37th Parliament of British Columbia

37th Parliament of British Columbia
37th Parliament of British Columbia
Majority parliament
June 19, 2001 – c. 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; August 12, 2025 – present
Lieutenant; Governor	Garde Gardom; April 21, 1995 – September 25, 2001
	Iona Campagnolo; September 25, 2001 – September 30, 2007
← 36th	→ 38th

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.

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Member	Party	Electoral district	First elected / previously elected
John van Dongen	Liberal	Abbotsford-Clayburn	1995
Mike de Jong	Liberal	Abbotsford-Mount Lehman	1994
Gillian Trumper	Liberal	Alberni-Qualicum	2001
Dennis MacKay	Liberal	Bulkley Valley-Stikine	2001
Richard Lee	Liberal	Burnaby North	2001
Patty Sahota	Liberal	Burnaby-Edmonds	2001
John Nuraney	Liberal	Burnaby-Willingdon	2001
Harry Bloy	Liberal	Burquitlam	2001
John Wilson	Liberal	Cariboo North	1996
Walt Cobb	Liberal	Cariboo South	2001
Barry Penner	Liberal	Chilliwack-Kent	1991
John Les	Liberal	Chilliwack-Sumas	2001
Wendy McMahon	Liberal	Columbia River-Revelstoke	2001
Stan Hagen	Liberal	Comox Valley	1986,^[a] 2001
Richard Stewart	Liberal	Coquitlam-Maillardville	2001
Graham Bruce	Liberal	Cowichan-Ladysmith	1986,^[a] 2001
Reni Masi	Liberal	Delta North	1996
Val Roddick	Liberal	Delta South	1999
Bill Bennett	Liberal	East Kootenay	2001
Arnie Hamilton	Liberal	Esquimalt-Metchosin	2001
Rich Coleman	Liberal	Fort Langley-Aldergrove	1996
Claude Richmond	Liberal	Kamloops	1981,^[a] 2001
Kevin Krueger	Liberal	Kamloops-North Thompson	1996
John Weisbeck	Liberal	Kelowna-Lake Country	1996
Sindi Hawkins	Liberal	Kelowna-Mission	1996
Lynn Stephens	Liberal	Langley	1991
Brian Kerr	Liberal	Malahat-Juan de Fuca	2001
Randy Hawes	Liberal	Maple Ridge-Mission	2001
Ken Stewart	Liberal	Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows	2001
Mike Hunter	Liberal	Nanaimo	2001
Judith Reid	Liberal	Nanaimo-Parksville	1998
Blair Suffredine	Liberal	Nelson-Creston	2001
Joyce Murray	Liberal	New Westminster	2001
Bill Belsey	Liberal	North Coast	2001
Rod Visser	Liberal	North Island	2001
Katherine Whittred	Liberal	North Vancouver-Lonsdale	1996
Daniel Jarvis	Liberal	North Vancouver-Seymour	1991
Ida Chong	Liberal	Oak Bay-Gordon Head	1996
Tom Christensen	Liberal	Okanagan-Vernon	2001
Rick Thorpe	Liberal	Okanagan-Westside	1996
Richard Neufeld	Liberal	Peace River North	1991^[a]
Blair Lekstrom	Liberal	Peace River South	2001
Bill Barisoff	Liberal	Penticton-Okanagan Valley	1996
Karn Manhas	Liberal	Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain	2001
Christy Clark	Liberal	Port Moody-Westwood	1996
Harold Long	Liberal	Powell River-Sunshine Coast	1986,^[a] 2001
Pat Bell	Liberal	Prince George North	2001
Shirley Bond	Liberal	Prince George-Mount Robson	2001
Paul Nettleton	Liberal^[1]	Prince George-Omineca	1996
Paul Nettleton		Prince George-Omineca	1996
Independent
Greg Halsey-Brandt	Liberal	Richmond Centre	2001
Linda Reid	Liberal	Richmond East	1991
Geoff Plant	Liberal	Richmond-Steveston	1996
Murray Coell	Liberal	Saanich North and the Islands	1996
Susan Brice	Liberal	Saanich South	2001
George Abbott	Liberal	Shuswap	1996
Roger Harris	Liberal	Skeena	2001
Kevin Falcon	Liberal	Surrey-Cloverdale	2001
Brenda Locke	Liberal	Surrey-Green Timbers	2001
Tony Bhullar	Liberal^[2]	Surrey-Newton	2001

	Independent
Liberal^[3]
Gulzar Cheema^[4]	Liberal	Surrey-Panorama Ridge	2001
		Surrey-Panorama Ridge
Jagrup Brar (2004)^[5]	NDP	2004
Dave Hayer	Liberal	Surrey-Tynehead	2001
Elayne Brenzinger	Liberal^[6]	Surrey-Whalley	2001

	Independent
Democratic Reform^[7]
Gordon Hogg	Liberal	Surrey-White Rock	1997
Lorne Mayencourt	Liberal	Vancouver-Burrard	2001
Gary Collins	Liberal	Vancouver-Fairview	1991
Ken Johnston	Liberal	Vancouver-Fraserview	2001
Joy MacPhail	NDP	Vancouver-Hastings	1991
Patrick Wong	Liberal	Vancouver-Kensington	2001
Rob Nijjar	Liberal	Vancouver-Kingsway	2001
Val J. Anderson	Liberal	Vancouver-Langara	1991
Jenny Kwan	NDP	Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	1996
Gordon Campbell	Liberal	Vancouver-Point Grey	1994
Colin Hansen	Liberal	Vancouver-Quilchena	1996
Jeff Bray	Liberal	Victoria-Beacon Hill	2001
Sheila Orr	Liberal	Victoria-Hillside	2001
Sandy Santori	Liberal	West Kootenay-Boundary	2001
Ralph Sultan	Liberal	West Vancouver-Capilano	2001
Ted Nebbeling	Liberal	West Vancouver-Garibaldi	1996
David Chutter	Liberal	Yale-Lillooet	2001

		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

		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

37th Parliament of British Columbia

Members of the 37th Parliament

Members of the 37th Parliament who resigned

Members of the 37th Parliament elected in byelections

Party standings of the 37th Parliament at investiture

Party standings of the 37th Parliament at Dissolution

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