Results of 2005 British Columbia, Canada General Election

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

The British Columbia General Election

Gordon Campbell Leader of the Liberal Party

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At 8 p.m. local time today (04:00 UTC 18 May), the polls closed in the British Columbia general election, 2005. Results are still coming in, and no party has won an overall majority in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia yet. At 9:05 p.m. PST (5:05 a.m. UTC 18 May) the CBC called the election for the BC Liberals.

Electoral reform

Held in conjunction with the general election was the British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2005, where voters were asked to decide whether to switch from the First Past the Post electoral system to the Single Transferable Vote electoral system.

A 60% Yes vote as well as a simple majority in 48 of the 79 ridings are needed for the measure to pass.

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STV referendum results

"Should British Columbia change to the BC-STV electoral system as recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform?"

	Overall		Individual district majorities
	Votes	Percentage	Districts	Percentage
Yes	926,110	57.38%	77	97.5%
No	687,950	42.62%	2	2.5%

Total seats for each party

	Candidates	Seats	Notes
British Columbia Liberal Party	79	45
New Democratic Party of British Columbia	79	34
Green Party of British Columbia	79
Democratic Reform Party	32

British Columbia Youth Coalition	2
Bloc British Columbia Party	3
British Columbia Conservative Party	7
British Columbia Libertarian Party	6
British Columbia Marijuana Party	44		No candidates fielded in those constituencies where the New Democratic Party or Green Party candidates publicly favour the legalization of marijuana.
British Columbia Party	2
British Columbia Patriot Party	2
British Columbia Social Credit Party	2		Nominated the minimum number of candidates necessary to retain party status.
British Columbia Unity Party	1
Communist Party of British Columbia	3
Emerged Democracy Party of British Columbia	1
Freedom Party of British Columbia	2
British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement	2
People's Front	5
Platinum Party	11
Western Refederation Party of British Columbia	4
Reform Party of British Columbia	1
Sex Party	3
Western Canada Concept	2
Work Less Party of British Columbia	11		Urban constituencies only
Your Political Party of British Columbia	1		Sole candidate is the party founder and leader
Independents	28

Results by constituency

Northern British Columbia

ID	Constituency	Winner	Second place	Notes
4	Bulkley Valley-Stikine	Liberal (48.61%)	New Democratic (39.48%)	Dennis Edwin MacKay
34	North Coast	New Democratic (50.41%)	Liberal (42.14%)	Gary Earl Coons
41	Peace River North	Liberal (62.18%)	New Democratic (25.15%)	Richard Neufeld
42	Peace River South	Liberal (58.25%)	New Democratic (32.53%)	Blair Lekstrom
47	Prince George-Mount Robson	Liberal (46.29%)	New Democratic (34.18%)	Shirley Bond
48	Prince George North	Liberal (50.26%)	New Democratic (34.19%)	Pat Bell
49	Prince George-Omineca	Liberal (51.97%)	New Democratic (36.49%)	John Rustad
56	Skeena	Liberal (49.19%)	New Democratic (44.17%)	Robin Austin

Kootenay, Columbia and Boundary

ID	Constituency	Winner	Second place	Notes
13	Columbia River-Revelstoke	New Democratic (49.89%)	Liberal (41.44%)	Norm Macdonald
19	East Kootenay	Liberal (47.11%)	New Democratic (44.13%)	Bill Bennett
32	Nelson-Creston	New Democratic (58.16%)	Liberal (27.09%)	Corky Evans
76	West Kootenay-Boundary	New Democratic (60.06%)	Liberal (28.45%)	Katrine Conroy

Okanagan and Shuswap

ID	Constituency	Winner	Second place	Notes
24	Kelowna-Lake Country	Liberal (50.31%)	New Democratic (30.26%)	Al Horning
25	Kelowna-Mission	Liberal (53.84%)	New Democratic (31.87%)	Sindi Hawkins
39	Okanagan-Vernon	Liberal (45.49%)	New Democratic (31.82%)	Tom Christensen
40	Okanagan-Westside	Liberal (37.64%)	New Democratic (29.88%)	Rick Thorpe
43	Penticton-Okanagan Valley	Liberal (50.31%)	New Democratic (37.47%)	Bill Barisoff
55	Shuswap	Liberal (47.23%)	New Democratic (35.11%)	George Abbott

Thompson and Cariboo

ID	Constituency	Winner	Second place	Notes
9	Cariboo North	New Democratic (47.15%)	Liberal (45.80%)	Bob Simpson
10	Cariboo South	New Democratic (45.61%)	Liberal (45.61%)	Charlie Wyse
22	Kamloops	Liberal (47.88%)	New Democratic (41.55%)	Claude Harry Richmond
23	Kamloops-North Thompson	Liberal (48.40%)	New Democratic (40.07%)	Kevin Krueger
79	Yale-Lillooet	New Democratic (48.62%)	Liberal (40.45%)	Harry Lali

Fraser Valley

ID	Constituency	Winner	Second place	Notes
1	Abbotsford-Clayburn	Liberal (60.16%)	New Democratic (30.06%)	John van Dongen
2	Abbotsford-Mount Lehman	Liberal (58.09%)	New Democratic (30.67%)	Michael G. de Jong
11	Chilliwack-Kent	Liberal (57.16%)	New Democratic (32.7%)	Barry Penner
12	Chilliwack-Sumas	Liberal (57.56%)	New Democratic (30.88%)	John Les
21	Fort Langley-Aldergrove	Liberal (59.1%)	New Democratic (29.03%)	Rich Coleman Marijuana leader Marc Emery's riding
26	Langley	Liberal (52.94%)	New Democratic (32.82%)	Mary Polak
28	Maple Ridge-Mission	Liberal (44.76%)	New Democratic (42.81%)	Randy Hawes
29	Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows	Liberal (46.3%)	New Democratic (42.96%)	Michael Sather

Surrey

ID	Constituency	Winner	Second place	Notes
57	Surrey-Cloverdale	Liberal (64.19%)	New Democratic (25.09%)	Kevin Falcon
58	Surrey-Green Timbers	New Democratic (51.21%)	Liberal (39.15%)	Sue Hammell
59	Surrey-Newton	New Democratic (56.32%)	Liberal (36.06%)	Harry Bains
60	Surrey-Panorama Ridge	New Democratic (53.16%)	Liberal (39.50%)	Jagrup Brar
61	Surrey-Tynehead	Liberal (56.22%)	New Democratic (36.12%)	Dave Hayer
62	Surrey-Whalley	New Democratic (54.01%)	Liberal (31.38%)	Bruce Ralston
63	Surrey-White Rock	Liberal (57.21%)	New Democratic (26.85%)	Gordon Hogg

Richmond and Delta

ID	Constituency	Winner	Second place	Notes
17	Delta North	New Democratic (47.39%)	Liberal (43.06%)	Guy Gentner
18	Delta South	Liberal (38.78%)	Independent (33.81%)	Valerie Roddick
50	Richmond Centre	Liberal (59.76%)	New Democratic (31.99%)	Olga Ilich
51	Richmond East	Liberal (57.28%)	New Democratic (32.82%)	Linda Reid
52	Richmond-Steveston	Liberal (58.6%)	New Democratic (31.75%)	John Yap

Vancouver's Eastern Suburbs

ID	Constituency	Winner	Second place	Notes
5	Burnaby-Edmonds	New Democratic (45.93%)	Liberal (43.67%)	Raj Chouhan
6	Burnaby North	Liberal (46.16%)	New Democratic (44.24%)	Richard T. Lee
7	Burnaby-Willingdon	Liberal (44.86%)	New Democratic (41.35%)	John Nuraney
8	Burquitlam	Liberal (46.59%)	New Democratic (44.60%)	Harry Bloy
15	Coquitlam-Maillardville	New Democratic (47.09%)	Liberal (44.5%)	Diane Thorne
33	New Westminster	New Democratic (55.99%)	Liberal (30.9%)	Chuck Puchmayr
44	Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain	New Democratic (49.24%)	Liberal (41.93%)	Mike Farnworth
45	Port Moody-Westwood	Liberal (53.96%)	New Democratic (37.21%)	Iain Black

Vancouver

ID	Constituency	Winner	Second place	Notes
64	Vancouver-Burrard	New Democratic (42.27%)	Liberal (42.23%)	Tim Stevenson
65	Vancouver-Fairview	New Democratic (46.2%)	Liberal (43.56%)	Gregor Robertson
66	Vancouver-Fraserview	Liberal (47.85%)	New Democratic (42.28%)	Wally Oppal
67	Vancouver-Hastings	New Democratic (53.85%)	Liberal (33.12%)	Shane Simpson
68	Vancouver-Kensington	New Democratic (50.07%)	Liberal (42.47%)	David Chudnovsky
69	Vancouver-Kingsway	New Democratic (51.05%)	Liberal (40.99%)	Adrian Dix
70	Vancouver-Langara	Liberal (55.88%)	New Democratic (33.34%)	Carole Taylor
71	Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	New Democratic (64.35%)	Liberal (21.65%)	Jenny Kwan
72	Vancouver-Point Grey	Liberal (47.75%)	New Democratic (36.13%)	Premier Gordon Campbell re-elected.
73	Vancouver-Quilchena	Liberal (69.44%)	New Democratic (19.2%)	Colin Hansen

North Shore and Sunshine Coast

ID	Constituency	Winner	Second place	Notes
36	North Vancouver-Lonsdale	Liberal (44.39%)	New Democratic (38.69%)	Katherine Anne Whittred
37	North Vancouver-Seymour	Liberal (57.40%)	New Democratic (29.56%)	Daniel Morrison Jarvis
46	Powell River-Sunshine Coast	New Democratic (51.07%)	Liberal (21.83%)	Nicholas Simons Green leader Adriane Carr's riding
77	West Vancouver-Capilano	Liberal (68.61%)	New Democratic (17.84%)	Ralph Sultan
78	West Vancouver-Garibaldi	Liberal (56.01%)	Green (28.75%)	Joan McIntyre

Vancouver Island

ID	Constituency	Winner	Second place	Notes
3	Alberni-Qualicum	New Democratic (55.37%)	Liberal (33.69%)	Scott Fraser
14	Comox Valley	Liberal (45.78%)	New Democratic (43.24%)	Stan Hagen
16	Cowichan-Ladysmith	New Democratic (49.51%)	Liberal (40.77%)	Doug Routley
30	Nanaimo	New Democratic (51.61%)	Liberal (34.29%)	Leonard Krog
31	Nanaimo-Parksville	Liberal (51.4%)	New Democratic (38.34%)	Ron Cantelon
35	North Island	New Democratic (48.8%)	Liberal (36.38%)	Claire Trevena

Greater Victoria

ID	Constituency	Winner	Second place	Notes
20	Esquimalt-Metchosin	New Democratic (49.84%)	Liberal (38.19%)	Maurine Karagianis
27	Malahat-Juan de Fuca	New Democratic (46.12%)	Liberal (39.02%)	DRBC leader Tom Morino's riding
38	Oak Bay-Gordon Head	Liberal (47.3%)	New Democratic (42.56%)	Ida Chong
53	Saanich North and the Islands	Liberal (43.86%)	New Democratic (42.56%)	Murray Robert Coell
54	Saanich South	New Democratic (45.99%)	Liberal (44.77%)	David Cubberley
74	Victoria-Beacon Hill	New Democratic (56.24%)	Liberal (31.78)	NDP leader Carole James riding
75	Victoria-Hillside	New Democratic (58.33%)	Liberal (27.72%)	Rob Fleming

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