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((Infobox political system
| name                          = Politics of British Columbia
| image                         = Coat of arms of British Columbia.svg
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| caption                       = [[Coat of arms of British Columbia]]
| type                          = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]] within a [[Federation|federal]] [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[constitutional monarchy]]
| constitution                  = [[Constitution of Canada]]
| legislature                   = [[Parliament of British Columbia|Parliament]]
((Bulleted list
|[[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|Legislative Assembly]]
))
| legislature_type              = [[Unicameralism|Unicameral]]
| legislature_place             = [[British Columbia Parliament Buildings]], [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]
| legislature_speaker           = [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|Speaker of the Legislative Assembly]]
| legislature_speaker_title     = 
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| current_hos                     = [[Monarchy in British Columbia|King]] [[Charles III]]<br>represented by <br> [[Janet Austin]], <br> [[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia|Lieutenant Governor]]
| current_hog                     = [[Premier of British Columbia|Premier]]<br>[[David Eby]]
| appointer_hog                 = Lieutenant Governor
| title_hosag                   =
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| appointer_hosag               =
| cabinet                       = [[Executive Council of British Columbia|Executive Council]]
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| cabinet_deputyleader          = 
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| court                         = [[British Columbia Court of Appeal|Court of Appeal]]
| chief_judge                   = [[Robert J. Bauman]]
| court_seat                    = [[Vancouver, Canada|Vancouver]]
| court1                        = [[Supreme Court of British Columbia|Provincial Court]]
| chief_judge1                  = Christopher E. Hinkson
| court_seat1                   = 
| court2                        = [[Provincial Court of British Columbia|Provincial Court]]
| chief_judge2                  = Melissa Gillespie
| court_seat2                   = 
))
The '''Politics of British Columbia''' involve not only the governance of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], and the various political factions that have held or vied for legislative power, but also a number of experiments or attempts at political and electoral reform.

A [[constitutional monarchy]], [[the Crown]] is the [[Corporation sole#The Crown|corporation sole]], assuming distinct roles: the [[Executive branch|executive]], as the [[Queen in Council|''Crown-in-Council'']]; the [[legislature]], as the [[Queen-in-Parliament|''Crown-in-Parliament'']]; and the [[Court|courts]], as the ''Crown-on-the-Bench''. Three institutions—the [[Executive Council of British Columbia|Executive Council]] (Cabinet); the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|Legislative Assembly]]; and the [[Judiciary of Canada|judiciary]], respectively—exercise the powers of the Crown.

== Legislature ==
[[File:British_Columbia_Parliament_Buildings_-_Pano_-_HDR.jpg|thumb|[[British Columbia Parliament Buildings]], the seat of the Legislature]]
The [[Parliament of British Columbia]] consists of the [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] and the [[Queen-in-Parliament|Crown in Parliament]]. As government power is vested in the Crown, the role of the lieutenant governor is to grant [[royal assent]] on behalf of the monarch to legislation passed by the Legislature. The Crown does not participate in the legislative process save for signifying approval to a bill passed by the Assembly.

=== Government ===
The Legislature plays a role in the election of governments, as the premier and Cabinet hold office by virtue of commanding the body's confidence. Per the tenants of [[responsible government]], Cabinet ministers are almost always elected MLAs, and account to the Legislative Assembly.

=== Opposition ===
The second-largest party of [[Parliamentary group|parliamentary caucus]] is known as the [[Leader of the Opposition (British Columbia)|Official Opposition]], who typically appoint MLAs as [[Shadow Cabinet|shadow ministers]] who critique and scrutinize the work of the government.

The Official Opposition is formally termed ''[[Loyal opposition|''((ucfirst:((Canadian monarch, current|genderp=1)))) Majesty's Loyal Opposition'']]'' to signify that, though they may be opposed to the premier and Cabinet of the day's policies, they remain loyal to Canada, which is personified and represented by the ((Canadian monarch, current|title=1)).<ref>((Citation |last=Schmitz |first=Gerald |title=The Opposition in a Parliamentary System |date=December 1988 |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/bp47-e.htm |access-date=21 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425171259/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/bp47-e.htm |archive-date=25 April 2009 |url-status=dead |place=Ottawa |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada))</ref>

==History of politics in British Columbia==
[[Image:BC-Legislature.jpg|left|thumb|The chamber of the provincial legislature in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]]]

From BC's start as a province,  BC used a mixture of the first past the post elections in single-member districts and multi-member districts where voters cast multiple votes (Block Voting). This was in use except for a small break in the 1950s, until the 1980s.

Prior to 1903, there were no political parties in British Columbia, other than at the federal level. One exception to this was the Nationalist Party, BC's first labour party founded in 1894. It elected an MLA in the 1894 and 1898 provincial election - [[Robert Macpherson (Canadian politician)|Robert Macpherson]].<ref>Encyclopedia of BC, p. 486</ref>

Sir [[Richard McBride]] was the first [[Premier of British Columbia]] to declare a party affiliation ([[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative Party]]) and institute conventional party/caucus politics.

Since party politics were introduced to British Columbia, there have been a number of political parties which have controlled the government for more than ten years, including the [[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]] government of the early 20th century, the interwar [[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]] government, the post-war [[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] ("Socred") government of [[W.A.C. Bennett]] and, following a further brief reign by the [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] (NDP), another Social Credit government under his son, [[Bill Bennett]], the NDP government of the 1990s and the BC Liberal Party Government in the 2000s under [[Gordon Campbell]].

During the 1940s, the government was controlled by a [[Coalition government|coalition]] of the Liberals and Conservatives. Neither party had the electoral strength to form a majority, so a coalition was used as a means to prevent the B.C. [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] (CCF) (the forerunner of the NDP) from taking power.

From 1972 to 1975, an NDP government led by [[Dave Barrett]] held power but was defeated after a showdown with organized labour. Social Credit was returned to power with a new leader, and the son of the former Premier, Bill Bennett, who had been recruited by the party's old guard but brought in a new style of politics.  In 1986, the younger Bennett retired from politics and his successor was [[Bill Vander Zalm]]. Under his leadership, he and his party became increasingly unpopular. In the face of mounting unpopularity and numerous scandals, the party was defeated by the NDP who went on to lead the province for the next ten years. [[Mike Harcourt]] led the NDP for the first half of this NDP decade, but the party had difficulty finding stable leadership after that, going through three leaders and premiers over the next five years. The rejuvenated BC Liberal Party won the next four elections before losing the 2017 election to the NDP government under [[John Horgan (Canadian politician)|John Horgan]]. In 2020, the Horgan led NDP government called a snap election, where they beat the BC Liberal party winning a clear majority with 57 out of 81 seats. After losing the election, the BC Liberal party renamed itself to [[BC United]]. 

In western Canada (other than Alberta until 2015), typically politics have featured the CCF or NDP on the left and another party on the right.  The present incarnation of the BC Liberal Party fulfills this role: the BC Liberal Party is neutral federally and derives its membership from the centre to the centre right.  Since its takeover by supporters of Premier [[Gordon Campbell]] following the ouster of [[Gordon Wilson (British Columbia politician)|Gordon Wilson]] (who led the party from effective oblivion to Official Opposition in the [[1991 British Columbia general election|1991 general election]]), many consider it to be effectively a rebirth of the defunct [[Social Credit Party of British Columbia|BC Social Credit Party]].

===<u>After the introduction of partisan politics (1903–1952)</u>===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Elections to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1903–1949) – seats won by party
(''<u>italicized and underlined</u>'' numbers indicates a minority government)
|-
| colspan = "2"| '''Government'''
| ((Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|background)) style="color: white;" align="center" colspan=4|'''Conservative'''
| ((Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background)) style="color: white;" align="center" colspan=3|'''Liberal'''
| ((Canadian party colour|BC|Conservative|background)) style="color: white;" align="center" |'''Conservative'''
| ((Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background)) style="color: white;" align="center" colspan=3|'''Liberal'''
| ((Canadian party colour|BC|Coalition|background)) align="center" colspan=2|'''Coalition'''
|- 
! colspan = "2"|Party !! [[1903 British Columbia general election|1903]]!! [[1907 British Columbia general election|1907]]!! [[1909 British Columbia general election|1909]]!! [[1912 British Columbia general election|1912]]!! [[1916 British Columbia general election|1916]]!! [[1920 British Columbia general election|1920]]!! [[1924 British Columbia general election|1924]]!! [[1928 British Columbia general election|1928]]!! [[1933 British Columbia general election|1933]]!! [[1937 British Columbia general election|1937]]!! [[1941 British Columbia general election|1941]]!! [[1945 British Columbia general election|1945]]!! [[1949 British Columbia general election|1949]]
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#9999FF" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]''' || '''22'''|| '''26'''|| '''38'''|| '''39'''|| 9|| 15|| 17|| '''35'''|| || 8|| 12|| || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#A51B12" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]''' || 17|| 13|| 2|| || '''36'''|| '''25'''|| '''''<u>23</u>'''''|| 12|| '''34'''|| '''31'''|| '''''<u>21</u>'''''|| || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#808080" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''Liberal-Conservative coalition''' || || || || || || || || || || || || 37|| 39
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#EEDDAA" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]]''' || || || || || || || || || 7|| 7|| 14|| 10|| 7
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#FFD700" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[Socialist Party of British Columbia|Socialist]]''' || 2|| 3|| 2|| 1|| || || || || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#EEBBBB" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[Labour Parties of British Columbia|Labour]]''' || 1|| || || || || 3|| 3|| 1|| 1|| 1|| 1|| 1|| 1
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#98CED6" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[Provincial Party of British Columbia|Provincial Party]]''' || || || || || || || 3|| || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#287BC8" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[Non-Partisan Independent Group]]''' || || || || || || || || || 2|| || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#9999FF" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Unionist]]''' || || || || || || || || || 1|| || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#DA7C7C" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''[[Social Democratic Party of Canada|Social Democratic]]''' || || || || 1|| || || |||| || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#EEBBBB" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''People's Party''' || || || || || || 1|| || || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''Independent Conservative''' || || || || 1|| || || || || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''Independent Liberal''' || || || || || || || 2|| || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''Independent Socialist''' || || || || || 1|| || || || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''Independent''' || || || || || 1|| 3|| || || 2|| 1|| || || 1
|- align = "right"
! colspan="2" align="left" |'''<big>Total</big>''' !! '''<big>42</big>'''!! '''<big>42</big>'''!! '''<big>42</big>'''!! '''<big>42</big>'''!! '''<big>47</big>'''!! '''<big>47</big>'''!! '''<big>48</big>'''!! '''<big>48</big>'''!! '''<big>47</big>'''!! '''<big>48</big>'''!! '''<big>48</big>'''!! '''<big>48</big>'''!! '''<big>48</big>'''
|}

===<u>The Social Credit era (1952–1991)</u>===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Elections to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1952–1986) – seats won by party
(''<u>italicized and underlined</u>'' numbers indicates a minority government)
|-
| colspan = "2"| '''Government'''
| ((Canadian party colour|BC|Social Credit|background)) align="center" colspan=7|'''Social Credit'''
| ((Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|background)) align="center" |'''NDP'''
| ((Canadian party colour|BC|Social Credit|background)) align="center" colspan=4|'''Social Credit'''
|- 
! colspan = "2"|Party !! [[1952 British Columbia general election|1952]]!! [[1953 British Columbia general election|1953]]!! [[1956 British Columbia general election|1956]]!! [[1960 British Columbia general election|1960]]!! [[1963 British Columbia general election|1963]]!! [[1966 British Columbia general election|1966]]!! [[1969 British Columbia general election|1969]]!! [[1972 British Columbia general election|1972]]!! [[1975 British Columbia general election|1975]]!! [[1979 British Columbia general election|1979]]!! [[1983 British Columbia general election|1983]]!! [[1986 British Columbia general election|1986]]
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#ADD8E6" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]''' || '''''<u>19</u>'''''|| '''28'''|| '''39'''|| '''32'''|| '''33'''|| '''33'''|| '''38'''|| 10|| 35|| 31|| 35|| 47
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#EEDDAA" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]]''' || 18|| 14|| 10|| 16|| || || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#F4A460" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]''' || || || || || 14|| 16|| 12|| 38|| 18|| 26|| 22|| 22
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#A51B12" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]''' || 6|| 4|| 2|| 4|| 5|| 7|| 5|| 5|| 1|| || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#9999FF" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]''' || 4|| 1|| || || || || || 2|| 1|| || || 
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#EEBBBB" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[Labour Parties of British Columbia|Labour]]''' || 1|| 1|| 1|| || || || || || || || ||

|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''Independent''' || || || || || || || || || || || || 
|- align = "right"
! colspan="2" align="left" |'''<big>Total</big>''' !! <big>48</big>!! <big>48</big>!! <big>52</big>!! <big>52</big>!! <big>52</big>!! <big>55</big>!! <big>55</big>!! <big>55</big>!! <big>55</big>!! <big>57</big>!! <big>57</big>!! <big>69</big>
|}

===<u>After Social Credit (1991 to present)</u>===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Elections to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1991–2020) – 
seats won by party
(''italicized'' and <sup>[*]</sup>starred numbers indicates a coalition government)
|-
| colspan = "2"| '''Government'''
| ((Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|background)) align="center" colspan=2|'''NDP'''
| ((Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background)) style="color: white;" align="center" colspan=4|'''Liberal'''
| ((Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|background)) align="center" colspan=2|'''NDP'''
|
|- 
! colspan = "2"|Party !! [[1991 British Columbia general election|1991]]!! [[1996 British Columbia general election|1996]]!! [[2001 British Columbia general election|2001]]!! [[2005 British Columbia general election|2005]]!! [[2009 British Columbia general election|2009]]!! [[2013 British Columbia general election|2013]]!! [[2017 British Columbia general election|2017]]!! [[2020 British Columbia general election|2020]]
![[43rd British Columbia general election|2024]]
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#F4A460" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]''' || '''51'''|| '''39'''|| 2|| 33|| 35|| 34 || '''''41*'''''|| '''57'''
|
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#A51B12" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]''' || 17|| 33|| '''77'''|| '''46'''|| '''49'''|| '''49'''|| '''43'''|| 28
|
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#ADD8E6" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]''' || 7|| || || || || || ||
|
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[Reform Party of British Columbia|Reform]]''' || || 2|| || || || || ||
|
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#AA99CC" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[Progressive Democratic Alliance]]''' || || 1|| || || || || ||
|
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#99C955" | &nbsp; &nbsp; || align="left"|'''[[Green Party of British Columbia|Green]]''' || || || || || || 1 || '''''3*'''''|| 2
|
|- align = "right"
| bgcolor="#DCDCDC" | &nbsp; &nbsp;  || align="left"|'''Independent''' || || || || || 1|| 1|| ||
|
|- align = "right"
! colspan="2" align="left" |'''<big>Total</big>''' !! <big>75</big>!! <big>75</big>!! <big>79</big>!! <big>79</big>!! <big>85</big>!! <big>85</big> !! <big>87</big> !! <big>87</big>
!
|}

==Electoral reform==
((Main|Electoral reform))

===Recall and initiative===

British Columbia was the first province in Canada with [[recall election|recall-election]] and initiative legislation. These measures applied following the [[1991 British Columbia recall and initiative referendum|1991 referendum]].<ref name="Elections BC supplement">
((cite web|date= March 2002|title= Electoral History of British Columbia Supplement, 1987–2001|url= http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/electhistvol2.pdf|page= 60|publisher= [[Elections BC]]|access-date= 2008-01-02 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071009023853/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/electhistvol2.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-10-09
))
</ref>

Only one recall petition was ever successful: that compelling MLA [[Paul Reitsma]] to resign his seat in 1998((snd)) hours before he would have been removed from office.

===Fixed election dates===

British Columbia was the first province in Canada to institute fixed election dates. Previously, British Columbia elections were like most parliamentary jurisdictions, which only require an election within a specified period of time (being five years in all jurisdictions of Canada).

===Alternative voting systems===
((Main|Voting systems))

====1950s to the 1980s====

By the 1950s, the Liberal-Conservative coalition had begun to fall apart. One of the last acts of the coalition government was to adopt the [[Instant run-off voting|alternative voting system]], which was implemented for the [[1952 British Columbia general election|1952 general election]].

Under this system single-member districts and preferential voting was used. Rather than voting for one candidate by marking an X on  their ballots, electors ranked their choices of candidates by placing numbers next to the names of the candidates on the ballot. If a candidate received an absolute simple majority of votes, that candidate would be elected. If not, the candidate with the fewest votes was dropped and the second choices marked on the candidate's ballots were allocated among the remaining candidates. This procedure was  repeated until a candidate received a majority of votes.

The result was the election of enough candidates of the new Social Credit party to form a Socred [[minority government]], with the CCF forming the [[Opposition (parliamentary)|official opposition]]. The Liberals were reduced to four members in the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|Legislature]]. The Conservatives (who had changed their name to “Progressive Conservative” in tandem with their [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|federal counterparts]]) were reduced to three.

The Socred minority government lasted only nine months. The Alternate Voting system was again employed for the ensuing general election. The result was a Socred majority. During this term of office, the Socreds abolished the alternative voting system and returned the province to the traditional voting system, a system that used both single-member districts and multi-member districts elected with a block voting system, both using first past the post system.((Citation needed|date=August 2012))

This mixed multiple-member and single-member district system with Block voting, was abolished in the 1980s, bringing single-member FPTP into use consistently.

====2000s====
((See also|Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (British Columbia)))
In 2004, [[Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (British Columbia)|a Citizens' Assembly]] recommended replacing the [[First Past the Post]] system with a [[Single Transferable Vote]] system to be implemented in 2009, and a [[referendum]] was held on May 17, 2005 to determine if this change should go ahead. The proposal received majority support (57% of the [[Direct election|popular vote]]), but the government had required 60% to make the proposal binding. A second requirement was a [[majority|simple majority]] in 60% of the current ridings and 77 of the 79 ridings achieved this, far more than the 48 minimum. The close result has provoked further interest in [[electoral reform]].  As a result of this, the Provincial Government promised a second referendum on the issue. [[2009 British Columbia electoral reform referendum|The second referendum]] was held in conjunction with the [[2009 British Columbia general election|2009 general election]] but it also failed, garnering just over 39% of voter support.

===== 2010s =====
((See also|2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum))
In 2017 election, the BC NDP campaigned on the promise to hold a referendum on switching to a electoral system of [[proportional representation]]. A [[2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum|referendum]] was held in the subsequent year with two questions on the ballot. The first question was a binary choice between the current first past the post electoral system and a proportional representation electoral system. The second question asked citizens to rank three specific types of proportional representation: [[dual-member proportional representation]], [[mixed-member proportional representation]], and [[rural–urban proportional representation]]. If a majority of citizens preferred proportional representation over first past the post, this second question would determine which specific type of proportional representation the province would adopt. In the end, the second question was moot as voters decicively chose the familiar first past the post system (61.3%) over the unfamiliar proportional representation (38.7%).<ref>((Cite web|title=2018 Referendum Voting Results|url=https://electionsbcca.blob.core.windows.net/electionsbcca/referendum/results.html|website=Elections BC))</ref> After the results of the referendum were released (and even during the referendum campaign), critics suggested that a major reason that proportional representation was defeated was the complexity of the second ballot question.<ref>((Cite web|title=How the No side surged from behind to defeat proportional representation|url=https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/how-the-no-side-surged-from-behind-to-defeat-proportional-representation|access-date=2022-02-07|website=vancouversun|language=en-CA))</ref> Although the general public was knowledgeable enough to understand the difference between first past the post and proportional representation, the subtle and numerous differences between [[dual-member proportional representation]], [[mixed-member proportional representation]], and [[rural–urban proportional representation]] were less easy to understand, motivating voters to stick with the electoral system.<ref>((Cite news|last=Dhillon|first=Sunny|date=2018-05-30|title=B.C. unveils its proposed question for voters in electoral-reform referendum|language=en-CA|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-unveils-its-proposed-question-for-voters-in-electoral-reform/|access-date=2022-02-07))</ref>

==See also==
((Portal|Canada|Politics|Pacific Northwest))
* [[Outline of British Columbia#Government and politics of British Columbia|Outline of government and politics of British Columbia]]
* [[Executive Council of British Columbia]]
* [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]
* [[List of political parties in British Columbia]]
* [[List of British Columbia general elections]]
* [[List of premiers of British Columbia]]
* [[Council of the Federation]]
* [[Politics of Canada]]
* [[Political culture of Canada]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-1637/politics_economy/british_columbia_elections/ CBC Digital Archives – How the West is Won: A Half-century of B.C. Elections]<!-- Broken 2012-11-03 -->

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