British Columbia general election, 2001

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The British Columbia general election of 2001 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.

The incumbent New Democratic Party had been rocked by scandal that had led to the resignation of leader Glen Clark. Clark was replaced by the well-respected Ujjal Dosanjh. Dosanjh was not, however, able to restore the party's public image, and the NDP was soundly defeated by the conservative Liberal Party, led by former Vancouver mayor Gordon Campbell. The Liberals won over 57% of the popular vote, and all but two of the 79 seats in the provincial legislature.

The NDP, on the other hand, lost almost half of the share of the popular vote that it had won in the 1996 election, and did not reach the 4 seats required for official status of caucus in the BC Legislature.

The British Columbia Unity Party had been created as a union of conservative parties. Initially, Reform BC, the Social Credit, the BC Conservative Party, 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 The other parties had withdrawn to continue independently. 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.

Contents

1 Results 2 Riding By Riding breakdown 2.1 Northern British Columbia 2.2 Kootenay, Columbia and Boundary 2.3 Okanagan and Shuswap 2.4 Thompson and Cariboo 2.5 Fraser Valley 2.6 Surrey 2.7 Richmond and Delta 2.8 Vancouver's Eastern Suburbs 2.9 Vancouver 2.10 North Shore and Sunshine Coast 2.11 Vancouver Island 2.12 Greater Victoria 3 See also 4 External links

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1996	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	BC Liberal	Gordon Campbell	79	33	77	+133.3%	916,888	57.62%	+15.80%
	New Democratic	Ujjal Dosanjh	79	39	2	-94.9%	343,156	21.56%	-17.89%
	Green	Adriane Carr	72	-	-	-	197,231	12.39%	+10.40%
	Unity	Chris Delaney	56	-	-	-	51,426	3.23%	+2.97%
	Marijuana	Brian Taylor	79	*	-	*	51,206	3.22%	*
	Independent		30	-	-	-	14,588	0.92%	+0.28%
	Reform		9	2	-	-100%	3,439	0.22%	-9.05%
	All Nations		6	*	-	*	3,380	0.21%	*
	Conservative	Barry Chilton	6	-	-	-	2,417	0.15%	+0.09%
	Social Credit		2	-	-	-	1,948	0.12%	-0.27%
	BC Action		5	*	-	*	1,636	0.10%	*
	No affiliation		6	*	-	*	727	0.05%	*
	People's Front		11	*	-	*	720	0.05%	*
	Western Reform		1	*	-	*	621	0.04%	*
	Citizens Alliance Now		2	*	-	*	584	0.04%	*
	Council of British Columbians		2	*	-	*	399	0.03%	*
	Communist		4	-	-	-	381	0.02%	+0.01%
	Freedom		2	*	-	*	240	0.02%	*
	Party of Citizens....		2	*	-	*	147	0.01%	*
	Patriot		1	*	-	*	82	0.01%	*
	Citizens Commonwealth		4	*	-	*	49	x	*
	Central		3	*	-	*	41	x	*
Total			456	75	79	+5.3%	1,591,306	100%

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.

Riding By Riding breakdown

Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers and former premiers. Incumbents denoted with a dagger (†) did not seek re-election.

Northern British Columbia

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		NDP		BC Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Bulkley Valley-Stikine		Bill Goodacre 2,823		Dennis MacKay 7,414		Rolf Hussinger 856		Trevor McKilligan 507		Rod Taylor 1,190		Theresa Tait (ANP) 405 Bill Forsyth (BC) 62		Bill Goodacre
North Coast		Colleen Fitzpatrick 4,084		Bill Belsey 4,915		David Konsmo 560		Kenneth Peerless 623		Clarence Hall 152		Emsily Bolton (ANP) 526		Dan Miller †
Peace River North		Brian Churchill 1,047		Richard Neufeld 6,629				Paul Renaud 810		Roy Daniel Strange 568				Richard Neufeld
Peace River South		Elmer Kabush 767		Blair Lekstrom 6,393		Stacy LaJeunesse 407		Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek 444		Garret Golhof 225		Grant Mitton (SC) 1,726		Jack Weisgerber †
Prince George-Mount Robson		Todd Whitcombe 2,655		Shirley Bond 8,033		Lelani Arris 1,429		Andrej DeWolf 744		Bob Zayonc 1,110		Erle Martz (Ref.) 445		Lois Boone †
Prince George North		Bryan Llewellyn 2,148		Pat Bell 9,215		Hilary Crowley 1,137		Robert Grimsrud 588		David G. Low 838		Lisa Maskell (WR) 621 Fred McLeod (Ind.) 478 Leif Jensen (Ind.) 76		Paul Ramsey †
Prince George-Omineca		Ed John 3,156		Paul Nettleton 10,469		David Usher 1,026		Will DeWolf 646		Eldon Matte 1,168				Paul Nettleton
Skeena		Helmut Giesbrecht 2,644		Roger Harris 8,653		Roger Benham 695		Bob Erb 810				Gerald Amos (ANP) 479		Helmut Giesbrecht

Kootenay, Columbia and Boundary

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		NDP		BC Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Columbia River-Revelstoke		Jim Doyle 4,465		Wendy McMahon 7,659		Jennifer Brownlee 946		Lisa Kirkman 616		Miles Lehn 484				Jim Doyle
East Kootenay		Erda Walsh 3,502		Bill Bennett 9,771		Joni Krats 1,229		Fred Sima 670		Bruce Parke 621				Erda Walsh
Nelson-Creston		Corky Evans 6,626		Blair Suffredine 8,161		Colleen McCrory 4,354		Dan Loehndorf 540		Stephen Cox 1,064				Corky Evans
West Kootenay-Boundary		Ed Conroy 6,376		Sandy Santori 9,718		Patricia Pepe 1,796		Brian Taylor 785		Mark McLaren 1,065				Ed Conroy

Okanagan and Shuswap

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		NDP		BC Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Kelowna-Lake Country		Janet Scotland 3,102		John Weisbeck 14,093		Devra Rice 2,606		Paul Halonen 734		Kevin Wendland 1,496		David Thomson (Act) 272		John Weisbeck
Kelowna-Mission		Assunta Rossal 3,066		Sindi Hawkins 15,351		Angela Reid 2,588		Kelly Nichol 787		Paul Vogan 1,674		Grant Baudais (Act) 296		Sindi Hawkins
Okanagan-Vernon		Troy Sebastien 3,529		Tom Christensen 13,868		Erin Nelson 2,214		Michael Jones 917		Doug MacDonald 3,213		Herb Wong (Ind.) 562 Kathleen Daniels (Ind.) 157 Andrew Hokold (Pat) 82		April Sanders †
Okanagan-Westside		Ernie Ursuliak 3,176		Rick Thorpe 14,181				Teresa Taylor 1,188		Howard Lionel Hunt 1,364		Jack Peach (Act) 921		Rick Thorpe
Penticton-Okanagan Valley		Naga Terada 3,887		Bill Barisoff 15,609		Harry Naegal 3,524		Riley Goldstone 786		Walter Ozero 553		Kal Gidda (BC) 522		Bill Barisoff
Shuswap		Wayne Fowler 3,788		George Abbott 12,950		Larissa Lutjen 2,423		Paddy Roberts 835		Al Thiessen 2,857		Jeanette McLennan (Ind.) 119 Scott Yee (Cen) 41		George Abbott

Thompson and Cariboo

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		NDP		BC Liberal		Green		Marijuana		Unity		Other
Cariboo North		Frank Garden 2,732		John Wilson 10,044		Douglas Gook 712		Stephen Payne 509		Steven McBeth 420		Kim McIvor (Ind.) 727 Al Charlebois (PF) 24		John Wilson
Cariboo South		David Zirnhelt 4,259		Walt Cobb 10,259				Mike Orr 739		Christopher Matte 598		Dan Case (AN) 552 Bruce Broomfield (PF) 83		David Zirnhelt
Kamloops		Cathy McGregor 4,592		Claude Richmond 12,258		Joe Teichman 2,180		Julian Gushulak 707		Ruth Watson 430		Ernie Schmidt (Ind.) 193		Cathy McGregor
Kamloops-North Thompson		Dwayne Hartle 4,181		Kevin Krueger 12,676		Denis Walsh 3,122		Vern Falk 1025		Bob Altenhofen 836				Kevin Krueger
Yale-Lillooet		Victor York 2,817		David Chutter 9,845		Harue Kanemitsu 1,657		Vincent Royer 807				Don Moses (AN) 1126 Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell (PF) 136		Harry Lali †

Fraser Valley

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	NDP	BC Liberal	Green	Marijuana	Unity	Other
Abbotsford-Clayburn	Kris Lind	John van Dongen		John Fulford	Peter Stiegelmar	Kenneth Keillor (F)	John van Dongen
Abbotsford-Mount Lehman	Taranjit Purewal	Mike de Jong	Karl Hann	Brian Carlisle	Gloria Ewert	David MacKay (PF) Robert McCulloch (F)	Mike de Jong
Chilliwack-Kent	Malcolm James	Barry Penner	Larry Commodore	David Ferguson			Barry Penner
Chilliwack-Sumas	Christine Muise	John Les		Norm Siefken		Grant Cepuran (Con)	new district
Fort Langley-Aldergrove	Simon Challenger	Rich Coleman	Andrea Welling	Joshua McKenzie	Deanna Jopling	Murray Dunbar (Ind.)	Rich Coleman
Langley	Paul Latham	Lynn Stephens	Pat Taylor	Mavis Becker	Gordon Nelson		Lynn Stephens
Maple Ridge-Mission	Rose Bennett	Randy Hawes	Dawn Paley	Denise Briere-Smart	David Ritchie	Dale Randall (Ind.) Chum Richardson (Ind.)	Dennis Streifel†
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows	Bill Hartley	Ken Stewart	Mike Gildersleeve	Rick Cameron	Dave Hensman	Michael Felgner (Act)	Bill Hartley

Surrey

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	NDP	BC Liberal	Green	Marijuana	Unity	Other
Surrey-Cloverdale	Steve Oakley	Kevin Falcon	Steve Chitty	Jason Elliott	George Hoytema	Bonnie McKinnon (Ind.)	Bonnie McKinnon
Surrey-Green Timbers	Sue Hammell	Brenda Locke		Dennis Kalsi	C. Lewis Robinson	Jim Paterson (Ref.) Harjit Daudharia (Com)	Sue Hammell
Surrey-Newton	Param Grewal	Tony Bhullar	David Walters	Stephen Kawamoto	Paul Joshi	Margaret Bridgman (Ref.)	Penny Priddy †
Surrey-Panorama Ridge	Bruce Ralston	Gulzar Cheema	Sunny Athwal	Randy Caine	Heather Stilwell	Shirley Abraham (Ref.) Ed Weiland (Act)	new district
Surrey-Tynehead	Barry Bell	Dave Hayer	Joel Macht	Don Briere	Bill Stilwell	Marilyn Collins (Ind.) Enoch Ephraimson (Ref.) Mandir Benipal (Ind.)	new district
Surrey-Whalley	Joan Smallwood	Elayne Brenzinger	Terry McComas	Khalid Arnaout	John A. Conway	Mike Runte (Ref.)	Joan Smallwood
Surrey-White Rock	Matt Todd	Gordon Hogg	Ruth Christine	David Bourgeois	Garry Sahl		Gordon Hogg

Richmond and Delta

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	NDP	BC Liberal	Green	Marijuana	Unity	Other
Delta North	Norm Lortie	Reni Masi	John Hague	Iain Gilfillan	Dario Todorovic		Reni Masi
Delta South	Ruth Mary Adams	Val Roddick	Rob LaBelle	Mike Hansen	Justin P. Goodrich	George Mann (Ind.) Paul Dhillon (Ind.)	Val Roddick
Richmond Centre	Jaana Grant	Greg Halsey-Brandt	Bruce Marshall	Alice Kan-Halford	Jim Hessels	Frank Tofin (Con.)	Doug Symons†
Richmond East	Willy Nasgowitz	Linda Reid	Stephen Kronstein	John Shavluk	Joe Pal	Mohamaud Farah (Ind.)	Linda Reid
Richmond-Steveston	Billie Mortimer	Geoff Plant	Kevan Hudson	Gordon Mathias	Vincent Paul	Allan Warnke (Ind.) Barry Chilton (Con.) Sue Wade (Ref.) Edith Petersen (PF)	Geoff Plant

Vancouver's Eastern Suburbs

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	NDP	BC Liberal	Green	Marijuana	Unity	Other
Burnaby-Edmonds	Sav Dhaliwal	Patty Sahota	Eric Hawthorne	Roy Arjun	Grant Murray	Gordon S. Watson (POC)	Fred Randall †
Burnaby North	Pietro Calendino	Richard Lee	Tom Hetherington	Dale Ware			Pietro Calendino
Burnaby-Willingdon	Dave Myles	John Nuraney	Joe Keithley	Pamela Zak		Dennis MacAuley (COBC)	Joan Sawicki †
Burquitlam	Bart Healey	Harry Bloy	Steven J. Mancinelli	Peter Grin	Greg Watrich		new district
Coquitlam-Maillardville	Ken Landgraff	Richard Stewart	Elly Petersen	Paul Geddes	Tim Bonner	Harry Warren (Ind.) Doug Stead (Ind.)	John Cashore†
New Westminster	Graeme Bowbrick	Joyce Murray	Robert Broughton	Marlene P. Campbell	Howard Irving		Graeme Bowbrick
Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain	Mike Farnworth	Karn Manhas	Kelli Gallagher	Doug Hewer	Chris Delaney	Clay Fanstone (Ref.) Craig Braconnier (Ind.)	Mike Farnworth
Port Moody-Westwood	Brian Revel	Christy Clark		Graeme Smecher			Christy Clark

Vancouver

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	NDP	BC Liberal	Green	Marijuana	Unity	Other
Vancouver-Burrard	Tim Stevenson 7,359	Lorne Mayencourt 11,396	Robbie Mattu 3,826	Marc Emery 906		Boris Bear (Ind.) 136 Joseph Theriault (PF) 40 Helvis Helvis (Ind.) 25	Tim Stevenson
Vancouver-Fairview	Anita Romaniuk 4,772	Gary Collins 12,864	Vanessa Violini 5,051	Ron MacIntyre 651		Brian Sproule (PF) 76	Gary Collins
Vancouver-Fraserview	Ian Waddell 5,815	Ken Johnston 10,361	Merina Matthew 1,417	Paul Emerson Hughes 267	Paul Stilwell 369		Ian Waddell
Vancouver-Hastings	Joy MacPhail 8,009	Daniel Lee 7,600	Ian Gregson 2,874	Davin Ouimet 409		Carrol B. Woolsey (SC) 222 Charles Boyland (PF) 119	Joy MacPhail
Vancouver-Kensington	Ujjal Dosanjh 7,478	Patrick Wong 9,162	Betty Krawczyk 1,795	John Gordon 516	John O'Flynn 314		Ujjal Dosanjh
Vancouver-Kingsway	Alicia Barsallo 5,429	Rob Nijjar 8,264	Geoff Lyon 1,725	Steven M. Lay 364	Sal Vetro 541	Tyler Ducharme (COBC) 159 Donna Petersen (PF) 81	Glen Clark †
Vancouver-Langara	Peter G. Prontzos 2,999	Val Anderson 11,800	Doug Warkentin 2,009	Anthony Campbell 673		Joe Young (Ind.) 105 Michael Hill (PF) 51	Val Anderson
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	Jenny Kwan 7,163	Gail Sparrow 5,343	Dale Hofmann 2,612	David Malmo-Levine 489	Ken Wright 166	Liar Liar (Ind.) 148 Kimball Cariou (Com) 142 Franklin Poley (POC) 42	Jenny Kwan
Vancouver-Point Grey	Am Johal 4,441	Gordon Campbell 13,430	Varya Rubin 5,094	Alex Curylo 659	Greg Dahms 257	Anne Jamieson (PF) 43	Gordon Campbell
Vancouver-Quilchena	Gareth Richmond 2,168	Colin Hansen 16,829	Judy Johnstone 3,277	Katrina Chowe 351		Mike Sharp (Ind.) 160	Colin Hansen

North Shore and Sunshine Coast

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	NDP	BC Liberal	Green	Marijuana	Unity	Other
North Vancouver-Lonsdale	Roger Kishi 3.016	Katherine Whittred 11,362	Terry W. Long 3,823	Darin Keith Neil 612		Jonathan Cote (Ind.) 173	Katherine Whittred
North Vancouver-Seymour	Shiela Paterson 2,751	Daniel Jarvis 15,568	Evelyn Kirkaldy 4,127	Tom Dreyer 568		Ron Gamble (Ref.) 683 Chris McKenzie (Ind.) 209	Daniel Jarvis
Powell River-Sunshine Coast	Gordon Wilson 6,349	Harold Long 9,904	Adriane Carr 6,316	Dana Larsen 812			Gordon Wilson
West Vancouver-Capilano	Matt Lovick 1,284	Ralph Sultan 15,556	Nora Gambioli 2,932	Keir Vichert 274		Jeremy Dalton (Ind.) 1,355	Jeremy Dalton
West Vancouver-Garibaldi	Barrie MacLeod 2,330	Ted Nebbeling 14,542	Peter Tatroff 3,691	Robert Adam 767			Ted Nebbeling

Vancouver Island

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	NDP	BC Liberal	Green	Marijuana	Unity	Other
Alberni-Qualicum	Gerard Janssen 7,395	Gillian Trumper 13,109	Sergio Paone 2,999	Nicholas Thorp 1,081			Gerard Janssen
Comox Valley	Evelyn Gillespie 5,356	Stan Hagen 15,569	Pam Munroe 5,170	Sylvain Beaudoin 873	John William Robinson 677		Evelyn Gillespie
Cowichan-Ladysmith	Rob Hutchins 7,783	Graham Bruce 12,707	Loren Duncan 3,250	Larry Kunz 597			Jan Pullinger †
Nanaimo	Leonard Krog 6,602	Mike Hunter 9,748	Doug Catley 3,810	Donald LaVallee 889	Steve Miller 588	Brunie Brunie (Ind.) 199	Dale Lovick †
Nanaimo-Parksville	Jamie Brennan 5,852	Judith Reid 17,356	Phil Carson 3,192	Leonard Melman 634	Daniel Stelmacker 693		Judith Reid
North Island	Glenn Robertson 6,375	Rod Visser 13,781	Ralph Keller 2,871	Noreen Evers 1,099			Glenn Robertson

Greater Victoria

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	NDP	BC Liberal	Green	Marijuana	Unity	Other
Esquimalt-Metchosin	Maurine Karagianis 6258	Arnie Hamilton 9544	Marilyn Sundeen 3685	Christopher Davies 534	Bob Ward 268	Bill Clarke (Con) 322 Rick Berglund (Ind.) 105 Scott Attrill (Ind.) 68 Gerry McVeigh (Ind.) 57	Moe Sihota †
Malahat-Juan de Fuca	Richard Hughes 3687	Brian Kerr 9676	Stephen Bradley 3275	Ron Anderton 547	Julie Mander 323	Rick Kasper (Ind.) 5164 Susan Power (Con) 222	Rick Kasper
Oak Bay-Gordon Head	Charley Beresford 5789	Ida Chong 14588	Cristin Geall 4666	Michael Mann 411			Ida Chong
Saanich North and the Islands	Paul Sam 5011	Murray Coell 15406	Andrew Lewis 7211	Christina Racki 491		Bathar Jensen (Ind.) 257	Murray Coell
Saanich South	David Cubberley 6838	Susan Brice 12699	Gracie MacDonald 3823	Tamara Tulloch 462		Paul Scrimger (Con.) 349 James Robert Lauder (Ind.) 172	Andrew Petter †
Victoria-Beacon Hill	Carole James 9262	Jeff Bray 9297	Walter Meyer Zu Erpen 5453	Troy Tompkins 532	Gregory Hartnell 290	Rob Botterell (Ind.) 205 Kirsten Goodacre (Com) 64	Gretchen Brewin †
Victoria-Hillside	Steve Orcherton 7796	Sheila Orr 7878	Stuart Hertzog 4142	Chuck Beyer 663	Allan Whittal 293	George Gidora (Com) 72 Laery Braaten (CCF) 49	Steve Orcherton

See also

• List of British Columbia political parties

External links

• Elections BC 2001 Election (http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/sov_tocfinal.htm)

Preceded by: 1996

British Columbia general elections

Followed by: 2005

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