2001 British Columbia general election

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2001 British Columbia general election
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79 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
40 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout55.44% [1] Decrease2.svg 3.67 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Gordon Campbell.jpg Ujjal Dosanjh2011.JPG
Adriane Carr of the Green Party.jpg
Leader Gordon Campbell Ujjal Dosanjh Adriane Carr
Party Liberal New Democratic Green
Leader since September 11, 1993 February 20, 2000 September 23, 2000
Leader's seat Vancouver-Point Grey Vancouver-Kensington (lost re-election)Ran in Powell River-Sunshine Coast (lost)
Last election33 seats39 seats0 seats
Seats won7720
Seat changeIncrease2.svg44Decrease2.svg37Steady2.svg
Popular vote916,888343,156197,231
Percentage57.62%21.56%12.39%
SwingIncrease2.svg15.80%Decrease2.svg17.89%Increase2.svg10.40%
British Columbia General Election 2001.svg
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election

Ujjal Dosanjh
New Democratic

Premier after election

Gordon Campbell
Liberal

The 2001 British Columbia general election was the 37th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 18, 2001 and held on May 16, 2001. Voter turnout was 55.4 per cent of all eligible voters.

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The incumbent British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), in office since 1991, had been rocked by two major scandals—the Fast Ferries Scandal and a bribery scandal involving Premier Glen Clark. With the NDP's ratings flatlining, Clark resigned in August 1999, and Deputy Premier Dan Miller took over as caretaker premier until Ujjal Dosanjh was elected his permanent successor in February. Dosanjh was not, however, able to restore the party's public image, and the BC NDP suffered a resounding defeat at the hands of the British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals), led by former Vancouver mayor Gordon Campbell. The BC Liberals won over 57% of the popular vote, and an unprecedented 77 of the 79 seats in the provincial legislature—the largest victory in the province's electoral history.

The BC NDP, on the other hand, suffered a near-total political collapse. The party lost almost half of the share of the popular vote that it had won in the 1996 election, while its seat count fell from 39 seats to only two—those of Deputy Premier and Education Minister Joy MacPhail and Community Development Minister Jenny Kwan. It was easily the worst defeat of a sitting government in British Columbia history. It was also the second-worst defeat of a sitting provincial government in Canada, eclipsed only by the New Brunswick election of 1987, the Alberta election of 1935, and the Prince Edward Island election of 1935. In those elections, the governing party–the New Brunswick Tories, the United Farmers of Alberta and the PEI Tories–was completely wiped off the map. Dosanjh resigned as party leader soon after the election; he had actually conceded defeat a week before voters went to the polls. Despite being the only other party in the Assembly, the BC NDP lacked the four seats then required for official party status. [2]

The British Columbia Unity Party had been created as a union of conservative parties. Initially, Reform BC, the Social Credit, the British Columbia Party, and the Family Coalition Party had joined under the "BC Unity" umbrella. By the time the election was called, however, only the Family Coalition Party and a large majority of Reform BC segments had remained in the BC Unity coalition. The other parties had withdrawn to continue independently. The parties would collectively only earn around 4% of the vote, as voters, conscious of vote-splitting that had taken place between the Liberals, Reform BC, and the since-defunct Progressive Democratic Alliance in 1996, united behind the Liberals this time. Ron Gamble, sometime leader and sometime president of the renewed Reform BC continued his opposition to conservative mergers, consistently proclaiming a "Say No to Chris Delaney & BC Unity" policy, until Unity's eventual collapse in 2004 after a failed second attempt at a merger with BC Conservatives.

2000 redistribution of ridings

An Act was passed in 2000 providing for an increase of seats from 75 to 79, upon the next election. [3] The following changes were made:

Abolished ridingsNew ridings
Renaming of districts
Drawn from other districts
Merger of districts
Reorganization of districts

Opinion polls

During campaign period

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firmLast day
of survey		Source BCLP BCNDP BCG BCUP BCMP RPBC OtherMESample
Election 2001May 16, 200157.6221.5612.393.233.220.221.76
COMPASMay 12, 2001 [4] 61161233——4.5700
Ipsos-ReidMay 7, 2001 [5] 631613331—3.5800
MarkTrendMay 6, 2001 [6] 65141533——4.4500
COMPASMay 1, 2001 [7] 6415135———4.5500
Ipsos-ReidApril 23, 2001 [8] 70161021——3.5800
McIntyre & MustelApril 19, 2001 [9] 721872———4.1610
Election called (April 18, 2001)

During 36th Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Opinion polling during the pre-campaign period of the 37th BC election.svg
Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firmLast day
of survey		Source BCLP BCNDP BCG BCUP BCMP RPBC OtherMESample
COMPASApril 1, 2001 [10] 66177322 [11] —4.1 [12] —
Ipsos-ReidMarch 12, 2001 [13] 632077——33.5800
McIntyre & MustelFebruary 2001 [14] 59205——12———
COMPASFebruary 5, 2001 [15] 59188——12—3.5800
McIntyre & MustelJanuary 12, 2001 [16] 5127—————5.0—
Ipsos-ReidDecember 10, 2000 [17] 51179——1944.0600
MarkTrendNovember 2000 [18] 5818———22—4.5500
McIntyre & MustelOctober 21, 2000 [19] 6717———10—4.5500
MarkTrendSeptember 2000 [20] 5519———25—4.5500
Ipsos-ReidSeptember 11, 2000 [21] 48198——2234.0600
McIntyre & MustelAugust 2000 [19] 5321———19———
Polling firmLast day
of survey		Source BCLP BCNDP BCG RPBC PDA OtherMESample
PDA unregistered as official party (June 2000)
Ipsos-ReidJune 13, 2000 [22] 5716615514.0600
MarkTrendApril 2000 [23] 5816—21—5—503 [24]
Ipsos-ReidMarch 2000 [25] 5024616313.5800
MarkTrendFebruary 2000 [26] 5327—17 [23] ———500
McIntyre & MustelFebruary 27, 2000 [27] 52255 [28] 15 [28] ——4.3511
Ujjal Dosanjh becomes leader of the NDP and premier (February 24, 2000) [29]
Angus ReidDecember 15, 1999 [30] 5517—18—104.0600
MarkTrendOctober 1999 [31] 5319—22—55.0500
Angus ReidSeptember 10, 1999 [32] 5715—16—114.0620
Angus ReidAugust 24, 1999 [33] 56168172—4.1601
MarkTrendAugust 1999 [31] 6115—22————
Premier Glen Clark resigns (August 21, 1999) [34]
Angus ReidJune 8, 1998 [35] 5816314324.1600
MarkTrendApril 11, 1999 [36] 5918—20——4.0501
Angus ReidMarch 10, 1999 [37] 5218618424.1600
Angus ReidDecember 1998 [37] 461851810———
Angus ReidSeptember 1998 [38] 4618——————
Angus ReidJune 12, 1998 [39] 42236208—4.1610
McIntyre & MustelMarch 1998 [40] 4825——————
Angus ReidMarch 1998 [41] 4720—17————
Angus ReidDecember 12, 1997 [42] 43245188—4600
PollaraDecember 1997 [43] 4120—31————
Angus ReidSeptember 15, 1997 [44] 33302 [42] 2492 [42] 4.0600
Angus ReidJune 16, 1997 [45] 3427328624600
Angus ReidMarch 10, 1997 [46] 44242 [42] 18924.0601
Angus ReidDecember 1996 [42] 522921134——
Angus ReidSeptember 15, 1996 [47] 4537112334.0600
Angus ReidJune 1996 [42] 39422963——
Election 1996 May 28, 199641.8239.451.999.275.741.73

Region-specific polls

Southern Vancouver Island

Polling firmLast day
of survey		Source BCLP BCNDP BCG BCUP MESample
CompasMay 12, 2001 [48] 492715—7.0200
CompasMay 2, 2001 [49] 59151353.2500

Riding-specific polls

Vancouver-Kensington

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firmLast day
of survey		Source BCLP BCNDP BCG BCMP BCUP MESample
Election 2001May 16, 200147.5638.829.322.681.62
McIntyre & MustelMay 1, 2001 [50] 533110235.6301
COMPASMay 1, 2001 [50] 522914——7.1200
Election 1996May 28, 199640.6550.741.89——

Results

PartyParty leader# of
candidates		SeatsPopular vote
1996 Elected% Change#%Change
Liberal Gordon Campbell 793377 +133.3%916,88857.62%+15.80%
  New Democrats Ujjal Dosanjh 79392-94.9%343,15621.56%-17.89%
Green Adriane Carr 72-––197,23112.39%+10.40%
Unity Chris Delaney56–––51,4263.23%+2.97%
Marijuana Brian Taylor 79*–*51,2063.22%*
 Independent30--–14,5880.92%+0.28%
Reform 92--100%3,4390.22%-9.05%
All Nations 6*-*3,3800.21%*
  Conservative Susan Power 6--–2,4170.15%+0.09%
Social Credit Grant Mitton 2–-–1,9480.12%-0.27%
  BC Action 5*-*1,6360.10%*
 No affiliation6*-*7270.05%*
People's Front 11*-*7200.05%*
  Western Reform 1*-*6210.04%*
  Citizens Alliance Now 2*-*5840.04%*
  Council of British Columbians 2*-*3990.03%*
Communist 4–-–3810.02%+0.01%
Freedom 2*-*2400.02%*
  Party of Citizens.... 2*-*1470.01%*
Patriot 1*-*820.01%*
  Citizens Commonwealth 4*-*49x*
  Central 3*-*41x*
Total4567579+5.3%1,591,306100% 

Notes

x – less than 0.005% of the popular vote.

* The party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Unity Party results are calculated relative to Family Coalition Party results.

Popular vote
Liberal
 
57.62%
NDP
 
21.56%
Green
 
12.39%
Others
 
8.43%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
97.47%
NDP
 
2.53%

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

Results by riding – 2001 British Columbia general election [51]
RidingWinning partyTurnout
[a 1] 		Votes [a 2]
Name 1996 PartyVotesShareMargin
#		Margin
%		LibNDPGrnUnMariRefIndOthTotal
 
Abbotsford-Clayburn NewLib12,58472.51%10,48860.43%71.30%12,5842,096–1,751706––21717,354
Abbotsford-Mount Lehman LibLib12,66068.48%10,22955.33%71.44%12,6602,4311,2991,576451––6918,486
Alberni-Qualicum NewLib13,10953.32%5,71423.24%74.70%13,1097,3952,999–1,081–––24,584
Bulkley Valley-Stikine NDPLib7,41455.93%4,59134.64%73.28%7,4142,8238561,190507––46713,257
Burnaby-Edmonds NDPLib9,60751.09%4,68324.90%69.90%9,6074,9242,5991,111456––10518,802
Burnaby North NDPLib11,06254.37%5,07024.92%71.52%11,0625,9922,824–466–––20,344
Burnaby-Willingdon NDPLib10,20755.79%5,59930.60%70.07%10,2074,6082,879–362––24018,296
Burquitlam NewLib11,13156.34%6,45332.66%70.95%11,1314,6782,668749530–––19,756
Cariboo North LibLib10,04464.97%7,31247.30%72.46%10,0442,732712420509–72731615,460
Cariboo South NDPLib10,25962.21%6,00036.38%74.70%10,2594,259–598739––63516,490
Chilliwack-Kent NewLib13,81474.88%11,65963.20%71.63%13,8142,1551,511–968–––18,448
Chilliwack-Sumas NewLib14,13774.80%11,70361.92%70.58%14,1372,434––1,130––1,19918,900
Columbia River-Revelstoke NDPLib7,80453.95%3,25322.49%71.96%7,8044,551978490642–––14,465
Comox Valley NDPLib15,56956.32%10,21336.95%74.81%15,5695,3565,170677873–––27,645
Coquitlam-Maillardville NDPLib11,54956.97%7,10735.07%71.42%11,5494,4422,522862584–314–20,273
Cowichan-Ladysmith NDPLib12,70752.21%4,92420.23%76.71%12,7077,7833,250–597–––24,337
Delta North LibLib11,91960.54%8,18541.57%72.65%11,9193,7342,504987543–––19,687
Delta South LibLib14,59667.00%10,94650.25%73.15%14,5962,0533,650760507–219–21,784
East Kootenay NDPLib10,20661.85%6,56839.80%68.76%10,2063,6381,287651718–––16,500
Esquimalt-Metchosin NDPLib9,54445.79%3,28615.76%69.49%9,5446,2583,685268534–23032220,841
Fort Langley-Aldergrove LibLib16,52768.30%13,76156.87%73.47%16,5272,6192,7661,275674–336–24,197
Kamloops NDPLib12,25860.21%7,66637.66%68.72%12,2584,5922,180430707–193–20,360
Kamloops-North Thompson LibLib12,67658.04%8,49538.90%72.65%12,6764,1813,1228361,025–––21,840
Kelowna-Lake Country LibLib14,09363.19%10,99149.28%66.91%14,0933,1022,6061,496734––27222,303
Kelowna-Mission LibLib15,35164.60%12,28551.70%67.56%15,3513,0662,5881,674787––29623,762
Langley LibLib14,56464.85%11,71752.17%71.97%14,5642,7202,8471,605723–––22,459
Malahat-Juan de Fuca NDPLib9,67642.26%4,51219.70%73.57%9,6763,6873,275323547–5,16422222,894
Maple Ridge-Mission NDPLib12,92056.67%8,21036.01%70.87%12,9204,7102,9101,037908–315–22,800
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows NDPLib12,23552.96%6,47128.01%72.90%12,2355,7643,0691,220716––9723,101
Nanaimo NDPLib9,74844.64%3,14614.41%69.87%9,7486,6023,810588889–199–21,836
Nanaimo-Parksville NewLib17,35662.60%11,50441.49%74.94%17,3565,8523,192693634–––21,836
Nelson-Creston NDPLib8,55839.00%1,5777.18%75.32%8,5586,9814,7231,108570–––21,940
New Westminster NDPLib11,05949.20%4,08818.18%71.07%11,0596,9712,982604859–––22,475
North Coast NDPLib4,91545.25%8317.64%66.27%4,9154,084560152623––52610,860
North Island NDPLib13,78157.12%7,40630.70%73.69%13,7816,3752,871–1,099–––24,126
North Vancouver-Lonsdale LibLib11,36259.84%7,53939.70%68.16%11,3623,0163,823–612––17318,986
North Vancouver-Seymour LibLib15,56865.12%11,44147.86%73.72%15,5682,7514,127–568683209–23,906
Oak Bay-Gordon Head LibLib14,58857.31%8,79934.57%75.54%14,5885,7894,666–411–––25,454
Okanagan-Vernon LibLib13,86856.51%10,33942.13%69.06%13,8683,5292,2143,213917–56223924,542
Okanagan-Westside NewLib14,18168.08%11,00552.83%69.91%14,1813,176–1,3641,188––92120,830
Peace River North RefLib6,62973.22%5,58261.66%55.12%6,6291,047–568810–––9,054
Peace River South RefLib6,39364.20%4,66746.87%62.37%6,393767407225444––1,7269,962
Penticton-Okanagan Valley LibLib15,60962.73%11,72247.11%68.15%15,6093,8873,524553786––52224,881
Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain NewLib9,96345.19%2,76512.54%74.66%9,9637,1981,8412,297446150151–22,046
Port Moody-Westwood NewLib16,50074.64%12,32255.74%71.80%16,5004,178––1,428–––22,106
Powell River-Sunshine Coast PDLib9,90442.36%3,55515.21%76.33%9,9046,3496,316–812–––23,381
Prince George-Mount Robson NDPLib8,03355.72%5,37837.30%68.80%8,0332,6551,4291,110744445––14,416
Prince George North NDPLib9,21561.02%7,06746.80%71.77%9,2152,1481,137838588–55462115,101
Prince George-Omineca LibLib10,46961.65%7,31343.07%73.70%10,4693,1561,0261,685646–––16,982
Richmond Centre LibLib12,06171.86%9,85558.72%69.10%12,0612,2061,615381357––16516,785
Richmond East LibLib12,49869.18%9,94855.07%70.59%12,4982,5501,802599445–173–18,067
Richmond-Steveston LibLib14,50869.23%11,94456.99%73.27%14,5082,5642,25738156114535818120,955
Saanich North and the Islands LibLib15,40654.29%8,19528.88%75.94%15,4065,0117,211–491–257–28,376
Saanich South NDPLib12,69952.17%5,86124.08%76.00%12,6996,8383,823–462–17234924,343
Shuswap LibLib12,95056.27%9,16239.81%72.01%12,9503,7882,4232,857835––16023,013
Skeena NDPLib8,65365.15%6,00945.24%72.13%8,6532,644695–810––47913,281
Surrey-Cloverdale LibLib13,73963.72%11,40652.90%75.45%13,7392,3332,2271,112481–1,669–21,561
Surrey-Green Timbers NDPLib7,53948.95%1,94712.64%66.77%7,5395,592–1,067561538–10315,400
Surrey-Newton NDPLib6,75049.45%2,80120.52%65.51%6,7503,9491,673498348431––13,649
Surrey-Panorama Ridge NewLib9,59058.94%6,35039.03%69.04%9,590 [a 3] 3,2401,4371,123424408–5016,272
Surrey-Tynehead NewLib12,25260.95%9,09345.23%72.25%12,2523,1591,8761,234385265930–20,101
Surrey-Whalley NDPLib6,69345.73%2,15714.74%66.79%6,6934,5361,652838544374––14,637
Surrey-White Rock LibLib18,67868.70%15,10155.54%77.64%18,6783,4153,577983536–––27,189
Vancouver-Burrard NDPLib11,39648.11%4,03717.04%63.67%11,3967,3593,826906–1366523,688
Vancouver-Fairview LibLib12,86454.94%7,81333.37%64.20%12,8644,7725,051–651––7623,414
Vancouver-Fraserview NDPLib10,36156.84%4,54624.93%71.61%10,3615,8151,417369267–––18,229
Vancouver-Hastings NDPNDP8,00941.64%4092.13%68.11%7,6008,0092,874–409––34119,233
Vancouver-Kensington NDPLib9,16247.56%1,6848.74%73.09%9,1627,4781,795314516–––19,265
Vancouver-Kingsway NDPLib8,26449.89%2,83517.11%67.14%8,2645,4291,725541364––24016,563
Vancouver-Langara LibLib11,80066.90%8,80149.90%67.38%11,8002,9992,009–673––15617,637
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant NDPNDP7,16344.48%1,82011.30%59.36%5,3437,1632,612166489––33216,105
Vancouver-Point Grey LibLib13,43056.14%8,33634.85%65.80%13,4304,4415,094257659––4323,924
Vancouver-Quilchena LibLib16,82973.86%13,55259.48%73.44%16,8292,1683,277–351–160–22,785
Victoria-Beacon Hill NDPLib9,29737.04%350.14%68.63%9,2979,2625,453290532–2056425,103
Victoria-Hillside NDPLib7,87837.71%820.40%68.73%7,8787,7964,142293663––12120,893
West Kootenay-Boundary NewLib10,78449.74%3,86917.85%74.42%10,7846,9152,0041,139840–––21,682
West Vancouver-Capilano LibLib15,55672.69%12,62458.99%72.67%15,5561,2842,932–274–1,355–21,401
West Vancouver-Garibaldi LibLib14,54268.18%10,85150.88%68.19%14,5422,3303,691–767–––21,330
Yale-Lillooet NDPLib9,84560.07%7,02842.88%68.99%9,8452,8171,657–807––1,26216,388
  1. ↑ including spoilt ballots
  2. ↑ parties receiving more than 1% of the popular vote, or fielding candidates in at least half of the constituencies, are listed separately. Reform is also listed separately, as it was a major contender in 1996, to identify the districts that still nominated candidates.
  3. ↑ Gulzar Singh Cheema was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
  = Open seat
  = turnout is above provincial average
  = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
  = Incumbent had switched allegiance
  = Previously incumbent in another riding
  = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
  = Incumbency arose from by-election gain
  = other incumbents renominated
  = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
  = Multiple candidates

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