2005 British Columbia general election

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79 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
40 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout| 57.80%[1] 2.75 pp
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Leader  | Gordon Campbell | Carole James | Adriane Carr
Party  | Liberal | New Democratic | Green
Leader since  | September 11, 1993 | November 23, 2003 | September 23, 2000
Leader's seat  | Vancouver-Point Grey | Victoria-Beacon Hill | Ran in Powell River-Sunshine Coast (lost)
Last election  | 77 seats  | 2 seats  | 0 seats
Seats won  | 46 | 33  | 0
Seat change  | 31  | 31  | 0
Popular vote  | 807,118 | 731,719  | 161,842
Percentage  | 45.80% | 41.52%  | 9.18%
Swing  | 11.82%  | 19.96%  | 3.22%

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Popular vote map by riding. Traditional areas of NDP support returned to the party fold after the preceding wipeout.

Colourblind-friendly version

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| Premier before election

Gordon Campbell
Liberal

| Premier after election

Gordon Campbell
Liberal

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* Results of 2005 British Columbia, Canada General Election

The 2005 British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of the Province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. The British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals) formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell. The main opposition was the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), whose electoral representation was reduced to two MLAs in the previous provincial election in 2001.

The BC Liberals retained power, with a reduced majority of 46 out of 79 seats, down from the record 77 out of 79 in 2001. Voter turnout was 58.2 per cent.

Under amendments to the BC Constitution Act passed in 2001, BC elections are now held on fixed dates: the second Tuesday in May every four years. This was the first provincial election for which elector data in the provincial elector list was synchronised with the National Register of Electors.[2]

Coincidental with the general election, BC voters also voted on whether or not to change the province's electoral system.

## Electoral reform referendum

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The BC electoral reform referendum was held in conjunction with this election. This referendum asked voters whether or not they support the proposed electoral reforms of the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, which included switching to a single transferable vote (STV) system. Had it been approved by 60% of voters in 60% of ridings), the new electoral system would have been implemented for the general election in 2009. Although the proposed reform attracted a clear majority (58% of the popular vote in favour, with 77 out of 79 ridings showing majority support), the level of support was just short of that required for mandatory implementation. A new vote on a revamped version of STV was held in conjunction with the 2009 British Columbia general election.

## Results

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Elections to the 38th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (2005)[3] Party  | Leader  | Candidates  | Votes  | Seats

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#  | ±  | %  | Change (pp)  | 2001 | 2005  | ±
| Liberal | Gordon Campbell | 79 | 807,118 | 109,770 | 45.80  | -11.82 |

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46 / 79

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| New Democratic | Carole James | 79 | 731,783 | 388,677 | 41.52  | 19.96 |  | 19.96

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33 / 79

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| Green | Adriane Carr | 79 | 161,849 | 35,382 | 9.18  | -3.21 |

| Independent |  | 28 | 17,599 | 2,284 | 1.00  | 0.04 |  | 0.04

| Democratic Reform | Tom Morino  | 32 | 14,022 | 14,022 | 0.80  | 0.80 |  | 0.8

| Marijuana | Marc Emery | 44 | 11,449 | 39,757 | 0.65  | -2.57 |

| Unity | Daniel Stelmacker  | 1 | 224 | 51,202 | 0.01  | -3.22 |

| Conservative | Barry Chilton  | 7 | 9,623 | 6,243 | 0.55 | 0.33
| Work Less | Conrad Schmidt | 11 | 1,641 | 1,641 | 0.09 | New
| Libertarian |  | 6 | 1,053 | 1,053 | 0.06 | New
| Platinum | Jeff Evans  | 11 | 779 | 779 | 0.04 | New
| Refederation |  | 4 | 675 | 675 | 0.04 | New
| Social Credit |  | 2 | 502 | 1,446 | 0.03 | -0.09
| Your Political Party | James Filippelli | 1 | 442 | 442 | 0.03 | New
| Western Canada Concept | Douglas Christie | 2 | 387 | 387 | 0.02 | New
| People's Front | Charles Boylan  | 5 | 380 | 340 | 0.02 | -0.02
| Youth Coalition |  | 2 | 369 | 369 | 0.02 | New
| Moderate Democratic Movement |  | 2 | 367 | 367 | 0.02 | New
| Reform |  | 1 | 365 | 3,074 | 0.02 | -0.20
| British Columbia Party | Grant Mitton | 2 | 362 | 362 | 0.02 | New
| Sex | John Ince | 3 | 305 | 305 | 0.02 | New
| Freedom | K.M. Keillor  | 2 | 282 | 42 | 0.02 | -
| Bloc BC | Paddy Roberts | 3 | 282 | 282 | 0.02 | New
| Communist | George Gidora  | 3 | 244 | 137 | 0.01 | -0.01
| Emerged Democracy | Tony Luck | 1 | 151 | 151 | 0.01 | New
| Patriot | Andrew Hokhold  | 2 | 90 | 8 | 0.01 | -
Total | 412  | 1,762,343  | 100.00%
Rejected ballots[4] | 11,926 | 3,467
Turnout[4] | 1,774,269 | 174,504 | 62.36% | 8.59
Registered voters[4] | 2,845,284 | 590,364

## MLAs elected

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Abbotsford-Clayburn: John van Dongen

Abbotsford-Mount Lehman: Mike de Jong

Alberni-Qualicum: Scott Fraser

Bulkley Valley-Stikine: Dennis MacKay

Burnaby-Edmonds: Raj Chouhan

Burnaby North: Richard Lee

Burnaby-Willingdon: John Nuraney

Burquitlam: Harry Bloy

Cariboo North: Bob Simpson

Cariboo South: Charlie Wyse

Chilliwack-Kent: Barry Penner

Chilliwack-Sumas: John Les

Columbia River-Revelstoke: Norm Macdonald

Comox Valley: Stan Hagen

Coquitlam-Maillardville: Diane Thorne

Cowichan-Ladysmith: Doug Routley

Delta North: Guy Gentner

Delta South: Val Roddick

East Kootenay: Bill Bennett

Esquimalt-Metchosin: Maurine Karagianis

Fort Langley-Aldergrove: Rich Coleman

Kamloops: Claude Richmond

Kamloops-North Thompson: Kevin Krueger

Kelowna-Lake Country: Al Horning

Kelowna-Mission: Sindi Hawkins

Langley: Mary Polak

Malahat-Juan de Fuca: John Horgan

Maple Ridge-Mission: Randy Hawes

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows: Michael Sather

Nanaimo: Leonard Krog

Nanaimo-Parksville: Ron Cantelon

Nelson-Creston: Corky Evans

New Westminster: Chuck Puchmayr

North Coast: Gary Coons

North Island: Claire Trevena

North Vancouver-Lonsdale: Katherine Whittred

North Vancouver-Seymour: Daniel Jarvis

Oak Bay-Gordon Head: Ida Chong

Okanagan-Vernon: Tom Christensen

Okanagan-Westside: Rick Thorpe

Peace River North: Richard Neufeld

Peace River South: Blair Lekstrom

Penticton-Okanagan Valley: Bill Barisoff

Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain: Mike Farnworth

Port Moody-Westwood: Iain Black

Powell River-Sunshine Coast: Nicholas Simons

Prince George-Mount Robson: Shirley Bond

Prince George North: Pat Bell

Prince George-Omineca: John Rustad

Richmond Centre: Olga Ilich

Richmond East: Linda Reid

Richmond-Steveston: John Yap

Saanich North and the Islands: Murray Coell

Saanich South: David Cubberley

Shuswap: George Abbott

Skeena: Robin Austin

Surrey-Cloverdale: Kevin Falcon

Surrey-Green Timbers: Sue Hammell

Surrey-Newton: Harry Bains

Surrey-Panorama Ridge: Jagrup Brar

Surrey-Tynehead: Dave Hayer

Surrey-Whalley: Bruce Ralston

Surrey-White Rock: Gordon Hogg

Vancouver-Burrard: Spencer Chandra Herbert

Vancouver-Fairview: Jenn McGinn

Vancouver-Fraserview: Wally Oppal

Vancouver-Hastings: Shane Simpson

Vancouver-Kensington: David Chudnovsky

Vancouver-Kingsway: Adrian Dix

Vancouver-Langara: Val Anderson

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant: Jenny Kwan

Vancouver-Point Grey: Gordon Campbell

Vancouver-Quilchena: Colin Hansen

Victoria-Beacon Hill: Carole James

Victoria-Hillside: Rob Fleming

West Kootenay-Boundary: Katrine Conroy

West Vancouver-Capilano: Ralph Sultan

West Vancouver-Garibaldi: Joan McIntyre

Yale-Lillooet: Harry Lali

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### Synopsis of results

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Main article: Results of the 2005 British Columbia general election by riding

Results by riding - 2005 British Columbia general election[5] Riding  | Winning party  | Turnout
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Name  | 2001 | Party  | Votes  | Share  | Margin
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%  | Lib  | NDP  | Grn  | DR | Mari | Con | Ind | Oth | Total
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Abbotsford-Clayburn |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,047 | 59.95% | 5,492 | 29.80% | 59.50% | 11,047 | 5,555 | 1,428 | – | 198 | – | – | 199 | 18,427
Abbotsford-Mount Lehman |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,325 | 57.55% | 5,193 | 26.39% | 57.97% | 11,325 | 6,132 | 1,359 | 472 | 392 | – | – | – | 19,680
Alberni-Qualicum |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 13,988 | 52.61% | 4,200 | 15.80% | 69.02% | 9,788 | 13,988 | 1,912 | 292 | 401 | – | 209 | – | 26,590
Bulkley Valley-Stikine |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 6,279 | 48.30% | 1,102 | 8.48% | 68.78% | 6,279 | 5,177 | 769 | 354 | 205 | – | – | 216 | 13,000
Burnaby-Edmonds |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 10,337 | 46.71% | 738 | 3.34% | 57.70% | 9,599 | 10,337 | 2,192 | – | – | – | – | – | 22,128
Burnaby North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 10,421 | 45.59% | 65 | 0.28% | 59.76% | 10,421 | 10,356 | 1,763 | 316 | – | – | – | – | 22,856
Burnaby-Willingdon |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 8,754 | 44.00% | 399 | 2.01% | 57.36% | 8,754 | 8,355 | 1,482 | 947 | 214 | – | 142 | – | 19,894
Burquitlam |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 10,054 | 46.39% | 372 | 1.72% | 60.45% | 10,054 | 9,682 | 1,619 | – | 191 | – | 125 | – | 21,671
Cariboo North |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 7,353 | 47.28% | 269 | 1.73% | 64.26% | 7,084 | 7,353 | 835 | – | 281 | – | – | – | 15,553
Cariboo South |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 7,277 | 45.99% | 114 | 0.72% | 67.43% | 7,163 | 7,277 | 851 | – | – | – | 532 | – | 15,823
Chilliwack-Kent |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,368 | 57.14% | 4,834 | 24.30% | 58.71% | 11,368 | 6,534 | 1,651 | – | – | – | – | 343 | 19,896
Chilliwack-Sumas |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,995 | 57.36% | 5,518 | 26.39% | 59.98% | 11,995 | 6,477 | 1,731 | 315 | – | – | – | 393 | 20,911
Columbia River-Revelstoke |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 7,460 | 51.71% | 1,710 | 11.85% | 62.47% | 5,750 | 7,460 | 1,217 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,427
Comox Valley |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 14,068 | 45.73% | 807 | 2.62% | 68.34% | 14,068 | 13,261 | 2,833 | 187 | 214 | – | – | 201 | 30,764
Coquitlam-Maillardville |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 10,532 | 46.96% | 531 | 2.37% | 63.41% | 10,001 | 10,532 | 1,415 | – | 236 | – | – | 242 | 22,426
Cowichan-Ladysmith |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 14,014 | 50.02% | 2,589 | 9.24% | 71.86% | 11,425 | 14,014 | 1,950 | 238 | – | – | 307 | 83 | 28,017
Delta North |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 10,481 | 47.46% | 1,001 | 4.53% | 64.24% | 9,480 | 10,481 | 1,711 | – | 224 | – | – | 187 | 22,083
Delta South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 9,112 | 37.48% | 1,069 | 4.40% | 70.81% | 9,112 | 5,828 | 1,131 | – | 139 | – | 8,101[a 3] | – | 24,311
East Kootenay |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 8,060 | 48.01% | 721 | 4.29% | 60.03% | 8,060 | 7,339 | 1,389 | – | – | – | – | – | 16,788
Esquimalt-Metchosin |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 12,545 | 49.63% | 2,895 | 11.45% | 66.89% | 9,650 | 12,545 | 2,672 | 409 | – | – | – | – | 25,276
Fort Langley-Aldergrove |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 15,454 | 59.13% | 7,857 | 30.06% | 65.06% | 15,454 | 7,597 | 2,529 | – | 374 | – | – | 183 | 26,137
Kamloops |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,261 | 47.58% | 1,375 | 5.81% | 61.81% | 11,261 | 9,886 | 1,723 | – | – | 797 | – | – | 23,667
Kamloops-North Thompson |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,648 | 48.36% | 2,013 | 8.36% | 67.71% | 11,648 | 9,635 | 1,689 | – | 321 | 795 | – | – | 24,088
Kelowna-Lake Country |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 12,247 | 50.37% | 4,857 | 19.98% | 54.88% | 12,247 | 7,390 | 2,541 | 1,793 | 341 | – | – | – | 24,312
Kelowna-Mission |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 13,827 | 53.72% | 5,638 | 21.91% | 57.00% | 13,827 | 8,189 | 3,308 | – | 320 | – | – | 94 | 25,738
Langley |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 12,877 | 52.18% | 4,574 | 18.53% | 61.68% | 12,877 | 8,303 | 3,042 | – | 278 | – | – | 180 | 24,680
Malahat-Juan de Fuca |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 12,460 | 46.09% | 1,932 | 7.15% | 69.57% | 10,528 | 12,460 | 2,610 | 1,256 | – | – | – | 180 | 27,034
Maple Ridge-Mission |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 12,095 | 44.30% | 199 | 0.73% | 63.31% | 12,095 | 11,896 | 2,633 | – | 314 | – | 312 | 53 | 27,303
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 11,786 | 46.38% | 925 | 3.64% | 64.23% | 10,861 | 11,786 | 1,869 | 534 | 360 | – | – | – | 25,410
Nanaimo |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 13,226 | 51.90% | 4,569 | 17.93% | 62.83% | 8,657 | 13,226 | 2,933 | – | 294 | – | 204 | 169 | 25,483
Nanaimo-Parksville |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 16,542 | 51.42% | 4,110 | 12.78% | 69.56% | 16,542 | 12,432 | 2,714 | – | 198 | – | – | 283 | 32,169
Nelson-Creston |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 12,896 | 58.80% | 7,034 | 32.07% | 67.88% | 5,862 | 12,896 | 2,724 | – | 276 | – | – | 173 | 21,931
New Westminster |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 13,226 | 51.32% | 3,581 | 13.89% | 63.91% | 9,645 | 13,226 | 2,416 | 152 | 293 | – | – | 42 | 25,774
North Coast |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 5,845 | 53.77% | 1,660 | 15.27% | 60.86% | 4,185 | 5,845 | 629 | – | 211 | – | – | – | 10,870
North Island |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 11,464 | 45.29% | 660 | 2.61% | 66.38% | 10,804 | 11,464 | 1,874 | 699 | – | – | 471 | – | 25,312
North Vancouver-Lonsdale |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 9,375 | 44.51% | 984 | 4.67% | 64.31% | 9,375 | 8,391 | 2,562 | 163 | 209 | – | – | 365 | 21,065
North Vancouver-Seymour |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 14,518 | 56.92% | 6,923 | 27.14% | 74.88% | 14,518 | 7,595 | 3,013 | – | 212 | – | – | 169 | 25,507
Oak Bay-Gordon Head |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 13,443 | 47.52% | 1,427 | 5.04% | 73.63% | 13,443 | 12,016 | 2,379 | 278 | – | – | 176 | – | 28,292
Okanagan-Vernon |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,566 | 43.20% | 2,571 | 9.60% | 61.10% | 11,566 | 8,995 | 1,867 | – | 260 | 3,095 | 945 | 48 | 26,776
Okanagan-Westside |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 12,148 | 54.39% | 5,275 | 23.62% | 60.85% | 12,148 | 6,873 | 2,262 | 1,051 | – | – | – | – | 22,334
Peace River North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 5,498 | 59.37% | 2,987 | 32.26% | 47.36% | 5,498 | 2,511 | 638 | – | – | – | 613 | – | 9,260
Peace River South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 5,810 | 57.74% | 2,514 | 24.99% | 56.30% | 5,810 | 3,296 | 956 | – | – | – | – | – | 10,062
Penticton-Okanagan Valley |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 13,650 | 50.23% | 3,453 | 12.71% | 62.61% | 13,650 | 10,197 | 2,669 | – | – | – | 660 | – | 27,176
Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 11,844 | 48.14% | 1,092 | 4.44% | 64.29% | 10,752 | 11,844 | 1,691 | – | – | – | – | 318 | 24,605
Port Moody-Westwood |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 14,161 | 53.75% | 4,313 | 16.37% | 60.57% | 14,161 | 9,848 | 1,670 | – | – | – | 227 | 442 | 26,348
Powell River-Sunshine Coast |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 11,099 | 43.45% | 3,397 | 13.30% | 72.43% | 7,702 | 11,099 | 6,585 | – | – | – | – | 156 | 25,542
Prince George-Mount Robson |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 5,885 | 41.06% | 891 | 6.22% | 58.41% | 5,885 | 4,994 | 1,053 | – | 241 | – | 2,158[a 4] | – | 14,331
Prince George North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 7,697 | 49.93% | 2,099 | 13.62% | 61.55% | 7,697 | 5,598 | 1,201 | 241 | 235 | – | 443 | – | 15,415
Prince George-Omineca |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 8,622 | 51.71% | 2,442 | 14.65% | 64.22% | 8,622 | 6,180 | 1,393 | 479 | – | – | – | – | 16,674
Richmond Centre |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 10,908 | 58.56% | 4,857 | 26.08% | 49.42% | 10,908 | 6,051 | 1,436 | – | 231 | – | – | – | 18,626
Richmond East |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,652 | 57.48% | 4,960 | 24.47% | 53.01% | 11,652 | 6,692 | 1,530 | – | 191 | – | 207 | – | 20,272
Richmond-Steveston |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 13,859 | 59.20% | 6,525 | 27.87% | 59.87% | 13,859 | 7,334 | 1,934 | 282 | – | – | – | – | 23,409
Saanich North and the Islands |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 13,781 | 43.66% | 1,939 | 6.14% | 73.09% | 13,781 | 11,842 | 4,846 | 1,092 | – | – | – | – | 31,561
Saanich South |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 12,809 | 46.08% | 429 | 1.54% | 72.03% | 12,380 | 12,809 | 2,018 | 223 | – | – | 161 | 207 | 27,798
Shuswap |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,024 | 46.96% | 2,743 | 11.68% | 64.34% | 11,024 | 8,281 | 1,394 | – | 356 | 2,330 | – | 92 | 23,477
Skeena |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 6,166 | 48.12% | 359 | 2.80% | 62.52% | 5,807 | 6,166 | 616 | – | – | – | – | 224 | 12,813
Surrey-Cloverdale |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 16,429 | 61.64% | 8,789 | 32.97% | 65.49% | 16,429 | 7,640 | 2,280 | 305 | – | – | – | – | 26,654
Surrey-Green Timbers |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 10,836 | 60.82% | 5,217 | 29.28% | 56.69% | 5,619 | 10,836 | 791 | 142 | 225 | – | – | 203 | 17,816
Surrey-Newton |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 10,741 | 57.89% | 4,268 | 23.00% | 60.42% | 6,473 | 10,741 | 876 | 268 | – | – | – | 195 | 18,553
Surrey-Panorama Ridge |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 11,553 | 53.17% | 2,980 | 13.71% | 62.00% | 8,573 | 11,553 | 1,370 | – | 234 | – | – | – | 21,730
Surrey-Tynehead |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 12,052 | 51.37% | 2,583 | 11.01% | 59.14% | 12,052 | 9,469 | 1,095 | – | 243 | – | 603 | – | 23,462
Surrey-Whalley |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 8,903 | 55.00% | 3,954 | 24.43% | 54.95% | 4,949 | 8,903 | 1,238 | 607 | 302 | – | 139 | 50 | 16,188
Surrey-White Rock |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 16,462 | 57.86% | 8,951 | 31.46% | 67.91% | 16,462 | 7,511 | 3,051 | 87 | – | 1,340 | – | – | 28,451
Vancouver-Burrard |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 12,009 | 42.16% | 11 | 0.04% | 51.95% | 12,009 | 11,998 | 3,698 | 82 | – | – | – | 696 | 28,483
Vancouver-Fairview |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 13,009 | 46.59% | 895 | 3.21% | 60.64% | 12,114 | 13,009 | 2,479 | – | – | – | 102 | 216 | 27,920
Vancouver-Fraserview |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 9,895 | 47.80% | 1,112 | 5.37% | 57.96% | 9,895 | 8,783 | 1,374 | – | 650 | – | – | – | 20,702
Vancouver-Hastings |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 11,726 | 54.61% | 4,816 | 22.43% | 55.43% | 6,910 | 11,726 | 1,928 | – | 188 | – | 130 | 589 | 21,471
Vancouver-Kensington |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 10,573 | 49.97% | 1,624 | 7.67% | 58.46% | 8,949 | 10,573 | 1,273 | – | 266 | – | – | 99 | 21,160
Vancouver-Kingsway |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 10,038 | 51.44% | 2,144 | 10.99% | 54.19% | 7,894 | 10,038 | 1,212 | – | 219 | – | – | 150 | 19,513
Vancouver-Langara |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,181 | 56.55% | 4,661 | 23.57% | 53.51% | 11,181 | 6,520 | 1,591 | – | 144 | – | – | 336 | 19,772
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant |  | NDP  |  | NDP  | 12,974 | 64.24% | 8,676 | 42.96% | 49.93% | 4,298 | 12,974 | 2,066 | 43 | 308 | – | 205 | 302 | 20,196
Vancouver-Point Grey |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 12,498 | 45.98% | 2,250 | 8.28% | 60.94% | 12,498 | 10,248 | 4,111 | – | 138 | – | – | 188 | 27,183
Vancouver-Quilchena |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 16,394 | 67.16% | 11,263 | 46.14% | 61.64% | 16,394 | 5,131 | 2,538 | – | 175 | – | – | 174 | 24,412
Victoria-Beacon Hill |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 16,081 | 57.03% | 7,460 | 26.46% | 64.12% | 8,621 | 16,081 | 3,077 | 169 | – | – | 247 | – | 28,195
Victoria-Hillside |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 13,926 | 57.00% | 6,884 | 28.18% | 62.74% | 7,042 | 13,926 | 2,934 | 363 | – | – | – | 167 | 24,432
West Kootenay-Boundary |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 13,318 | 60.26% | 7,138 | 32.30% | 68.63% | 6,180 | 13,318 | 1,561 | – | – | 802 | 180 | 59 | 22,100
West Vancouver-Capilano |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 14,665 | 68.27% | 10,765 | 50.11% | 66.14% | 14,665 | 3,900 | 2,648 | – | 147 | – | – | 122 | 21,482
West Vancouver-Garibaldi |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 11,808 | 50.35% | 5,573 | 23.76% | 61.57% | 11,808 | 4,947 | 6,235 | – | – | 464 | – | – | 23,454
Yale-Lillooet |  | Lib  |  | NDP  | 8,432 | 48.90% | 1,483 | 8.60% | 66.97% | 6,949 | 8,432 | 1,566 | 183 | – | – | – | 112 | 17,242

1. ^ including spoilt ballots
2. ^ parties receiving more than 1% of the popular vote, or fielding candidates in at least half of the constituencies, are listed separately. Democratic Reform is highlighted, as it received more votes than the Marijuana Party while having fewer candidates. Conservatives are also listed separately, as they achieved significant 3rd and 4th places in several districts.
3. ^ Vicki Huntington received 8,043 votes
4. ^ Paul Nettleton was the incumbent Liberal MLA in Prince George-Omineca.

= 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

### Summary analysis

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Party candidates in 2nd place[6] Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total

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Lib | NDP | Grn | Ind
| Liberal |  | 44 | 1 | 1 | 46
| New Democratic | 33 |  |  |  | 33
Total  | 33 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 79
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[6] Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th

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█ New Democratic | 33 | 44 | 2 |  |
█ Liberal | 46 | 33 |  |  |
█ Green |  | 1 | 74 | 4 |
█ Independent |  | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11
█ Conservative |  |  | 2 | 5 |
█ Marijuana |  |  |  | 25 | 15
█ Democratic Reform |  |  |  | 22 | 6
█ Libertarian |  |  |  | 2 | 3
█ Refederation |  |  |  | 2 |
█ Social Credit |  |  |  | 2 |
█ Freedom |  |  |  | 1 |
█ Moderate Democratic Movement  |  |  |  | 1 |
█ Sex |  |  |  | 1 |
█ Your Political Party |  |  |  | 1 |
█ Reform |  |  |  | 1 |
█ Unity |  |  |  | 1 |
█ Work Less |  |  |  |  | 8
█ People's Front |  |  |  |  | 3
█ Platinum |  |  |  |  | 2
█ Western Canada Concept |  |  |  |  | 2
█ Youth Coalition  |  |  |  |  | 2
█ British Columbia Party |  |  |  |  | 1
█ Communist |  |  |  |  | 1
█ Emerged Democracy  |  |  |  |  | 1
█ Progressive Nationalist  |  |  |  |  | 1
Resulting composition of the 38th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Source | Party

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Lib | NDP | Total
Seats retained | Incumbents returned  | 36 | 1 | 37
Open seats held  | 10 | 1 | 11
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated  |  | 20 | 20
Open seats gained - new MLAs  |  | 8 | 8
Open seats gained - taken by candidates who had previously been MLAs  |  | 2 | 2
Byelection gains held  |  | 1 | 1
Total | 46 | 33 | 79

## Results by region

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Party name  | Van. | Van.
East
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Shore/
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| BC Liberal | Seats:  | 5  | 4  | 4  | 7  | 4  | 7  | 9  | 6  | 46
| Popular Vote:  | 44.3%  | 44.9%  | 49.6%  | 48.2%  | 40.7%  | 53.2%  | 44.9%  | 48.8%  | 45.8%
| New Democrats | Seats:  | 5  | 4  | 1  | 5  | 9  | 1  | 6  | 2  | 33
| Popular Vote:  | 43.7%  | 45.3%  | 30.7%  | 39.6%  | 47.1%  | 35.2%  | 41.5%  | 38.7%  | 41.5%
Total seats:  | 10  | 8  | 5  | 12  | 13  | 8  | 15  | 8  | 79
Parties that won no seats:
| Green | Popular Vote:  | 9.6%  | 7.7%  | 18.0%  | 7.1%  | 9.6%  | 8.9%  | 8.6%  | 7.1%  | 9.2%
| Democratic Reform | Popular Vote:  | 0.1%  | 0.8%  | 0.1%  | 0.6%  | 1.4%  | 0.7%  | 0.9%  | 1.0%  | 0.8%
| Marijuana | Popular Vote:  | 0.9%  | 0.5%  | 0.5%  | 0.7%  | 0.3%  | 1.1%  | 0.7%  | 0.9%  | 0.7%
| Conservative | Popular Vote:  | \-  | \-  | 0.4%  | 0.1%  | \-  | \-  | 2.4%  | \-  | 0.6%
| Work Less | Popular Vote:  | 0.4%  | \-  | 0.2%  | xx  | 0.1%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 0.1%
| Libertarian | Popular Vote:  | 0.3%  | 0.1%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 0.1%
| Platinum | Popular Vote:  | 0.1%  | 0.1%  | \-  | xx  | \-  | 0.2%  | \-  | \-  | xx
| Refederation | Popular Vote:  | \-  | \-  | 0.1%  | \-  | 0.1%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | xx
| Social Credit | Popular Vote:  | 0.1%  | 0.1%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | xx
| Your Political Party | Popular Vote:  | \-  | 0.2%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | xx
| Western Canada Concept | Popular Vote:  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 0.1%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | xx
| People's Front | Popular Vote:  | 0.1%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | xx  | \-  | xx  | xx  | xx
| Youth Coalition | Popular Vote:  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 0.2%  | \-  | \-  | xx
| Moderates | Popular Vote:  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 0.2%  | \-  | \-  | xx
| Reform | Popular Vote:  | \-  | \-  | 0.3%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | xx
| British Columbia Party | Popular Vote:  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 0.1%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 0.2%  | xx
| Sex | Popular Vote:  | 0.1%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | xx
| Bloc | Popular Vote:  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 0.1%  | \-  | xx
| Freedom | Popular Vote:  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | xx  | 0.1%  | \-  | \-  | xx
| Communist | Popular Vote:  | xx  | \-  | \-  | xx  | \-  | \-  | xx  | \-  | xx
| Unity | Popular Vote:  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 0.2%  | xx
| Emerged Democracy | Popular Vote:  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 0.1%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | xx
| Patriot | Popular Vote:  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | xx  | \-  | xx
| Independents/
No Affiliation  | Popular Vote:  | 0.2%  | 0.3%  | \-  | 3.5%  | 0.5%  | 0.2%  | 0.7%  | 3.1%  | 1.0%

xx Denotes party received less than 0.1%

## Timeline

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### Pre-campaign period

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* August 30, 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 BC Rail as well the BC Hydro electric utility. He is removed from caucus several days later and sits as an Independent Liberal until the 2005 election, when he unsuccessfully ran in Prince George-Mount Robson against Shirley Bond. BC Rail was subsequently sold to CN in what other bidders have described as a corrupted process, and BC Hydro's administrative arm was sold to Accenture.
* January 9, 2003 - Premier Gordon Campbell is arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Maui. Because drunk driving is not a criminal offence in the state of Hawaii, but only a misdemeanour, Campbell did not resign his seat as he would have had to in Canada, and due to pressure from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) he attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and a series of speaking engagements condemning drinking and driving.
* November 23, 2003 - Carole James is elected as leader of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.
* December 28, 2003 - the RCMP execute search warrants on various locations in the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria, including offices in the Parliament Buildings in Victoria, in relation to suspicious dealings in relation to the bidding process for the sale of BC Rail (see BC Legislature Raids).
* March 22, 2004 - Liberal MLA Elayne Brenzinger quits the caucus citing a "secret agenda" being undertaken by Premier Campbell in relation to the sale of BC Rail.[7]
* September 17, 2004 - Deputy Premier Christy Clark, whose house had been searched under warrant by the RCMP in connection with the BC Legislature Raids investigation, quits politics saying she wanted to spend more time with her family.
* 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 - In the wake of revelations he had been under surveillance by the RCMP in connection with dealings concerning the sale of BC Rail, Liberal Finance Minister Gary Farrell-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 then-cabinet minister Sandy Santori resigns from his seat in the Legislature in a dispute over the deletion of emails by Premier Gordon Campbell's Deputy Minister to the Premier, Ken Dobell.[8]
* 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 an economic 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.
* April 13, 2005 - The NDP and Green Party release their platforms in Victoria.

### Campaign period

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* April 19, 2005 - The writ of election is issued (not "dropped" as in past elections), dissolving the Legislature and beginning the official campaign period.
* April 20, 2005 - The NDP becomes the first party to complete a province-wide nomination slate.
* April 22, 2005 - NDP candidate Rollie Keith withdraws his candidacy in Chilliwack-Kent after telling the Vancouver Province that he was "impressed" when he met Slobodan Milošević and that he did not believe there had been war crimes committed in Kosovo.
* May 3, 2005 - The leaders of the Liberal, NDP and Green parties meet in a televised debate. Commentators indicate the debate was either a draw or a win for Green leader Adriane Carr. An Ipsos-Reid poll conducted online following the debate showed that 33% of debate views thought the debate produced no clear winner, 31% felt NDP leader Carole James won, 23% felt Liberal leader Gordon Campbell won while only 12% saw Carr as the winner.
* May 17, 2005 - CBC projects a BC Liberal majority government at 9:05 p.m. local time.
* June 22, 2005 - Tim Stevenson, who lost to Lorne Mayencourt by 11 votes, asks the Supreme Court of British Columbia to order a new election in Vancouver-Burrard due to 70 ballots that could not be counted because they had not been initialed by election officials.

## Opinion polls

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### Voter intention polling

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Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level  Polling firm  | Last day
of survey  | Source  | Liberal | NDP | Green | Unity | Other  | ME | Sample

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Voting results |  |  | 45.80 | 41.52  | 9.18  | 0.01  | 3.49  |  |
Strategic | 11 May 2005  | HTML | 49 | 36  | 13  | —  | 2  | —  | —
Ipsos | 10 May 2005  | 1 * 2 | 47 | 39  | 11  | —  | 3  | ± 3.5  | 1,050
Mustel | 9 May 2005  | HTML | 45 | 40  | 12  | —  | 3  | —  | —
Robbins SCE | 5 May 2005  | HTML | 39  | 40 | 13  | —  | 8  | —  | —
The writ of election is issued (19 April 2005)
Ipsos | 26 April 2005  | 1 * 2 | 46 | 39  | 13  | —  | 2  | ± 3.5  | 1,050
Nordic | 6 April 2005  | HTML | 43 | 34  | 14  | —  | 8  | —  | —
Ipsos | 14 March 2005  | 1 * 2 | 46 | 39  | 12  | —  | 4  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 30 November 2004  | 1 * PDF | 44 | 41  | 12  | 0  | 3  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 15 September 2004  | 1 * PDF | 40 | 38  | 16  | 3  | 3  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 7 July 2004  | 1 * 2 | 37  | 38 | 18  | 4  | 3  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 7 March 2004  | 1 * 2 | 39  | 42 | 12  | 5  | 1  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 8 December 2003  | 1 * PDF | 41 | 37  | 14  | 5  | 4  | ± 3.5  | 800
Carole James is elected as NDP leader (23 November 2003)
Ipsos | 9 September 2003  | 1 * PDF | 45 | 31  | 17  | 4  | 4  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 12 May 2003  | 1 * PDF | 44 | 28  | 18  | 5  | 5  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 10 March 2003  | 1 * PDF | 44 | 30  | 19  | 3  | 3  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 13 January 2003  | 1 * PDF | 41 | 34  | 18  | 3  | 4  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 9 December 2002  | 1 * PDF | 44 | 31  | 17  | 5  | 3  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 11 September 2002  | HTML | 43 | 28  | 19  | 5  | 5  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 11 June 2002  | HTML | 48 | 25  | 18  | 5  | 5  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 8 May 2002  | 1 * 2 | 45 | 27  | 20  | 4  | 4  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 11 March 2002  | 1 * 2 | 48 | 28  | 16  | 3  | 5  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 10 December 2001  | 1 * 2 | 50 | 21  | 17  | 8  | 3  | ± 3.5  | 800
Ipsos | 21 September 2001  | HTML | 62 | 15  | 14  | 3  | 5  | —  | —
Joy MacPhail is appointed as NDP interim leader (16 June 2001)
Election 2001 |  |  | 57.62 | 21.56  | 12.39  | 3.23  | 5.20  |  |

Besides the usual public polling by market research firms, other organizations have been attempting to predict the results of the upcoming election using alternate methods. Results suggest that all three projections below underestimated NDP seats and overestimated Liberal seats:

UBC's Election Stock Market tracks the prices of contracts whose value depend on election results: [1]
Popular vote: Lib 44.5%, NDP 35.9%, Green 13.9%, Other 5.3%
Seats: Lib 48.6 (61.5), NDP 29.4 (37.2), Other 1.6 (2.0)
(values in parentheses are values of actual contracts, in cents)

The Election Prediction Project aggregates submissions from the Internet and subjectively predicts winners based on the submissions (see methodology):
Seats: Lib 50, NDP 29, Other 0

Will McMartin at the progressive online newspaper The Tyee makes his predictions by looking at "historic election results and selected demographics, as well as public opinion polls, regional sources and input from Election Central readers" (see details):
Seats: Lib 51, NDP 28, Other 0.

* BC battleground map based on the predictions aggregated by the Election Prediction Project.

* BC battleground map based on the predictions by Will McMartin on The Tyee.

## Political parties

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British Columbia has Canada's least restrictive elections laws with regard to political party registration, and consequently there are currently nearly 50 parties registered with Elections BC, by far the most of any jurisdiction in the country. Twenty-five parties contested the 2005 election, also a considerably greater number than anywhere else in Canada.

See also: List of political parties in Canada § British Columbia

### British Columbia Liberal Party

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Leader: Gordon Campbell

The BC Liberals won 77 of 79 seats in the 2001 election. At dissolution, the party held 72 seats. One member elected as a Liberal left the party to sit as a member of Democratic Reform British Columbia; one member elected as a Liberal left to sit as an independent; the party lost one by-election to the opposition New Democratic Party; and two former Liberal seats were vacant when the election was called. In 2005 election, the Liberal party dropped from 72 to 46 seats in the legislature, yet still won the election.

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### New Democratic Party of British Columbia

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Leader: Carole James

The NDP's legislative caucus was reduced from a majority to just two seats in the 2001 election. It won another seat in an October 2004 by-election to bring the total to three. Carole James led the NDP to 33 seats to become the Leader of the Opposition.

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### Green Party of British Columbia

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Leader: Adriane Carr

The Green Party ran 72 candidates in 2001, winning 12 percent of the vote but no seats in the legislature. Some argued that the Green Party support peaked in 2001, drawing on dissatisfied NDP voters, and they would remain incapable of winning a seat in 2005 under the First-Past-the-Post system; others believed that if there had been four or more competitive parties in this election, the Greens might elect a handful of members. Alternatively, if they had received more votes, they would have been more likely to win a seat. The Greens may benefit if a later election is conducted using the proposed BC-STV system. In 2005, the Greens received 9% of the popular vote and no seats.

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### Democratic Reform British Columbia

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Leader: Tom Morino

Democratic Reform British Columbia is a new party created in early 2005 by the merger of the British Columbia Democratic Coalition--a coalition of minor centrist parties-- with the All Nations Party of British Columbia and key elements of the Reform BC. Independent MLA Elayne Brenzinger, a former Liberal, became DRBC's first MLA on January 19, 2005. Controversially, no invitation was extended for Morino to participate in the leader's debate.

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### British Columbia Marijuana Party

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Leader: Marc Emery

The BC Marijuana Party nominated 43 candidates in this election. It was the only party other than the Liberals and NDP to run candidates in all 79 districts in 2001. The party chose not to run in certain districts and instead endorse New Democrat and Green candidates who publicly favour the legalization of marijuana. Party founder Marc Emery ran against Solicitor General Rich Coleman, an anti-drug hardliner, in staunchly conservative Fort Langley-Aldergrove. He gained controversy early in the campaign for claiming that the government spends too much money on senior citizens.

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### Minor parties

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Work Less Party of British Columbia

Leader: Conrad Schmidt

The WLP is an anti-materialist political movement that hopes to achieve socialist and green ends through, among other things, the promotion of a four-day work-week. The 2005 BC election marked the debut in Western politics of any registered party expressly driven by the ideology of voluntary simplicity. It nominated 11 candidates, all in urban ridings.

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Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness

Leader: Jeff Evans

Nominated eleven candidates.

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British Columbia Conservative Party

Leader: Barry Chilton

Nominated seven candidates. Former provincial affiliate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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British Columbia Libertarian Party

No registered leader

Nominated six candidates. Provincial affiliate of the Libertarian Party of Canada

People's Front

Leader: Charles Boylan

Nominated five candidates. Provincial affiliate of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist).

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Western Refederation Party of British Columbia

No registered leader

A new autonomist/separatist party that nominated four candidates around the province.

Communist Party of British Columbia

Leader: George Gidora

Nominated three candidates. Provincial affiliate of the Communist Party of Canada.

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Sex Party

Leader: John Ince

Nominated three candidates in the City of Vancouver. Billed itself as "the world's first sex-positive party."

Bloc British Columbia Party

Leader: Paddy Roberts

Libertarian separatist movement. Nominated three candidates in the Interior.

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British Columbia Social Credit Party

No registered leader

Although Social Credit governed British Columbia for most of the period from 1952 to 1991, the party is now a minor party, with little organization or support. It nominated the minimum two candidates in order to retain party status this election.

Freedom Party of British Columbia

Leader: Kenneth Montgomery Keillor

Nominated two candidates.

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British Columbia Patriot Party

Leader: Andrew Hokhold

Nominated two candidates.

Western Canada Concept Party of British Columbia

Leader: Doug Christie

Although the WCC did not run in the 2001 election, it has been a constant, if minor, force in the BC political fringes for decades. Christie, its controversial leader, and a second candidate were nominated by the party in Greater Victoria.

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British Columbia Party

Leader: Grant Mitton

The BC Party is also a relatively old minor party, one of several populist conservative organizations that attempted to fill the vacuum after the collapse of Social Credit in the mid-nineties. This was the first election in which it nominated candidates. It nominated two candidates. A third possible candidate, Summer Davis in Surrey-Tynehead, ran as an independent.

British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement

No registered leader

The majority of the Moderates, including leader Matthew Laird, joined DRBC. The party's registration did not lapsed, however. The two candidates running under its banner opposed the merger.

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British Columbia Youth Coalition

No registered leader.

Nominated two candidates.

British Columbia Unity Party

Interim Leader: Daniel Stelmacker

BC Unity finished fourth in 2001, winning slightly over 3% of the vote with a slate of 56 candidates. It stood poised to potentially benefit from right-of-centre voters disenchanted with Campbell, but instead fell victim to serious internal division following a failed merger with the BC Conservative Party, which led to Chris Delaney's resignation as party leader. It appointed Daniel Stelmacker as its interim leader until it can hold a full leadership convention in the autumn of 2005. Stelmacker was its only nominated candidate, in Skeena riding.

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Reform Party of British Columbia

No registered leader

Aborted mergers with BC Unity and DRBC drained supporters left and right from BC Reform, leaving only a tiny core of what was briefly BC's third party. Party founder Ron Gamble was the party's sole candidate in North Vancouver-Lonsdale.

Your Political Party of British Columbia

Leader: James Filippelli

YPP appears to be a one-man political movement; its website made mention of no figures other than Filippelli, the party's founder and leader, who was its sole candidate in this election. He ran in Port Moody-Westwood.

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Emerged Democracy Party of British Columbia

Leader: Tony Luck

Nominated one candidate, Rob Nordberg, in Surrey-Green Timbers.

## References

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1. ^ "Statement of Votes - 38th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
2. ^ "Elections BC and Elections Canada will Amalgamate Voters Lists" (PDF). Victoria, British Columbia: Elections British Columbia. May 21, 2004. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
3. ^ Elections BC 2005, p. 24.
4. ^ a b c "B.C. Voter Participation: 1983 to 2013" (PDF). Elections BC. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
5. ^ Elections BC 2005, pp. 37–39.
6. ^ a b Elections BC 2005, pp. 25–36.
7. ^ Hansard, October 6, 2004, quoted in the BC Legislature Raids blog
8. ^ Delete button wipes out 'transparency' in government: Called for 'thorough, complete, diligent investigation', Michael Smyth, The Province June 25, 2009, quoted in the BC Legislature Raids blog

## Further reading

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* Statement of Votes - 38th Provincial General Election (PDF). Victoria: Elections BC. 2005. ISSN 0227-9207.
* "Errata to Statutory Reports of the May 17, 2005 General Election and Referendum on Electoral Reform" (PDF). Elections BC. 2009.
* Mutimer, David, ed. (2012). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2005. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442643857.

## External links

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* Elections BC
* CBC - BC Votes 2005
* canada.com/The Vancouver Sun - BC Election 2005
* The Tyee Election Central: Battleground BC
* Election Almanac - British Columbia Provincial Election
* Simulation of 2005 Election with STV Ridings
* electionprediction.org - BC 2005
* UBC Election Stock Market B.C. 2005
* Prof. Antweiler's "Voter Migration Matrix" Election Forecasting Tool
* 2001 Election Candidate Financial Disclosures

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