative assembly were elected in the 42nd general election, held on October 24, 2020. The election resulted in an absolute majority for the BC NDP, and after a judicial recount in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky the final results had 57 BC NDP members, 28 BC Liberals, and 2 BC Greens being certified. As leader of the BC NDP, John Horgan continued from the previous parliament as premier. Even though BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson won his riding in Vancouver-Quilchena, he resigned as leader of the Opposition prior to the new parliament commencing, with Shirley Bond assuming that position and being interim leader of the BC Liberals. In replacing members of his Executive Council that had retired, Horgan added newly elected MLAs Jennifer Whiteside as minister of Education, Murray Rankin as minister of Indigenous Relations, and Josie Osborne as minister of Municipal Affairs, as well as Nathan Cullen as minister of state for Lands and Natural Resources. Continuing in their roles from the previous parliament, Adrian Dix continued as minister of Health, David Eby as attorney general, George Heyman as minister of Environment, Harry Bains as minister of Labour, Lana Popham as minister of Agriculture, and Mike Farnworth as solicitor general.

## First session

The first session of the 42nd parliament began on December 17, 2020, with the speech from the throne delivered by Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin on behalf of Premier Horgan and the BC NDP government. The first session only lasted four months, with all bills receiving royal assent by the end of March. Among the legislation adopted, the Firearm Violence Prevention Act (Bill 4) repealed and replaced the Firearm Act and included new measures as recommended in the 2017 report from a previous parliament's Illegal Firearms Task Force, such as a prohibition on the sale of imitation and low-velocity guns to youth. Bill 5 created the position of the Fairness Officer at ICBC to replace the corporation's Fairness Commissioner; Bill 8 brought the Real Estate Council of BC and the Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate under the regulatory authority of the BC Financial Services Authority; and Bill 9 amended how local government elections are conducted by regulating activities during a defined pre-campaign period, limiting sponsorship contributions and creating a registry of elector organizations.

## Second session

The second session began on April 12, 2021, with a new speech from the throne delivered by Lieutenant Governor Austin. There were no changes to the membership of the Executive Council, though Mike Farnworth was named deputy premier in October after Horgan was diagnosed with throat cancer. Budget measures were implemented in Bill 4 and included freezing the carbon tax for one year, creating the BC Recovery Benefit as a one-time payment of $500 per individual on income assistance, creating the temporary Increased Employment Incentive program for employers to hire new employees, extending the book publishing tax credit by 5 years, and increasing the tobacco tax. COVID-related legislation included a new entitlement for employees to receive paid leave to receive a vaccination against COVID-19, prohibiting until July 2023 any conduct that disrupts access to COVID-19 vaccination sites or hospitals with emergency rooms, making permanent several temporary measures allowing electronic local government council meetings, and extending the COVID-19 Related Measures Act to December 31, 2022.
New acts adopted with all-party support included the Accessible British Columbia Act, to allow accessibility-related regulations to be implemented affecting the built environment, delivery of government services, and in the health and education sectors; and the Early Childhood Educators Act, to create oversight of early childhood educators. With all-party support, the Early Learning and Child Care Act repealed and replaced the Child Care BC Act and the Child Care Subsidy Act. With the BC Liberal Party voting to oppose, the InBC Investment Corp. Act was adopted to create a new Crown corporation to administer a new small business investment fund.
Significant amendments to existing legislation, with all-party support, included adding "Indigenous identity" to the BC Human Rights Code and adding "single-use product" (i.e. plastics) to the list of packaging materials that may be regulated or prohibited. On division, with the BC Liberal Party opposed, the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act was amended to increase the number of electoral districts from 87 to 93 and remove the provisions that required a certain number to be located in the North, the Cariboo-Thompson and the Columbia-Kootenay regions despite population factors; and forestry-related legislation was amended to require forestry companies to publicly disclose where operations will occur, replace forest stewardship plans with forest landscape plans with a new set of objectives, require licence holders maintain inventories of ecosystems, recreation-visual resources, reduce annual allowable cuts for purposes of redistribution to small businesses and create a new designation for non-timber production purpose. With both Liberals and Green Party MLAs voting against, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act was amended to allow data-hosting outside of BC and allow disclosure of personal information outside Canada and to create a fee to apply for a freedom-of-information request.

## Officeholders
### Speaker

* Speaker of the Legislative Assembly: Raj Chouhan, NDP (December 7, 2020 – present)

### Other chair occupants

* Deputy speaker: Spencer Chandra Herbert, NDP (December 7, 2020 – present)
* Assistant deputy speaker: Jackie Tegart, Liberal (February 7, 2022 – present)
* Deputy chair, Committee of the Whole: Ronna-Rae Leonard, NDP (December 7, 2020 – present)

### Leaders

* Premier of British Columbia:
** John Horgan, NDP (July 18, 2017 – November 18, 2022)
** David Eby, NDP (November 18, 2022 – present)
* Leader of the Opposition:
** Andrew Wilkinson, Liberal (February 3, 2018 – November 23, 2020)
** Shirley Bond, Liberal (interim; November 23, 2020 – February 5, 2022)
** Kevin Falcon, Liberal (February 5, 2022 – April 11, 2023)
** Kevin Falcon, United (April 12, 2023 – present)
* Green Party leader:
** Sonia Furstenau (September 14, 2020 – present)
* Conservative Party leader:
** John Rustad

### House leaders

* Government House Leader: Ravi Kahlon, NDP
* Opposition House Leader: Todd Stone, Liberal

## Members of the 42nd Parliament

* The name in bold and italics, with "††", is the premier
* The names in bold, with "†", are cabinet ministers and ministers of state
* The name in italics, with "‡" is the leader of the Official Opposition
* The names in italics are party leaders
* The name with "*" is the Speaker of the Assembly
| Member | Party | Electoral district | First elected / previously elected |
| Pam Alexis † | New Democratic | Abbotsford-Mission | 2020 |
| Bruce Banman | Liberal | Abbotsford South | 2020 |
| Bruce Banman | United | Abbotsford South | 2020 |
| Bruce Banman | Conservative | Abbotsford South | 2020 |
| Mike de Jong | Liberal | Abbotsford West | 1994 |
| Mike de Jong | United | Abbotsford West | 1994 |
| Roly Russell | New Democratic | Boundary-Similkameen | 2020 |
| Anne Kang † | New Democratic | Burnaby-Deer Lake | 2017 |
| Raj Chouhan * | New Democratic | Burnaby-Edmonds | 2005 |
| Katrina Chen | New Democratic | Burnaby-Lougheed | 2017 |
| Janet Routledge | New Democratic | Burnaby North | 2017 |
| Lorne Doerkson | Liberal | Cariboo-Chilcotin | 2020 |
| Lorne Doerkson | United | Cariboo-Chilcotin | 2020 |
| Lorne Doerkson | Conservative | Cariboo-Chilcotin | 2020 |
| Coralee Oakes | Liberal | Cariboo North | 2013 |
| Coralee Oakes | United | Cariboo North | 2013 |
| Dan Coulter † | New Democratic | Chilliwack | 2020 |
| Kelli Paddon | New Democratic | Chilliwack-Kent | 2020 |
| Doug Clovechok | Liberal | Columbia River-Revelstoke | 2017 |
| Doug Clovechok | United | Columbia River-Revelstoke | 2017 |
| Fin Donnelly | New Democratic | Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | 2020 |
| Selina Robinson | New Democratic | Coquitlam-Maillardville | 2013 |
| Selina Robinson | Independent | Coquitlam-Maillardville | 2013 |
| Ronna-Rae Leonard | New Democratic | Courtenay-Comox | 2017 |
| Sonia Furstenau | Green | Cowichan Valley | 2017 |
| Ravi Kahlon † | New Democratic | Delta North | 2017 |
| Ian Paton | Liberal | Delta South | 2017 |
| Ian Paton | United | Delta South | 2017 |
| Ian Paton | Conservative | Delta South | 2017 |
| Mitzi Dean † | New Democratic | Esquimalt-Metchosin | 2017 |
| Jackie Tegart | Liberal | Fraser-Nicola | 2013 |
| Jackie Tegart | United | Fraser-Nicola | 2013 |
| Peter Milobar | Liberal | Kamloops-North Thompson | 2017 |
| Peter Milobar | United | Kamloops-North Thompson | 2017 |
| Peter Milobar | Conservative | Kamloops-North Thompson | 2017 |
| Todd Stone | Liberal | Kamloops-South Thompson | 2013 |
| Todd Stone | United | Kamloops-South Thompson | 2013 |
| Norm Letnick | Liberal | Kelowna-Lake Country | 2009 |
| Norm Letnick | United | Kelowna-Lake Country | 2009 |
| Renee Merrifield | Liberal | Kelowna-Mission | 2020 |
| Renee Merrifield | United | Kelowna-Mission | 2020 |
| Ben Stewart | Liberal | Kelowna West | 2009, 2018 |
| Ben Stewart | United | Kelowna West | 2009, 2018 |
| Tom Shypitka | Liberal | Kootenay East | 2017 |
| Tom Shypitka | United | Kootenay East | 2017 |
| Katrine Conroy † | New Democratic | Kootenay West | 2005 |
| John Horgan ‡ (to March 1, 2023) | New Democratic | Langford-Juan de Fuca | 2005 |
| Ravi Parmar (from June 24, 2023) | New Democratic | Langford-Juan de Fuca | 2023 |
| Andrew Mercier † | New Democratic | Langley | 2020 |
| Megan Dykeman | New Democratic | Langley East | 2020 |
| Bob D'Eith | New Democratic | Maple Ridge-Mission | 2017 |
| Lisa Beare † | New Democratic | Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | 2017 |
| Josie Osborne † | New Democratic | Mid Island-Pacific Rim | 2020 |
| Sheila Malcolmson † | New Democratic | Nanaimo | 2019 |
| Doug Routley | New Democratic | Nanaimo-North Cowichan | 2005 |
| John Rustad | Liberal | Nechako Lakes | 2005 |
| John Rustad | Independent | Nechako Lakes | 2005 |
| John Rustad | Conservative | Nechako Lakes | 2005 |
| Brittny Anderson | New Democratic | Nelson-Creston | 2020 |
| Jennifer Whiteside † | New Democratic | New Westminster | 2020 |
| Jennifer Rice | New Democratic | North Coast | 2013 |
| Michele Babchuk | New Democratic | North Island | 2020 |
| Bowinn Ma † | New Democratic | North Vancouver-Lonsdale | 2017 |
| Susie Chant | New Democratic | North Vancouver-Seymour | 2020 |
| Murray Rankin † | New Democratic | Oak Bay-Gordon Head | 2020 |
| Adam Walker | New Democratic | Parksville-Qualicum | 2020 |
| Adam Walker | Independent | Parksville-Qualicum | 2020 |
| Dan Davies | Liberal | Peace River North | 2017 |
| Dan Davies | United | Peace River North | 2017 |
| Mike Bernier | Liberal | Peace River South | 2013 |
| Mike Bernier | United | Peace River South | 2013 |
| Dan Ashton | Liberal | Penticton | 2013 |
| Dan Ashton | United | Penticton | 2013 |
| Mike Farnworth † | New Democratic | Port Coquitlam | 1991, 2005 |
| Rick Glumac | New Democratic | Port Moody-Coquitlam | 2017 |
| Nicholas Simons † | New Democratic | Powell River-Sunshine Coast | 2005 |
| Mike Morris | Liberal | Prince George-Mackenzie | 2013 |
| Mike Morris | United | Prince George-Mackenzie | 2013 |
| Shirley Bond | Liberal | Prince George-Valemount | 2001 |
| Shirley Bond | United | Prince George-Valemount | 2001 |
| Teresa Wat | Liberal | Richmond North Centre | 2013 |
| Teresa Wat | United | Richmond North Centre | 2013 |
| Teresa Wat | Conservative | Richmond North Centre | 2013 |
| Aman Singh | New Democratic | Richmond-Queensborough | 2020 |
| Henry Yao | New Democratic | Richmond South Centre | 2020 |
| Kelly Greene | New Democratic | Richmond-Steveston | 2020 |
| Adam Olsen | Green | Saanich North and the Islands | 2017 |
| Lana Popham † | New Democratic | Saanich South | 2009 |
| Greg Kyllo | Liberal | Shuswap | 2013 |
| Greg Kyllo | United | Shuswap | 2013 |
| Ellis Ross | Liberal | Skeena | 2017 |
| Ellis Ross | United | Skeena | 2017 |
| Nathan Cullen † | New Democratic | Stikine | 2020 |
| Mike Starchuk | New Democratic | Surrey-Cloverdale | 2020 |
| Jagrup Brar † | New Democratic | Surrey-Fleetwood | 2004, 2017 |
| Rachna Singh † | New Democratic | Surrey-Green Timbers | 2017 |
| Garry Begg | New Democratic | Surrey-Guildford | 2017 |
| Harry Bains † | New Democratic | Surrey-Newton | 2005 |
| Jinny Sims | New Democratic | Surrey-Panorama | 2017 |
| Stephanie Cadieux (to April 30, 2022) | Liberal | Surrey South | 2009 |
| Elenore Sturko (from September 10, 2022) | Liberal | Surrey South | 2022 |
| Elenore Sturko (from September 10, 2022) | United | Surrey South | 2022 |
| Elenore Sturko (from September 10, 2022) | Conservative | Surrey South | 2022 |
| Bruce Ralston † | New Democratic | Surrey-Whalley | 2005 |
| Trevor Halford | Liberal | Surrey-White Rock | 2020 |
| Trevor Halford | United | Surrey-White Rock | 2020 |
| Trevor Halford | Conservative | Surrey-White Rock | 2020 |
| George Heyman † | New Democratic | Vancouver-Fairview | 2013 |
| Brenda Bailey † | New Democratic | Vancouver-False Creek | 2020 |
| George Chow | New Democratic | Vancouver-Fraserview | 2017 |
| Niki Sharma † | New Democratic | Vancouver-Hastings | 2020 |
| Mable Elmore | New Democratic | Vancouver-Kensington | 2009 |
| Adrian Dix † | New Democratic | Vancouver-Kingsway | 2005 |
| Michael Lee | Liberal | Vancouver-Langara | 2017 |
| Michael Lee | United | Vancouver-Langara | 2017 |
| Melanie Mark † (to April 14, 2023) | New Democratic | Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | 2016 |
| Joan Phillip (from June 24, 2023) | New Democratic | Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | 2023 |
| David Eby † † | New Democratic | Vancouver-Point Grey | 2013 |
| Andrew Wilkinson †† (to February 17, 2022) | Liberal | Vancouver-Quilchena | 2013 |
| Kevin Falcon ‡ (from April 30, 2022) | Liberal | Vancouver-Quilchena | 2001, 2022 |
| Kevin Falcon ‡ (from April 30, 2022) | United | Vancouver-Quilchena | 2001, 2022 |
| Spencer Chandra Herbert | New Democratic | Vancouver-West End | 2008 |
| Harwinder Sandhu | New Democratic | Vernon-Monashee | 2020 |
| Grace Lore † | New Democratic | Victoria-Beacon Hill | 2020 |
| Rob Fleming † | New Democratic | Victoria-Swan Lake | 2005 |
| Karin Kirkpatrick | Liberal | West Vancouver-Capilano | 2020 |
| Karin Kirkpatrick | United | West Vancouver-Capilano | 2020 |
| Jordan Sturdy | Liberal | West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | 2013 |
| Jordan Sturdy | United | West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | 2013 |

## By-elections

* 2022 Vancouver-Quilchena provincial by-election
* 2022 Surrey South provincial by-election
* 2023 Langford-Juan de Fuca provincial by-election
* 2023 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant provincial by-election