37th Parliament of British Columbia

Located in Victoria, British Columbia and officially opened in 1898 with a 500-foot-long facade (150 m), central dome, two end pavilions, and a gold-covered statue of Captain George Vancouver, the British Columbia Parliament Buildings is home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

The 37th Parliament of British Columbia sat from 2001 to 2005. The members of the 37th Parliament were elected in the British Columbia general election held on May 16, 2001

Members of the 37th Parliament

Member	Party	Electoral district
George Abbott	Liberal	Shuswap
Val J. Anderson	Liberal	Vancouver-Langara
Bill Barisoff	Liberal	Penticton-Okanagan Valley
Pat Bell	Liberal	Prince George North
Bill Belsey	Liberal	North Coast
Bill Bennett	Liberal	East Kootenay
Tony Bhullar	Liberal^[1]	Surrey-Newton

	Independent
Liberal^[2]
Harry Bloy	Liberal	Burquitlam
Shirley Bond	Liberal	Prince George-Mount Robson
Gulzar Cheema^[3]	Liberal	Surrey-Panorama Ridge
		Surrey-Panorama Ridge
Jagrup Brar^[4]	NDP
Jeff Bray	Liberal	Victoria-Beacon Hill
Elayne Brenzinger	Liberal^[5]	Surrey-Whalley

	Independent
Democratic Reform^[6]
Susan Brice	Liberal	Saanich South
Graham Bruce	Liberal	Cowichan-Ladysmith
Gordon Campbell	Liberal	Vancouver-Point Grey
Ida Chong	Liberal	Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Tom Christensen	Liberal	Okanagan-Vernon
David Chutter	Liberal	Yale-Lillooet
Christy Clark	Liberal	Port Moody-Westwood
Walt Cobb	Liberal	Cariboo South
Murray Coell	Liberal	Saanich North and the Islands
Rich Coleman	Liberal	Fort Langley-Aldergrove
Mike de Jong	Liberal	Abbotsford-Mount Lehman
Kevin Falcon	Liberal	Surrey-Cloverdale
Stan Hagen	Liberal	Comox Valley
Greg Halsey-Brandt	Liberal	Richmond Centre
Arnie Hamilton	Liberal	Esquimalt-Metchosin
Colin Hansen	Liberal	Vancouver-Quilchena
Roger Harris	Liberal	Skeena
Randy Hawes	Liberal	Maple Ridge-Mission
Sindi Hawkins	Liberal	Kelowna-Mission
Dave Hayer	Liberal	Surrey-Tynehead
Gordon Hogg	Liberal	Surrey-White Rock
Mike Hunter	Liberal	Nanaimo
Daniel Jarvis	Liberal	North Vancouver-Seymour
Ken Johnston	Liberal	Vancouver-Fraserview
Brian Kerr	Liberal	Malahat-Juan de Fuca
Kevin Krueger	Liberal	Kamloops-North Thompson
Jenny Kwan	NDP	Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
Richard Lee	Liberal	Burnaby North
Blair Lekstrom	Liberal	Peace River South
John Les	Liberal	Chilliwack-Sumas
Brenda Locke	Liberal	Surrey-Green Timbers
Harold Long	Liberal	Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Dennis MacKay	Liberal	Bulkley Valley-Stikine
Joy MacPhail	NDP	Vancouver-Hastings
Karn Manhas	Liberal	Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Reni Masi	Liberal	Delta North
Lorne Mayencourt	Liberal	Vancouver-Burrard
Wendy McMahon	Liberal	Columbia River-Revelstoke
Joyce Murray	Liberal	New Westminster
Ted Nebbeling	Liberal	West Vancouver-Garibaldi
Paul Nettleton	Liberal^[7]	Prince George-Omineca
Paul Nettleton		Prince George-Omineca
Independent
Richard Neufeld	Liberal	Peace River North
Rob Nijjar	Liberal	Vancouver-Kingsway
John Nuraney	Liberal	Burnaby-Willingdon
Sheila Orr	Liberal	Victoria-Hillside
Barry Penner	Liberal	Chilliwack-Kent
Geoff Plant	Liberal	Richmond-Steveston
Judith Reid	Liberal	Nanaimo-Parksville
Linda Reid	Liberal	Richmond East
Claude Richmond	Liberal	Kamloops
Val Roddick	Liberal	Delta South
Patty Sahota	Liberal	Burnaby-Edmonds
Lynn Stephens	Liberal	Langley
Ken Stewart	Liberal	Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Richard Stewart	Liberal	Coquitlam-Maillardville
Lynn Stephens	Liberal	Langley
Blair Suffredine	Liberal	Nelson-Creston
Ralph Sultan	Liberal	West Vancouver-Capilano
Rick Thorpe	Liberal	Okanagan-Westside
Gillian Trumper	Liberal	Alberni-Qualicum
John van Dongen	Liberal	Abbotsford-Clayburn
Rod Visser	Liberal	North Island
John Weisbeck	Liberal	Kelowna-Lake Country
Katherine Whittred	Liberal	North Vancouver-Lonsdale
John Wilson	Liberal	Cariboo North
Patrick Wong	Liberal	Vancouver-Kensington

Members of the 37th Parliament who resigned

Gulzar Cheema, Liberal – Surrey-Panorama Ridge
Gary Farrell-Collins, Liberal – Vancouver-Fairview
Sandy Santori, Liberal – West Kootenay-Boundary

Members of the 37th Parliament elected in byelections

Jagrup Brar, N.D.P. – Surrey-Panorama Ridge

Party standings of the 37th Parliament at investiture

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		Lwr. M.	Int.	Van. I.	Total
BC Liberal Party	*	41	23	13	77
New Democratic Party of BC	*	2	0	0	2
		43	23	13	79

Party standings of the 37th Parliament at Dissolution

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		Lwr. M.	Int.	Van. I.	Total
BC Liberal Party	*	38	21	13	72
New Democratic Party of BC	*	3			3
Democratic Reform BC	*	1			1
Independent	*		1		1
Vacant	*	1	1		2
		43	23	13	79

References

↑ until February 21, 2002
↑ from November, 2004
↑ until May 23, 2004
↑ from October 29, 2004
↑ until March 22, 2004
↑ from January 19, 2005
↑ until November 19, 2004

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