# 2001 British Columbia general election

The 2001 British Columbia general election was the 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 18, 2001 and held on May 16, 2001. Voter turnout was 55.4 per cent of all eligible voters.
The incumbent British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), in office since 1991, had been rocked by two major scandals—the Fast Ferries Scandal and a bribery scandal involving Premier Glen Clark. With the NDP's ratings flatlining, Clark resigned in August 1999, and Deputy Premier Dan Miller took over as caretaker premier until Ujjal Dosanjh was elected his permanent successor in February. Dosanjh was not, however, able to restore the party's public image, and the BC NDP suffered a resounding defeat at the hands of the British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals), led by former Vancouver mayor Gordon Campbell. The BC Liberals won over 57% of the popular vote, and an unprecedented 77 of the 79 seats in the provincial legislature—the largest victory in the province's electoral history.
The BC NDP, on the other hand, suffered a near-total political collapse. The party lost almost half of the share of the popular vote that it had won in the 1996 election, while its seat count fell from 39 seats to only two—those of Deputy Premier and Education Minister Joy MacPhail and Community Development Minister Jenny Kwan. It was easily the worst defeat of a sitting government in British Columbia history. It was also the second-worst defeat of a sitting provincial government in Canada, eclipsed only by the New Brunswick election of 1987, the Alberta election of 1935, and the Prince Edward Island election of 1935. In those elections, the governing party–the New Brunswick Tories, the United Farmers of Alberta and the PEI Tories–was completely wiped off the map. Dosanjh resigned as party leader soon after the election; he had actually conceded defeat a week before voters went to the polls. Despite being the only other party in the Assembly, the BC NDP lacked the four seats then required for official party status.
The British Columbia Unity Party had been created as a union of conservative parties. Initially, Reform BC, the Social Credit, 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. The parties would collectively only earn around 4% of the vote, as voters, conscious of vote-splitting that had taken place between the Liberals, Reform BC, and the since-defunct Progressive Democratic Alliance in 1996, united behind the Liberals this time. Ron Gamble, sometime leader and sometime president of the renewed Reform BC continued 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.

## 2000 redistribution of ridings

An Act was passed in 2000 providing for an increase of seats from 75 to 79, upon the next election. The following changes were made:
| Abolished ridings | New ridings |
| Renaming of districts ||
| Kootenay | East Kootenay |
| Mission-Kent | Maple Ridge-Mission |
| Matsqui | Abbotsford-Mount Lehman |
| Okanagan East | Kelowna-Lake Country |
| Okanagan-Penticton | Penticton-Okanagan Valley |
| Okanagan West | Kelowna-Mission |
| Vancouver-Little Mountain | Vancouver-Fairview |
| Drawn from other districts ||
| | Okanagan-Westside |
| | Surrey-Panorama Ridge |
| | Surrey-Tynehead |
| Merger of districts ||
| Okanagan-Boundary Rossland-Trail | West Kootenay-Boundary |
| Reorganization of districts ||
| Abbotsford Chilliwack | Abbotsford-Clayburn Chilliwack-Kent Chilliwack-Sumas |
| Alberni Nanaimo Parksville-Qualicum | Alberni-Qualicum Nanaimo Nanaimo-Parksville |
| Port Coquitlam Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain | Burquitlam Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Port Moody-Westwood |
* ↑ With part of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
* ↑ With part of Okanagan-Boundary
* ↑ Parts also went to Vancouver-Fraserview, Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Vancouver-Langara
* ↑ From parts of Okanagan West, Okanagan-Vernon and Okanagan-Penticton
* ↑ From parts of Surrey-Newton and Surrey-Cloverdale
* ↑ From parts of Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Whalley and Surrey-Green Timbers

## Opinion polls
### During campaign period

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level :
| Polling firm | Last day of survey | BCLP | BCNDP | BCG | BCUP | BCMP | RPBC | Other | ME | Sample |
| Election 2001 | May 16, 2001 | 57.62 | 21.56 | 12.39 | 3.23 | 3.22 | 0.22 | 1.76 | | |
| COMPAS | May 12, 2001 | 61 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 4.5 | 700 |
| Ipsos-Reid | May 7, 2001 | 63 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 3.5 | 800 |
| MarkTrend | May 6, 2001 | 65 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 4.4 | 500 |
| COMPAS | May 1, 2001 | 64 | 15 | 13 | 5 | — | — | — | 4.5 | 500 |
| Ipsos-Reid | April 23, 2001 | 70 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3.5 | 800 |
| McIntyre & Mustel | April 19, 2001 | 72 | 18 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 4.1 | 610 |
| Election called (April 18, 2001) ||||||||||||

### During 36th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level :
| Polling firm | Last day of survey | BCLP | BCNDP | BCG | BCUP | BCMP | RPBC | Other | ME | Sample |
| COMPAS | April 1, 2001 | 66 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 4.1 | — |
| Ipsos-Reid | March 12, 2001 | 63 | 20 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 3 | 3.5 | 800 |
| McIntyre & Mustel | February 2001 | 59 | 20 | 5 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — |
| COMPAS | February 5, 2001 | 59 | 18 | 8 | — | — | 12 | — | 3.5 | 800 |
| McIntyre & Mustel | January 12, 2001 | 51 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | 5.0 | — |
| Ipsos-Reid | December 10, 2000 | 51 | 17 | 9 | — | — | 19 | 4 | 4.0 | 600 |
| MarkTrend | November 2000 | 58 | 18 | — | — | — | 22 | — | 4.5 | 500 |
| McIntyre & Mustel | October 21, 2000 | 67 | 17 | — | — | — | 10 | — | 4.5 | 500 |
| MarkTrend | September 2000 | 55 | 19 | — | — | — | 25 | — | 4.5 | 500 |
| Ipsos-Reid | September 11, 2000 | 48 | 19 | 8 | — | — | 22 | 3 | 4.0 | 600 |
| McIntyre & Mustel | August 2000 | 53 | 21 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — |
| Polling firm | Last day of survey | BCLP | BCNDP | BCG | RPBC | PDA | Other | ME | Sample |
| PDA unregistered as official party (June 2000) |||||||||||
| Ipsos-Reid | June 13, 2000 | 57 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4.0 | 600 |
| MarkTrend | April 2000 | 58 | 16 | — | 21 | — | 5 | — | 503 |
| Ipsos-Reid | March 2000 | 50 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 800 |
| MarkTrend | February 2000 | 53 | 27 | — | 17 | — | — | — | 500 |
| McIntyre & Mustel | February 27, 2000 | 52 | 25 | 5 | 15 | — | — | 4.3 | 511 |
| Ujjal Dosanjh becomes leader of the NDP and premier (February 24, 2000) |||||||||||
| Angus Reid | December 15, 1999 | 55 | 17 | — | 18 | — | 10 | 4.0 | 600 |
| MarkTrend | October 1999 | 53 | 19 | — | 22 | — | 5 | 5.0 | 500 |
| Angus Reid | September 10, 1999 | 57 | 15 | — | 16 | — | 11 | 4.0 | 620 |
| Angus Reid | August 24, 1999 | 56 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 2 | — | 4.1 | 601 |
| MarkTrend | August 1999 | 61 | 15 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| Premier Glen Clark resigns (August 21, 1999) |||||||||||
| Angus Reid | June 8, 1998 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4.1 | 600 |
| MarkTrend | April 11, 1999 | 59 | 18 | — | 20 | — | — | 4.0 | 501 |
| Angus Reid | March 10, 1999 | 52 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 4.1 | 600 |
| Angus Reid | December 1998 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 10 | — | — | — |
| Angus Reid | September 1998 | 46 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Angus Reid | June 12, 1998 | 42 | 23 | 6 | 20 | 8 | — | 4.1 | 610 |
| McIntyre & Mustel | March 1998 | 48 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Angus Reid | March 1998 | 47 | 20 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — |
| Angus Reid | December 12, 1997 | 43 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 8 | — | 4 | 600 |
| Pollara | December 1997 | 41 | 20 | — | 31 | — | — | — | — |
| Angus Reid | September 15, 1997 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4.0 | 600 |
| Angus Reid | June 16, 1997 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 600 |
| Angus Reid | March 10, 1997 | 44 | 24 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4.0 | 601 |
| Angus Reid | December 1996 | 52 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| Angus Reid | September 15, 1996 | 45 | 37 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4.0 | 600 |
| Angus Reid | June 1996 | 39 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| Election 1996 | May 28, 1996 | 41.82 | 39.45 | 1.99 | 9.27 | 5.74 | 1.73 | | |

### Region-specific polls
#### Southern Vancouver Island

| Polling firm | Last day of survey | Source | BCLP | BCNDP | BCG | BCUP | ME | Sample |
| Compas | May 12, 2001 | | 49 | 27 | 15 | — | 7.0 | 200 |
| Compas | May 2, 2001 | | 59 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3.2 | 500 |

### Riding-specific polls
#### Vancouver-Kensington

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level :
| Polling firm | Last day of survey | BCLP | BCNDP | BCG | BCMP | BCUP | ME | Sample |
| Election 2001 | May 16, 2001 | 47.56 | 38.82 | 9.32 | 2.68 | 1.62 | | |
| McIntyre & Mustel | May 1, 2001 | 53 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5.6 | 301 |
| COMPAS | May 1, 2001 | 52 | 29 | 14 | — | — | 7.1 | 200 |
| Election 1996 | May 28, 1996 | 40.65 | 50.74 | 1.89 | — | — | | |

## Results

| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 1996 | Elected | % Change | # | % | Change |
| | Liberal | Gordon Campbell | 79 | 33 | 77 | +133.3% | 916,888 | 57.62% | +15.80% |
| | New Democrats | Ujjal Dosanjh | 79 | 39 | 2 | -94.9% | 343,156 | 21.56% | -17.89% |
| | Green | Adriane Carr | 72 | - | – | – | 197,231 | 12.39% | +10.40% |
| | Unity | Chris Delaney | 56 | – | – | – | 51,426 | 3.23% | +2.97% |
| | Marijuana | Brian Taylor | 79 | * | – | * | 51,206 | 3.22% | * |
| | Independent | Independent | 30 | - | - | – | 14,588 | 0.92% | +0.28% |
| | Reform | | 9 | 2 | - | -100% | 3,439 | 0.22% | -9.05% |
| | All Nations | | 6 | * | - | * | 3,380 | 0.21% | * |
| | Conservative | Susan Power | 6 | - | - | – | 2,417 | 0.15% | +0.09% |
| | Social Credit | Grant Mitton | 2 | – | - | – | 1,948 | 0.12% | -0.27% |
| | BC Action | | 5 | * | - | * | 1,636 | 0.10% | * |
| | No affiliation | | 6 | * | - | * | 727 | 0.05% | * |
| | People's Front | | 11 | * | - | * | 720 | 0.05% | * |
| | Western Reform | | 1 | * | - | * | 621 | 0.04% | * |
| | Citizens Alliance Now | | 2 | * | - | * | 584 | 0.04% | * |
| | Council of British Columbians | | 2 | * | - | * | 399 | 0.03% | * |
| | Communist | | 4 | – | - | – | 381 | 0.02% | +0.01% |
| | Freedom | | 2 | * | - | * | 240 | 0.02% | * |
| | Party of Citizens.... | | 2 | * | - | * | 147 | 0.01% | * |
| | Patriot | | 1 | * | - | * | 82 | 0.01% | * |
| | Citizens Commonwealth | | 4 | * | - | * | 49 | x | * |
| | Central | | 3 | * | - | * | 41 | x | * |
| Total | Total | Total | 456 | 75 | 79 | +5.3% | 1,591,306 | 100% | |
Notes
x – less than 0.005% of the popular vote.
* The party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
Unity Party results are calculated relative to Family Coalition Party results.
Popular vote
Liberal
57.62%
NDP
21.56%
Green
12.39%
Others
8.43% :
Seats summary
Liberal
97.47%
NDP
2.53% :

## MLAs elected
### Synopsis of results

Results by riding – 2001 British Columbia general election :
| Riding | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Name | 1996 | 1996 | Party | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | Turnout | Lib | NDP | Grn | Un | Mari | Ref | Ind | Oth | Total |
| Abbotsford-Clayburn | New | New | | Lib | 12,584 | 72.51% | 10,488 | 60.43% | 71.30% | 12,584 | 2,096 | – | 1,751 | 706 | – | – | 217 | 17,354 |
| Abbotsford-Mount Lehman | | Lib | | Lib | 12,660 | 68.48% | 10,229 | 55.33% | 71.44% | 12,660 | 2,431 | 1,299 | 1,576 | 451 | – | – | 69 | 18,486 |
| Alberni-Qualicum | New | New | | Lib | 13,109 | 53.32% | 5,714 | 23.24% | 74.70% | 13,109 | 7,395 | 2,999 | – | 1,081 | – | – | – | 24,584 |
| Bulkley Valley-Stikine | | NDP | | Lib | 7,414 | 55.93% | 4,591 | 34.64% | 73.28% | 7,414 | 2,823 | 856 | 1,190 | 507 | – | – | 467 | 13,257 |
| Burnaby-Edmonds | | NDP | | Lib | 9,607 | 51.09% | 4,683 | 24.90% | 69.90% | 9,607 | 4,924 | 2,599 | 1,111 | 456 | – | – | 105 | 18,802 |
| Burnaby North | | NDP | | Lib | 11,062 | 54.37% | 5,070 | 24.92% | 71.52% | 11,062 | 5,992 | 2,824 | – | 466 | – | – | – | 20,344 |
| Burnaby-Willingdon | | NDP | | Lib | 10,207 | 55.79% | 5,599 | 30.60% | 70.07% | 10,207 | 4,608 | 2,879 | – | 362 | – | – | 240 | 18,296 |
| Burquitlam | New | New | | Lib | 11,131 | 56.34% | 6,453 | 32.66% | 70.95% | 11,131 | 4,678 | 2,668 | 749 | 530 | – | – | – | 19,756 |
| Cariboo North | | Lib | | Lib | 10,044 | 64.97% | 7,312 | 47.30% | 72.46% | 10,044 | 2,732 | 712 | 420 | 509 | – | 727 | 316 | 15,460 |
| Cariboo South | | NDP | | Lib | 10,259 | 62.21% | 6,000 | 36.38% | 74.70% | 10,259 | 4,259 | – | 598 | 739 | – | – | 635 | 16,490 |
| Chilliwack-Kent | New | New | | Lib | 13,814 | 74.88% | 11,659 | 63.20% | 71.63% | 13,814 | 2,155 | 1,511 | – | 968 | – | – | – | 18,448 |
| Chilliwack-Sumas | New | New | | Lib | 14,137 | 74.80% | 11,703 | 61.92% | 70.58% | 14,137 | 2,434 | – | – | 1,130 | – | – | 1,199 | 18,900 |
| Columbia River-Revelstoke | | NDP | | Lib | 7,804 | 53.95% | 3,253 | 22.49% | 71.96% | 7,804 | 4,551 | 978 | 490 | 642 | – | – | – | 14,465 |
| Comox Valley | | NDP | | Lib | 15,569 | 56.32% | 10,213 | 36.95% | 74.81% | 15,569 | 5,356 | 5,170 | 677 | 873 | – | – | – | 27,645 |
| Coquitlam-Maillardville | | NDP | | Lib | 11,549 | 56.97% | 7,107 | 35.07% | 71.42% | 11,549 | 4,442 | 2,522 | 862 | 584 | – | 314 | – | 20,273 |
| Cowichan-Ladysmith | | NDP | | Lib | 12,707 | 52.21% | 4,924 | 20.23% | 76.71% | 12,707 | 7,783 | 3,250 | – | 597 | – | – | – | 24,337 |
| Delta North | | Lib | | Lib | 11,919 | 60.54% | 8,185 | 41.57% | 72.65% | 11,919 | 3,734 | 2,504 | 987 | 543 | – | – | – | 19,687 |
| Delta South | | Lib | | Lib | 14,596 | 67.00% | 10,946 | 50.25% | 73.15% | 14,596 | 2,053 | 3,650 | 760 | 507 | – | 219 | – | 21,784 |
| East Kootenay | | NDP | | Lib | 10,206 | 61.85% | 6,568 | 39.80% | 68.76% | 10,206 | 3,638 | 1,287 | 651 | 718 | – | – | – | 16,500 |
| Esquimalt-Metchosin | | NDP | | Lib | 9,544 | 45.79% | 3,286 | 15.76% | 69.49% | 9,544 | 6,258 | 3,685 | 268 | 534 | – | 230 | 322 | 20,841 |
| Fort Langley-Aldergrove | | Lib | | Lib | 16,527 | 68.30% | 13,761 | 56.87% | 73.47% | 16,527 | 2,619 | 2,766 | 1,275 | 674 | – | 336 | – | 24,197 |
| Kamloops | | NDP | | Lib | 12,258 | 60.21% | 7,666 | 37.66% | 68.72% | 12,258 | 4,592 | 2,180 | 430 | 707 | – | 193 | – | 20,360 |
| Kamloops-North Thompson | | Lib | | Lib | 12,676 | 58.04% | 8,495 | 38.90% | 72.65% | 12,676 | 4,181 | 3,122 | 836 | 1,025 | – | – | – | 21,840 |
| Kelowna-Lake Country | | Lib | | Lib | 14,093 | 63.19% | 10,991 | 49.28% | 66.91% | 14,093 | 3,102 | 2,606 | 1,496 | 734 | – | – | 272 | 22,303 |
| Kelowna-Mission | | Lib | | Lib | 15,351 | 64.60% | 12,285 | 51.70% | 67.56% | 15,351 | 3,066 | 2,588 | 1,674 | 787 | – | – | 296 | 23,762 |
| Langley | | Lib | | Lib | 14,564 | 64.85% | 11,717 | 52.17% | 71.97% | 14,564 | 2,720 | 2,847 | 1,605 | 723 | – | – | – | 22,459 |
| Malahat-Juan de Fuca | | NDP | | Lib | 9,676 | 42.26% | 4,512 | 19.70% | 73.57% | 9,676 | 3,687 | 3,275 | 323 | 547 | – | 5,164 | 222 | 22,894 |
| Maple Ridge-Mission | | NDP | | Lib | 12,920 | 56.67% | 8,210 | 36.01% | 70.87% | 12,920 | 4,710 | 2,910 | 1,037 | 908 | – | 315 | – | 22,800 |
| Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | | NDP | | Lib | 12,235 | 52.96% | 6,471 | 28.01% | 72.90% | 12,235 | 5,764 | 3,069 | 1,220 | 716 | – | – | 97 | 23,101 |
| Nanaimo | | NDP | | Lib | 9,748 | 44.64% | 3,146 | 14.41% | 69.87% | 9,748 | 6,602 | 3,810 | 588 | 889 | – | 199 | – | 21,836 |
| Nanaimo-Parksville | New | New | | Lib | 17,356 | 62.60% | 11,504 | 41.49% | 74.94% | 17,356 | 5,852 | 3,192 | 693 | 634 | – | – | – | 21,836 |
| Nelson-Creston | | NDP | | Lib | 8,558 | 39.00% | 1,577 | 7.18% | 75.32% | 8,558 | 6,981 | 4,723 | 1,108 | 570 | – | – | – | 21,940 |
| New Westminster | | NDP | | Lib | 11,059 | 49.20% | 4,088 | 18.18% | 71.07% | 11,059 | 6,971 | 2,982 | 604 | 859 | – | – | – | 22,475 |
| North Coast | | NDP | | Lib | 4,915 | 45.25% | 831 | 7.64% | 66.27% | 4,915 | 4,084 | 560 | 152 | 623 | – | – | 526 | 10,860 |
| North Island | | NDP | | Lib | 13,781 | 57.12% | 7,406 | 30.70% | 73.69% | 13,781 | 6,375 | 2,871 | – | 1,099 | – | – | – | 24,126 |
| North Vancouver-Lonsdale | | Lib | | Lib | 11,362 | 59.84% | 7,539 | 39.70% | 68.16% | 11,362 | 3,016 | 3,823 | – | 612 | – | – | 173 | 18,986 |
| North Vancouver-Seymour | | Lib | | Lib | 15,568 | 65.12% | 11,441 | 47.86% | 73.72% | 15,568 | 2,751 | 4,127 | – | 568 | 683 | 209 | – | 23,906 |
| Oak Bay-Gordon Head | | Lib | | Lib | 14,588 | 57.31% | 8,799 | 34.57% | 75.54% | 14,588 | 5,789 | 4,666 | – | 411 | – | – | – | 25,454 |
| Okanagan-Vernon | | Lib | | Lib | 13,868 | 56.51% | 10,339 | 42.13% | 69.06% | 13,868 | 3,529 | 2,214 | 3,213 | 917 | – | 562 | 239 | 24,542 |
| Okanagan-Westside | New | New | | Lib | 14,181 | 68.08% | 11,005 | 52.83% | 69.91% | 14,181 | 3,176 | – | 1,364 | 1,188 | – | – | 921 | 20,830 |
| Peace River North | | Ref | | Lib | 6,629 | 73.22% | 5,582 | 61.66% | 55.12% | 6,629 | 1,047 | – | 568 | 810 | – | – | – | 9,054 |
| Peace River South | | Ref | | Lib | 6,393 | 64.20% | 4,667 | 46.87% | 62.37% | 6,393 | 767 | 407 | 225 | 444 | – | – | 1,726 | 9,962 |
| Penticton-Okanagan Valley | | Lib | | Lib | 15,609 | 62.73% | 11,722 | 47.11% | 68.15% | 15,609 | 3,887 | 3,524 | 553 | 786 | – | – | 522 | 24,881 |
| Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | New | New | | Lib | 9,963 | 45.19% | 2,765 | 12.54% | 74.66% | 9,963 | 7,198 | 1,841 | 2,297 | 446 | 150 | 151 | – | 22,046 |
| Port Moody-Westwood | New | New | | Lib | 16,500 | 74.64% | 12,322 | 55.74% | 71.80% | 16,500 | 4,178 | – | – | 1,428 | – | – | – | 22,106 |
| Powell River-Sunshine Coast | | PD | | Lib | 9,904 | 42.36% | 3,555 | 15.21% | 76.33% | 9,904 | 6,349 | 6,316 | – | 812 | – | – | – | 23,381 |
| Prince George-Mount Robson | | NDP | | Lib | 8,033 | 55.72% | 5,378 | 37.30% | 68.80% | 8,033 | 2,655 | 1,429 | 1,110 | 744 | 445 | – | – | 14,416 |
| Prince George North | | NDP | | Lib | 9,215 | 61.02% | 7,067 | 46.80% | 71.77% | 9,215 | 2,148 | 1,137 | 838 | 588 | – | 554 | 621 | 15,101 |
| Prince George-Omineca | | Lib | | Lib | 10,469 | 61.65% | 7,313 | 43.07% | 73.70% | 10,469 | 3,156 | 1,026 | 1,685 | 646 | – | – | – | 16,982 |
| Richmond Centre | | Lib | | Lib | 12,061 | 71.86% | 9,855 | 58.72% | 69.10% | 12,061 | 2,206 | 1,615 | 381 | 357 | – | – | 165 | 16,785 |
| Richmond East | | Lib | | Lib | 12,498 | 69.18% | 9,948 | 55.07% | 70.59% | 12,498 | 2,550 | 1,802 | 599 | 445 | – | 173 | – | 18,067 |
| Richmond-Steveston | | Lib | | Lib | 14,508 | 69.23% | 11,944 | 56.99% | 73.27% | 14,508 | 2,564 | 2,257 | 381 | 561 | 145 | 358 | 181 | 20,955 |
| Saanich North and the Islands | | Lib | | Lib | 15,406 | 54.29% | 8,195 | 28.88% | 75.94% | 15,406 | 5,011 | 7,211 | – | 491 | – | 257 | – | 28,376 |
| Saanich South | | NDP | | Lib | 12,699 | 52.17% | 5,861 | 24.08% | 76.00% | 12,699 | 6,838 | 3,823 | – | 462 | – | 172 | 349 | 24,343 |
| Shuswap | | Lib | | Lib | 12,950 | 56.27% | 9,162 | 39.81% | 72.01% | 12,950 | 3,788 | 2,423 | 2,857 | 835 | – | – | 160 | 23,013 |
| Skeena | | NDP | | Lib | 8,653 | 65.15% | 6,009 | 45.24% | 72.13% | 8,653 | 2,644 | 695 | – | 810 | – | – | 479 | 13,281 |
| Surrey-Cloverdale | | Lib | | Lib | 13,739 | 63.72% | 11,406 | 52.90% | 75.45% | 13,739 | 2,333 | 2,227 | 1,112 | 481 | – | 1,669 | – | 21,561 |
| Surrey-Green Timbers | | NDP | | Lib | 7,539 | 48.95% | 1,947 | 12.64% | 66.77% | 7,539 | 5,592 | – | 1,067 | 561 | 538 | – | 103 | 15,400 |
| Surrey-Newton | | NDP | | Lib | 6,750 | 49.45% | 2,801 | 20.52% | 65.51% | 6,750 | 3,949 | 1,673 | 498 | 348 | 431 | – | – | 13,649 |
| Surrey-Panorama Ridge | New | New | | Lib | 9,590 | 58.94% | 6,350 | 39.03% | 69.04% | 9,590 | 3,240 | 1,437 | 1,123 | 424 | 408 | – | 50 | 16,272 |
| Surrey-Tynehead | New | New | | Lib | 12,252 | 60.95% | 9,093 | 45.23% | 72.25% | 12,252 | 3,159 | 1,876 | 1,234 | 385 | 265 | 930 | – | 20,101 |
| Surrey-Whalley | | NDP | | Lib | 6,693 | 45.73% | 2,157 | 14.74% | 66.79% | 6,693 | 4,536 | 1,652 | 838 | 544 | 374 | – | – | 14,637 |
| Surrey-White Rock | | Lib | | Lib | 18,678 | 68.70% | 15,101 | 55.54% | 77.64% | 18,678 | 3,415 | 3,577 | 983 | 536 | – | – | – | 27,189 |
| Vancouver-Burrard | | NDP | | Lib | 11,396 | 48.11% | 4,037 | 17.04% | 63.67% | 11,396 | 7,359 | 3,826 | 906 | | – | 136 | 65 | 23,688 |
| Vancouver-Fairview | | Lib | | Lib | 12,864 | 54.94% | 7,813 | 33.37% | 64.20% | 12,864 | 4,772 | 5,051 | – | 651 | – | – | 76 | 23,414 |
| Vancouver-Fraserview | | NDP | | Lib | 10,361 | 56.84% | 4,546 | 24.93% | 71.61% | 10,361 | 5,815 | 1,417 | 369 | 267 | – | – | – | 18,229 |
| Vancouver-Hastings | | NDP | | NDP | 8,009 | 41.64% | 409 | 2.13% | 68.11% | 7,600 | 8,009 | 2,874 | – | 409 | – | – | 341 | 19,233 |
| Vancouver-Kensington | | NDP | | Lib | 9,162 | 47.56% | 1,684 | 8.74% | 73.09% | 9,162 | 7,478 | 1,795 | 314 | 516 | – | – | – | 19,265 |
| Vancouver-Kingsway | | NDP | | Lib | 8,264 | 49.89% | 2,835 | 17.11% | 67.14% | 8,264 | 5,429 | 1,725 | 541 | 364 | – | – | 240 | 16,563 |
| Vancouver-Langara | | Lib | | Lib | 11,800 | 66.90% | 8,801 | 49.90% | 67.38% | 11,800 | 2,999 | 2,009 | – | 673 | – | – | 156 | 17,637 |
| Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | | NDP | | NDP | 7,163 | 44.48% | 1,820 | 11.30% | 59.36% | 5,343 | 7,163 | 2,612 | 166 | 489 | – | – | 332 | 16,105 |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | | Lib | | Lib | 13,430 | 56.14% | 8,336 | 34.85% | 65.80% | 13,430 | 4,441 | 5,094 | 257 | 659 | – | – | 43 | 23,924 |
| Vancouver-Quilchena | | Lib | | Lib | 16,829 | 73.86% | 13,552 | 59.48% | 73.44% | 16,829 | 2,168 | 3,277 | – | 351 | – | 160 | – | 22,785 |
| Victoria-Beacon Hill | | NDP | | Lib | 9,297 | 37.04% | 35 | 0.14% | 68.63% | 9,297 | 9,262 | 5,453 | 290 | 532 | – | 205 | 64 | 25,103 |
| Victoria-Hillside | | NDP | | Lib | 7,878 | 37.71% | 82 | 0.40% | 68.73% | 7,878 | 7,796 | 4,142 | 293 | 663 | – | – | 121 | 20,893 |
| West Kootenay-Boundary | New | New | | Lib | 10,784 | 49.74% | 3,869 | 17.85% | 74.42% | 10,784 | 6,915 | 2,004 | 1,139 | 840 | – | – | – | 21,682 |
| West Vancouver-Capilano | | Lib | | Lib | 15,556 | 72.69% | 12,624 | 58.99% | 72.67% | 15,556 | 1,284 | 2,932 | – | 274 | – | 1,355 | – | 21,401 |
| West Vancouver-Garibaldi | | Lib | | Lib | 14,542 | 68.18% | 10,851 | 50.88% | 68.19% | 14,542 | 2,330 | 3,691 | – | 767 | – | – | – | 21,330 |
| Yale-Lillooet | | NDP | | Lib | 9,845 | 60.07% | 7,028 | 42.88% | 68.99% | 9,845 | 2,817 | 1,657 | – | 807 | – | – | 1,262 | 16,388 |
* ↑ including spoilt ballots
* ↑ parties receiving more than 1% of the popular vote, or fielding candidates in at least half of the constituencies, are listed separately. Reform is also listed separately, as it was a major contender in 1996, to identify the districts that still nominated candidates.
* ↑ Gulzar Singh Cheema was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
    = Open seat
    = turnout is above provincial average
    = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
    = Incumbent had switched allegiance
    = Previously incumbent in another riding
    = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
    = Incumbency arose from by-election gain
    = other incumbents renominated
    = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
    = Multiple candidates