The 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada was called on April 18, 2001, and held on May 16, 2001. The incumbent New Democratic Party had been rocked by scandal that had led to the resignation of leader Glen Clark. Clark was replaced by the well-respected Ujjal Dosanjh. Dosanjh was not, however, able to restore the party's public image, and the NDP was soundly defeated by the conservative Liberal Party, led by former Vancouver mayor Gordon Campbell. The Liberals won over 57% of the popular vote, and all but two of the 79 seats in the provincial legislature.
The NDP, on the other hand, lost almost half of the share of the popular vote that it had won in the 1996 election, and did not reach the 4 seats required for official status of caucus in the BC Legislature.
The British Columbia Unity Party had been created as a union of conservative parties. Initially, Reform BC, the Social Credit, the BC Conservative Party, 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 The other parties had withdrawn to continue independently. Ron Gamble, sometime leader and sometime president of the renewed Reform BC would continue 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.
Results
| Party
| Party Leader
| # of candidates
| Seats
| Popular Vote
|
| Previous
| After
| % Change
| #
| %
| Change
|
| Liberal
| Gordon Campbell
| 79
| 33
| 77
| +133.3%
| 916,888
| 57.62%
| +15.80%
|
| New Democratic
| 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
| Dana Larsen
| 79
| -
| -
| -
| 51,206
| 3.22%
| n.a.
|
| Independent
|
| 30
| -
| -
| -
| 14,588
| 0.92%
| +0.28%
|
| Reform
|
| 9
| 2
| -
| -100%
| 3,439
| 0.22%
| -9.05%
|
| All Nations
|
| 6
| n.a.
| -
| n.a.
| 3,380
| 0.21%
| n.a.
|
| Conservative
|
| 6
| -
| -
| -
| 2,417
| 0.15%
| +0.09%
|
| Social Credit
|
| 2
| -
| -
| -
| 1,948
| 0.12%
| -0.27%
|
| BC Action
|
| 5
| n.a.
| -
| n.a.
| 1,636
| 0.10%
| n.a.
|
| No Affiliation
|
| 6
| n.a.
| -
| n.a.
| 727
| 0.05%
| n.a.
|
| People's Front
|
| 11
| n.a.
| -
| n.a.
| 720
| 0.05%
| -
|
| Western Reform
|
| 1
| n.a.
| -
| n.a.
| 621
| 0.04%
| n.a.
|
| Citizens Alliance Now
|
| 2
| n.a.
| -
| n.a.
| 584
| 0.04%
| n.a.
|
| Council of British Columbians
|
| 2
| n.a.
| -
| n.a.
| 399
| 0.03
| n.a.
|
| Communist
|
| 4
| -
| -
| -
| 381
| 0.02%
| +0.01%
|
| Freedom
|
| 2
| n.a.
| -
| n.a.
| 240
| 0.02%
| n.a.
|
| Party of Citizens....
|
| 2
| n.a.
| -
| n.a.
| 147
| 0.01%
| n.a.
|
| Patriot
|
| 1
| n.a.
| -
| n.a.
| 82
| 0.01%
| n.a.
|
| Citizens Commonwealth
|
| 4
| n.a.
| -
| n.a.
| 49
| x
| n.a.
|
| Central
|
| 3
| n.a.
| -
| n.a.
| 41
| x
| n.a.
|
| Total
|
| 456
| 75
| 79
| +5.3%
| 1,591,306
| 100%
| -
|
Notes:
x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote.
n.a. - not applicable: the party was not recognized at the previous election.
Unity Party results are calculated relative to Family Coalition Party results.
Riding By Riding breakdown
Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers and former premiers. Incumbents denoted with a dagger (†) did not seek re-election.
Northern British Columbia
| Electoral District
| Candidates
| Incumbent
|
| NDP
| BC Liberal
| Green
| Marijuana
| Unity
| Other
|
| Bulkley Valley-Stikine
| Bill Goodacre
2,823
| Dennis MacKay
7,414
| Rolf Hussinger
856
| Trevor McKilligan
507
| Rod Taylor
1,190
| Theresa Tait (ANP)
405
Bill Forsyth (BC)
62
| Bill Goodacre
|
| North Coast
| Colleen Fitzpatrick
4,084
| Bill Belsey
4,915
| David Konsmo
560
| Kenneth Peerless
623
| Clarence Hall
152
| Emsily Bolton (ANP)
526
| Dan Miller†
|
| Peace River North
| Brian Churchill
1,047
| Richard Neufeld
6,629
|
| Paul Renaud
810
| Roy Daniel Strange
568
|
| Richard Neufeld
|
| Peace River South
| Elmer Kabush
767
| Blair Lekstrom
6,393
| Stacy LaJeunesse
407
| Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek
444
| Garret Golhof
225
| Grant Mitton (SC)
1,726
| Jack Weisgerber †
|
| Prince George-Mount Robson
| Todd Whitcombe
2,655
| Shirley Bond
8,033
| Lelani Arris
1,429
| Andrej DeWolf
744
| Bob Zayonc
1,110
| Erle Martz (Ref.)
445
| Lois Boone †
|
| Prince George North
| Bryan Llewellyn
2,148
| Pat Bell
9,215
| Hilary Crowley
1,137
| Robert Grimsrud
588
| David G. Low
838
| Lisa Maskell (WR)
621
Fred McLeod (Ind.)
478
Leif Jensen (Ind.)
76
| Paul Ramsey †
|
| Prince George-Omineca
| Ed John
3,156
| Paul Nettleton
10,469
| David Usher
1,026
| Will DeWolf
646
| Eldon Matte
1,168
|
| Paul Nettleton
|
| Skeena
| Helmut Giesbrecht
2,644
| Roger Harris
8,653
| Roger Benham
695
| Bob Erb
810
|
| Gerald Amos (ANP)
479
| Helmut Giesbrecht
|
Kootenay, Columbia and Boundary
| Electoral District
| Candidates
| Incumbent
|
| NDP
| BC Liberal
| Green
| Marijuana
| Unity
| Other
|
| Columbia River-Revelstoke
| Jim Doyle
| Wendy McMahon
| Jennifer Brownlee
| Lisa Kirkman
| Miles Lehn
|
| Jim Doyle
|
| East Kootenay
| Erda Walsh
| Bill Bennett
| Joni Krats
| Fred Sima
| Bruce Parke
|
| Erda Walsh
|
| Nelson-Creston
| Corky Evans
| Blair Suffredine
| Colleen McCrory
| Dan Loehndorf
| Stephen Cox
|
| Corky Evans
|
| West Kootenay-Boundary
| Ed Conroy
| Sandy Santori
| Patricia Pepe
| Brian Taylor
| Mark McLaren
|
| Ed Conroy
|
Okanagan and Shuswap
| Electoral District
| Candidates
| Incumbent
|
| NDP
| BC Liberal
| Green
| Marijuana
| Unity
| Other
|
| Kelowna-Lake Country
| Janet Scotland
| John Weisbeck
| Devra Rice
| Paul Halonen
| Kevin Wendland
| David Thomson (Act)
| John Weisbeck
|
| Kelowna-Mission
| Assunta Rossal
| Sindi Hawkins
| Angela Reid
| Kelly Nichol
| Paul Vogan
| Grant Baudais (Act)
| Sindi Hawkins
|
| Okanagan-Vernon
| Troy Sebastien
| Tom Christensen
| Erin Nelson
| Michael Jones
| Doug MacDonald
| Herb Wong (Ind.)
Kathleen Daniels (Ind.)
Andrew Hokold (Pat)
| April Sanders †
|
| Okanagan-Westside
| Ernie Ursuliak
| Rick Thorpe
|
| Teresa Taylor
| Howard Lionel Hunt
| Jack Peach (Act)
| Rick Thorpe
|
| Penticton-Okanagan Valley
| Naga Terada
| Bill Barisoff
| Harry Naegal
| Riley Goldstone
| Walter Ozero
| Kal Gidda (BC)
| Bill Barisoff
|
| Shuswap
| Wayne Fowler
| George Abbott
| Larissa Lutjen
| Paddy Roberts
| Al Thiessen
| Jeanette McLennan (Ind.) Scott Yee (Cen)
| George Abbott
|
Thompson and Cariboo
| Electoral District
| Candidates
| Incumbent
|
| NDP
| BC Liberal
| Green
| Marijuana
| Unity
| Other
|
| Cariboo North
| Frank Garden
| John Wilson
| Douglas Gook
| Stephen Payne
| Steven McBeth
| Kim McIvor (Ind.)
Al Charlebois (PF)
| John Wilson
|
| Cariboo South
| David Zirnhelt
| Walt Cobb
|
| Mike Orr
| Christopher Matte
| Dan Case (AN)
Bruce Broomfield (PF)
| David Zirnhelt
|
| Kamloops
| Cathy McGregor
| Claude Richmond
| Joe Teichman
| Julian Gushulak
| Ruth Watson
| Ernie Schmidt (Ind.)
| Cathy McGregor
|
| Kamloops-North Thompson
| Dwayne Hartle
| Kevin Krueger
| Denis Walsh
| Vern Falk
| Bob Altenhofen
|
| Kevin Krueger
|
| Yale-Lillooet
| Victor York
| David Chutter
| Harue Kanemitsu
| Vincent Royer
|
| Don Moses (AN)
Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell (PF)
| Harry Lali †
|
Fraser Valley
| Electoral District
| Candidates
| Incumbent
|
| NDP
| BC Liberal
| Green
| Marijuana
| Unity
| Other
|
| Abbotsford-Clayburn
| Kris Lind
| John van Dongen
|
| John Fulford
| Peter Stiegelmar
| Kenneth Keillor (F)
| John van Dongen
|
| Abbotsford-Mount Lenham
| Taranjit Purewal
| Mike de Jong
| Karl Hann
| Brian Carlisle
| Gloria Ewert
| David MacKay (PF)
Robert McCulloch (F)
| Mike de Jong
|
| Chilliwack-Kent
| Malcolm James
| Barry Penner
| Larry Commodore
| David Ferguson
|
|
| Barry Penner
|
| Chilliwack-Sumas
| Christine Muise
| John Les
|
| Norm Siefken
|
| Grant Cepuran (Con)
| new district
|
| Fort Langley-Aldergrove
| Simon Challenger
| Rich Coleman
| Andrea Welling
| Joshua McKenzie
| Deanna Jopling
| Murray Dunbar (Ind.)
| Rich Coleman
|
| Langley
| Paul Latham
| Lynn Stephens
| Pat Taylor
| Mavis Becker
| Gordon Nelson
|
| Lynn Stephens
|
| Maple Ridge-Mission
| Rose Bennett
| Randy Hawes
| Dawn Paley
| Denise Briere-Smart
| David Ritchie
| Dale Randall (Ind.)
Chum Richardson (Ind.)
| Dennis Streifel †
|
| Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
| Bill Hartley
| Ken Stewart
| Mike Gildersleeve
| Rick Cameron
| Dave Hensman
| Michael Felgner (Act)
| Bill Hartley
|
Surrey
| Electoral District
| Candidates
| Incumbent
|
| NDP
| BC Liberal
| Green
| Marijuana
| Unity
| Other
|
| Surrey-Cloverdale
| Steve Oakley
| Kevin Falcon
| Steve Chitty
| Jason Elliott
| George Hoytema
| Bonnie McKinnon (Ind.)
| Bonnie McKinnon
|
| Surrey-Green Timbers
| Sue Hammell
| Brenda Locke
|
| Dennis Kalsi
| C. Lewis Robinson
| Jim Paterson (Ref.)
Harjit Daudharia (Com)
| Sue Hammell
|
| Surrey-Newton
| Param Grewal
| Tony Bhullar
| David Walters
| Stephen Kawamoto
| Paul Joshi
| Margaret Bridgman (Ref.)
| Penny Priddy †
|
| Surrey-Panorama Ridge
| Bruce Ralston
| Gulzar Cheema
| Sunny Athwal
| Randy Caine
| Heather Stilwell
| Shirley Abraham (Ref.)
Ed Weiland (Act)
| new district
|
| Surrey-Tynehead
| Barry Bell
| Dave Hayer
| Joel Macht
| Don Briere
| Bill Stilwell
| Marilyn Collins (Ind.)
Enoch Ephraimson (Ref.)
Mandir Benipal (Ind.)
| new district
|
| Surrey-Whalley
| Joan Smallwood
| Elayne Brenzinger
| Terry McComas
| Khalid Arnaout
| John A. Conway
| Mike Runte (Ref.)
| Joan Smallwood
|
| Surrey-White Rock
| Matt Todd
| Gordon Hogg
| Ruth Christine
| David Bourgeois
| Garry Sahl
|
| Gordon Hogg
|
Richmond and Delta
| Electoral District
| Candidates
| Incumbent
|
| NDP
| BC Liberal
| Green
| Marijuana
| Unity
| Other
|
| Delta North
| Norm Lortie
| Reni Masi
| John Hague
| Iain Gilfillan
| Dario Todorovic
|
| Reni Masi
|
| Delta South
| Ruth Mary Adams
| Val Roddick
| Rob LaBelle
| Mike Hansen
| Justin P. Goodrich
| George Mann (Ind.)
Paul Dhillon (Ind.)
| Val Roddick
|
| Richmond Centre
| Jaana Grant
| Greg Halsey-Brandt
| Bruce Marshall
| Alice Kan-Halford
| Jim Hessels
| Frank Tofin (Con.)
| Doug Symons †
|
| Richmond East
| Willy Nasgowitz
| Linda Reid
| Stephen Kronstein
| John Shavluk
| Joe Pal
| Mohamaud Farah (Ind.)
| Linda Reid
|
| Richmond-Steveston
| Billie Mortimer
| Geoff Plant
| Kevan Hudson
| Gordon Mathias
| Vincent Paul
| Allan Warnke (Ind.)
Barry Chilton (Con.)
Sue Wade (Ref.)
Edith Petersen (PF)
| Geoff Plant
|
Vancouver's Eastern Suburbs
| Electoral District
| Candidates
| Incumbent
|
| NDP
| BC Liberal
| Green
| Marijuana
| Unity
| Other
|
| Burnaby-Edmonds
| Sav Dhaliwal
| Patty Sahota
| Eric Hawthorne
| Roy Arjun
| Grant Murray
| Gordon S. Watson (POC)
| Fred Randall †
|
| Burnaby North
| Pietro Calendino
| Richard Lee
| Tom Hetherington
| Dale Ware
|
|
| Pietro Calendino
|
| Burnaby-Willingdon
| Dave Myles
| John Nuraney
| Joe Keithley
| Pamela Zak
|
| Dennis MacAuley (COBC)
| Joan Sawicki †
|
| Burquitlam
| Bart Healey
| Harry Bloy
| Steven J. Mancinelli
| Peter Grin
| Greg Watrich
|
| new district
|
| Coquitlam-Maillardville
| Ken Landgraff
| Richard Stewart
| Elly Petersen
| Paul Geddes
| Tim Bonner
| Harry Warren (Ind.)
Doug Stead (Ind.)
| John Cashore †
|
| New Westminster
| Graeme Bowbrick
| Joyce Murray
| Robert Broughton
| Marlene P. Campbell
| Howard Irving
|
| Graeme Bowbrick
|
| Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
| Mike Farnworth
| Karn Manhas
| Kelli Gallagher
| Doug Hewer
| Chris Delaney
| Clay Fanstone (Ref.)
Craig Braconnier (Ind.)
| Mike Farnworth
|
| Port Moody-Westwood
| Brian Revel
| Christy Clark
|
| Graeme Smecher
|
|
| Christy Clark
|
Vancouver
| Electoral District
| Candidates
| Incumbent
|
| NDP
| BC Liberal
| Green
| Marijuana
| Unity
| Other
|
| Vancouver-Burrard
| Tim Stevenson
| Lorne Mayencourt
| Robbie Mattu
| Marc Emery
|
| Boris Bear (Ind.)
Joseph Theriault (PF)
Helvis Helvis (Ind.)
| Tim Stevenson
|
| Vancouver-Fairview
| Anita Romaniuk
| Gary Collins
| Vanessa Violini
| Ron MacIntyre
|
| Brian Sproule (PF)
| Gary Collins
|
| Vancouver-Fraserview
| Ian Waddell
| Ken Johnston
| Merina Matthew
| Paul Emerson Hughes
| Paul Stilwell
|
| Ian Waddell
|
| Vancouver-Hastings
| Joy MacPhail
| Daniel Lee
| Ian Gregson
| Davin Ouimet
|
| Carrol B. Woolsey (SC)
Charles Boyland (PF)
| Joy MacPhail
|
| Vancouver-Kensington
| Ujjal Dosanjh
| Patrick Wong
| Betty Krawczyk
| John Gordon
| John O'Flynn
|
| Ujjal Dosanjh
|
| Vancouver-Kingsway
| Alicia Barsallo
| Rob Nijjar
| Geoff Lyon
| Steven M. Lay
| Sal Vetro
| Tyler Ducharme (COBC)
Donna Petersen (PF)
| Glen Clark †
|
| Vancouver-Langara
| Peter G. Prontzos
| Val Anderson
| Doug Warkentin
| Anthony Campbell
|
| Joe Young (Ind.)
Michael Hill (PF)
| Val Anderson
|
| Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
| Jenny Kwan
| Gail Sparrow
| Dale Hofmann
| David Malmo-Levine
| Ken Wright
| Liar Liar (Ind.)
Kimball Cariou (Com)
Franklin Poley (POC)
| Jenny Kwan
|
| Vancouver-Point Grey
| Am Johal
| Gordon Campbell
| Varya Rubin
| Alex Curylo
| Greg Dahms
| Anne Jamieson (PF)
| Gordon Campbell
|
| Vancouver-Quilchena
| Gareth Richmond
| Colin Hansen
| Judy Johnstone
| Katrina Chowe
|
| Mike Sharp (Ind.)
| Colin Hansen
|
North Shore and Sunshine Coast
| Electoral District
| Candidates
| Incumbent
|
| NDP
| BC Liberal
| Green
| Marijuana
| Unity
| Other
|
| North Vancouver-Lonsdale
| Roger Kishi
| Katherine Whittred
| Terry W. Long
| Darin Keith Neil
|
| Jonathan Cote (Ind.)
| Katherine Whittred
|
| North Vancouver-Seymour
| Shiela Paterson
| Daniel Jarvis
| Evelyn Kirkaldy
| Tom Dreyer
|
| Ron Gamble (Ref.)
Chris McKenzie (Ind.)
| Daniel Jarvis
|
| Powell River-Sunshine Coast
| Gordon Wilson
| Harold Long
| Adriane Carr
| Dana Larsen
|
|
| Gordon Wilson
|
| West Vancouver-Capilano
| Matt Lovick
| Ralph Sultan
| Nora Gambioli
| Keir Vichert
|
| Jeremy Dalton (Ind.)
| Jeremy Dalton
|
| West Vancouver-Garibaldi
| Barrie MacLeod
| Ted Nebbeling
| Peter Tatroff
| Robert Adam
|
|
| Ted Nebbeling
|
Vancouver Island
| Electoral District
| Candidates
| Incumbent
|
| NDP
| BC Liberal
| Green
| Marijuana
| Unity
| Other
|
| Alberni-Qualicum
| Gerard Janssen
| Gillian Trumper
| Sergio Paone
| Nicholas Thorp
|
|
| Gerard Janssen
|
| Comox Valley
| Evelyn Gillespie
| Stan Hagen
| Pam Munroe
| Sylvain Beaudoin
| John William Robinson
|
| Evelyn Gillespie
|
| Cowichan-Ladysmith
| Rob Hutchins
| Graham Bruce
| Loren Duncan
| Larry Kunz
|
|
| Jan Pullinger †
|
| Nanaimo
| Leonard Krog
| Mike Hunter
| Doug Catley
| Donald LaVallee
| Steve Miller
| Brunie Brunie (Ind.)
| Dale Lovick †
|
| Nanaimo-Parksville
| Jamie Brennan
| Judith Reid
| Phil Carson
| Leonard Melman
| Daniel Stelmacker
|
| Judith Reid
|
| North Island
| Glenn Robertson
| Rod Visser
| Ralph Keller
| Noreen Evers
|
|
| Glenn Robertson
|
Greater Victoria
| Electoral District
| Candidates
| Incumbent
|
| NDP
| BC Liberal
| Green
| Marijuana
| Unity
| Other
|
| Esquimalt-Metchosin
| Maurine Karagianis
| Arnie Hamilton
| Marilyn Sundeen
| Christopher Davies
| Bob Ward
| Bill Clarke (Con)
Rick Berglund (Ind.)
Scott Attrill (Ind.)
Gerry McVeigh (Ind.)
| Moe Sihota †
|
| Malahat-Juan de Fuca
| Richard Hughes
| Brian Kerr
| Stephen Bradley
| Ron Anderton
| Julie Mander
| Rick Kasper (Ind.)
Susan Power (Con)
| Rick Kasper
|
| Oak Bay-Gordon Head
| Charley Beresford
| Ida Chong
| Cristin Geall
| Michael Mann
|
|
| Ida Chong
|
| Saanich North and the Islands
| Paul Sam
| Murray Coell
| Andrew Lewis
| Christina Racki
|
| Bathar Jensen (Ind.)
| Murray Coell
|
| Saanich South
| David Cubberley
| Susan Brice
| Gracie MacDonald
| Tamara Tulloch
|
| Paul Scrimger (Con.)
James Robert Lauder (Ind.)
| Andrew Petter †
|
| Victoria-Beacon Hill
| Carole James
| Jeff Bray
| Walter Meyer Zu Erpen
| Troy Tompkins
| Gregory Hartnell
| Rob Botterell (Ind.)
Kirsten Goodacre (Com)
| Gretchen Brewin †
|
| Victoria-Hillside
| Steve Orcherton
| Sheila Orr
| Stuart Hertzog
| Chuck Beyer
| Allan Whittal
| George Gidora (Com)
Laery Braaten (CCF)
| Steve Orcherton
|
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