37th Parliament 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.

Majority parliament

Jun. 19, 2001 – Apr. 19, 2005

Parliament leaders

Premier

Gordon Campbell
June 5, 2001 – March 14, 2011

Cabinet

34th ministry

Leader of the
Opposition

Joy MacPhail
June 16, 2001 – May 17, 2005

Party caucuses

Government

Liberal Party

Unrecognized

New Democratic Party

Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the
Assembly

Claude Richmond
June 19, 2001 – May 16, 2005

Members

79 MLA seats

Sovereign

Monarch

Elizabeth II
6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022

Lieutenant
governor

Garde Gardom
April 21, 1995 – September 25, 2001

Iona Campagnolo
September 25, 2001 – September 30, 2007

← 36th

→ 38th

Members of the 37th Parliament

Member	Party	Electoral district	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)
John van Dongen	Liberal	Abbotsford-Clayburn	1995	3rd term
Mike de Jong	Liberal	Abbotsford-Mount Lehman	1994	3rd term
Gillian Trumper	Liberal	Alberni-Qualicum	2001	1st term
Dennis MacKay	Liberal	Bulkley Valley-Stikine	2001	1st term
Richard Lee	Liberal	Burnaby North	2001	1st term
Patty Sahota	Liberal	Burnaby-Edmonds	2001	1st term
John Nuraney	Liberal	Burnaby-Willingdon	2001	1st term
Harry Bloy	Liberal	Burquitlam	2001	1st term
John Wilson	Liberal	Cariboo North	1996	2nd term
Walt Cobb	Liberal	Cariboo South	2001	1st term
Barry Penner	Liberal	Chilliwack-Kent	1991	3rd term
John Les	Liberal	Chilliwack-Sumas	2001	1st term
Wendy McMahon	Liberal	Columbia River-Revelstoke	2001	1st term
Stan Hagen	Liberal	Comox Valley	1986, 2001	2nd term*
Richard Stewart	Liberal	Coquitlam-Maillardville	2001	1st term
Graham Bruce	Liberal	Cowichan-Ladysmith	1986, 2001	2nd term*
Reni Masi	Liberal	Delta North	1996	2nd term
Val Roddick	Liberal	Delta South	1999	2nd term
Bill Bennett	Liberal	East Kootenay	2001	1st term
Arnie Hamilton	Liberal	Esquimalt-Metchosin	2001	1st term
Rich Coleman	Liberal	Fort Langley-Aldergrove	1996	2nd term
Claude Richmond	Liberal	Kamloops	1981, 2001	4th term*
Kevin Krueger	Liberal	Kamloops-North Thompson	1996	2nd term
John Weisbeck	Liberal	Kelowna-Lake Country	1996	2nd term
Sindi Hawkins	Liberal	Kelowna-Mission	1996	2nd term
Lynn Stephens	Liberal	Langley	1991	3rd term
Brian Kerr	Liberal	Malahat-Juan de Fuca	2001	1st term
Randy Hawes	Liberal	Maple Ridge-Mission	2001	1st term
Ken Stewart	Liberal	Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows	2001	1st term
Mike Hunter	Liberal	Nanaimo	2001	1st term
Judith Reid	Liberal	Nanaimo-Parksville	1998	2nd term
Blair Suffredine	Liberal	Nelson-Creston	2001	1st term
Joyce Murray	Liberal	New Westminster	2001	1st term
Bill Belsey	Liberal	North Coast	2001	1st term
Rod Visser	Liberal	North Island	2001	1st term
Katherine Whittred	Liberal	North Vancouver-Lonsdale	1996	2nd term
Daniel Jarvis	Liberal	North Vancouver-Seymour	1991	3rd term
Ida Chong	Liberal	Oak Bay-Gordon Head	1996	2nd term
Tom Christensen	Liberal	Okanagan-Vernon	2001	1st term
Rick Thorpe	Liberal	Okanagan-Westside	1996	2nd term
Richard Neufeld	Liberal	Peace River North	1991	3rd term
Blair Lekstrom	Liberal	Peace River South	2001	1st term
Bill Barisoff	Liberal	Penticton-Okanagan Valley	1996	2nd term
Karn Manhas	Liberal	Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain	2001	1st term
Christy Clark	Liberal	Port Moody-Westwood	1996	2nd term
Harold Long	Liberal	Powell River-Sunshine Coast	1986, 2001	2nd term*
Pat Bell	Liberal	Prince George North	2001	1st term
Shirley Bond	Liberal	Prince George-Mount Robson	2001	1st term
Paul Nettleton	Liberal	Prince George-Omineca	1996	2nd term
Paul Nettleton	Independent	Prince George-Omineca	1996	2nd term
Greg Halsey-Brandt	Liberal	Richmond Centre	2001	1st term
Linda Reid	Liberal	Richmond East	1991	3rd term
Geoff Plant	Liberal	Richmond-Steveston	1996	2nd term
Murray Coell	Liberal	Saanich North and the Islands	1996	2nd term
Susan Brice	Liberal	Saanich South	2001	1st term
George Abbott	Liberal	Shuswap	1996	2nd term
Roger Harris	Liberal	Skeena	2001	1st term
Kevin Falcon	Liberal	Surrey-Cloverdale	2001	1st term
Brenda Locke	Liberal	Surrey-Green Timbers	2001	1st term
Tony Bhullar	Liberal	Surrey-Newton	2001	1st term
	Independent
	Liberal
Gulzar Cheema	Liberal	Surrey-Panorama Ridge	2001	1st term
Jagrup Brar (2004)	NDP	Surrey-Panorama Ridge	2004	1st term
Dave Hayer	Liberal	Surrey-Tynehead	2001	1st term
Elayne Brenzinger	Liberal	Surrey-Whalley	2001	1st term
	Independent
	Democratic Reform
Gordon Hogg	Liberal	Surrey-White Rock	1997	2nd term
Lorne Mayencourt	Liberal	Vancouver-Burrard	2001	1st term
Gary Collins	Liberal	Vancouver-Fairview	1991	3rd term
Ken Johnston	Liberal	Vancouver-Fraserview	2001	1st term
Joy MacPhail	NDP	Vancouver-Hastings	1991	3rd term
Patrick Wong	Liberal	Vancouver-Kensington	2001	1st term
Rob Nijjar	Liberal	Vancouver-Kingsway	2001	1st term
Val J. Anderson	Liberal	Vancouver-Langara	1991	3rd term
Jenny Kwan	NDP	Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	1996	2nd term
Gordon Campbell	Liberal	Vancouver-Point Grey	1994	3rd term
Colin Hansen	Liberal	Vancouver-Quilchena	1996	2nd term
Jeff Bray	Liberal	Victoria-Beacon Hill	2001	1st term
Sheila Orr	Liberal	Victoria-Hillside	2001	1st term
Sandy Santori	Liberal	West Kootenay-Boundary	2001	1st term
Ralph Sultan	Liberal	West Vancouver-Capilano	2001	1st term
Ted Nebbeling	Liberal	West Vancouver-Garibaldi	1996	2nd term
David Chutter	Liberal	Yale-Lillooet	2001	1st term

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