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43-502: It nominated eleven candidates in the 2005 BC election , who won a total of 779 votes (0.04% of the provincial total). None were elected. Stephen Christopher Davis was the party's most successful candidate, winning 179 votes (0.71% of the provincial vote) in Fort Langley-Aldergrove . Two of its candidates received fewer than 20 votes. It did not nominate candidates in the 2009 election , and nominated two candidates in

86-498: A revamped version of STV was held in conjunction with the 2009 British Columbia general election . xx Denotes party received less than 0.1% [REDACTED] Besides the usual public polling by market research firms, other organizations have been attempting to predict the results of the upcoming election using alternate methods. Results suggest that all three projections below underestimated NDP seats and overestimated Liberal seats: UBC's Election Stock Market tracks

129-433: A single transferable vote (STV) system. Had it been approved by 60% of voters in 60% of ridings), the new electoral system would have been implemented for the general election in 2009 . Although the proposed reform attracted a clear majority (58% of the popular vote in favour, with 77 out of 79 ridings showing majority support), the level of support was just short of that required for mandatory implementation. A new vote on

172-462: A Liberal left to sit as an independent; the party lost one by-election to the opposition New Democratic Party; and two former Liberal seats were vacant when the election was called. In 2005 election, the Liberal party dropped from 72 to 46 seats in the legislature, yet still won the election. Leader: Carole James The NDP 's legislative caucus was reduced from a majority to just two seats in

215-423: A district than will minor parties, as they will be hopeful of electing a larger number of MLAs. The most important feature of the system is that, although each voter has only one vote, if the first choice is un-electable, the vote may be transferred to someone also preferred by the voter who is electable. If the first choice is elected, part of the vote will be transferred to help elect someone else as well, as under

258-488: A much higher or lower vote tally than the winner elsewhere, due to lower or higher voter turn-out and to the fact that a winner only needs plurality of valid votes in the district to win. Winning pluralities in Canadian history have ranged from as little as 18 percent to as much as 75 percent. One of the criticisms of the use of single-member districts is that in many populous communities, in order to create districts with

301-458: A new electoral system, which would subsequently be put to referendum. The assembly designed and recommended a system that it named BC-STV (British Columbia Single Transferable Vote), as described in the Assembly's final report. A referendum was held on that recommendation in conjunction with the 2005 BC election . The law governing STV advertising changed after the 2005 referendum. Although it

344-456: A population of approximately 50,000, it may be necessary to draw arbitrary boundaries that do not necessarily reflect a community of interest . The Electoral Boundaries Commission which reported in 2008 was charged with drawing up new boundaries for both the single-member system and the proposed new BC-STV system. Under BC-STV, much larger districts would be created that will elect multiple members. Proponents argue that this creates districts with

387-533: A seat in 2005 under the First-Past-the-Post system; others believed that if there had been four or more competitive parties in this election, the Greens might elect a handful of members. Alternatively, if they had received more votes, they would have been more likely to win a seat. The Greens may benefit if a later election is conducted using the proposed BC-STV system. In 2005, the Greens received 9% of

430-636: A security, money, property, or bond with or without securities; and are covered by a lawful liability insurance carrier. The party argued that without the above, no agent can lawfully claim to perform the duties with which they have been empowered. It was also concerned that there is a lack of adequate checks and balances where a government employee is cited for civil abuse. The party was a single issue party : it does not maintain policies on any other issues. 2005 British Columbia general election Gordon Campbell Liberal Gordon Campbell Liberal The 2005 British Columbia general election

473-500: A stronger sense of community and common interest, in which voters will have several MLAs and can get service or representation from any of them. For example, the 11 new single-member constituencies within the municipality of Vancouver would be combined under STV to form two electoral districts, one West, one East. The five electoral districts within Richmond and Delta would be combined to form one electoral district. Each STV district

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516-429: A voter's favourite candidate (#1) is not elected, or has more votes than are needed to be elected, then the voter's vote is "moved" to his or her next most favourite candidate (#2). The vote is transferred rather than wasted. The aim of this system is to make all votes count" Under the first-past-the-post or FPTP system, British Columbians elected members from 79 one-member districts in 2005, but this expanded to 85 for

559-422: A way that reflects the distribution of votes among the electorate. For example, Richmond and Delta's five existing constituencies would be combined into one electoral district that would produce five winners, proportional to the votes in the multi-member district. It is very unlikely that all would be from the same party, in contrast to the situation in the 1996 election , when all five of these seats were won by

602-518: The 2013 election . The party's interim leader was Espavo Sozo. Its previous leader was Jeff Robert Evans. The party's aim was to ensure that the Government of British Columbia has in place the procedures necessary to maintain a legitimate position of authority over the commercial sector in BC. In particular, it sought to ensure that the government's employees have sworn and signed an oath; deposited

645-717: The Communist Party of Canada . Sex Party Leader: John Ince Nominated three candidates in the City of Vancouver. Billed itself as "the world's first sex-positive party." BC-STV BC-STV is the proposed voting system recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform in October 2004 for use in British Columbia , and belongs to the single transferable vote family of voting systems. BC-STV

688-539: The Libertarian Party of Canada People's Front Leader: Charles Boylan Nominated five candidates. Provincial affiliate of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) . Western Refederation Party of British Columbia No registered leader A new autonomist/separatist party that nominated four candidates around the province. Communist Party of British Columbia Leader: George Gidora Nominated three candidates. Provincial affiliate of

731-485: The progressive online newspaper The Tyee makes his predictions by looking at "historic election results and selected demographics, as well as public opinion polls, regional sources and input from Election Central readers" (see details ): Seats: Lib 51, NDP 28, Other 0. British Columbia has Canada's least restrictive elections laws with regard to political party registration, and consequently there are currently nearly 50 parties registered with Elections BC , by far

774-671: The 2001 election. It won another seat in an October 2004 by-election to bring the total to three. Carole James led the NDP to 33 seats to become the Leader of the Opposition. Leader: Adriane Carr The Green Party ran 72 candidates in 2001, winning 12 percent of the vote but no seats in the legislature. Some argued that the Green Party support peaked in 2001, drawing on dissatisfied NDP voters, and they would remain incapable of winning

817-479: The 2009 election. Boundaries commissions, appointed after alternate elections, use census data to maintain a nominally uniform population level across districts (within court-mandated bounds) so that voters have approximately equal representation. Currently, districts have a mean population of about 50,000. However, there can be considerable discrepancies between electoral districts, because districts are permitted to be as small as 75 percent or as large as 125 percent of

860-487: The campaign for claiming that the government spends too much money on senior citizens. Work Less Party of British Columbia Leader: Conrad Schmidt The WLP is an anti- materialist political movement that hopes to achieve socialist and green ends through, among other things, the promotion of a four-day work-week. The 2005 BC election marked the debut in Western politics of any registered party expressly driven by

903-515: The differences between the existing and proposed systems. The leadership of both the "yes" side and the "no" side were assigned by the government. The proposal was rejected with 60.9 percent voting against, vs. 39.1 percent in favour, in the 2009 vote. In 2003, the Liberal government of Premier Gordon Campbell , with the agreement of the opposition New Democratic Party , established a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform , mandating it to propose

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946-429: The first count, a multiple-step vote-counting and transfer process is then used to determine the winners of the remaining seats in the district by taking into account secondary preferences on succeeding groups of votes cast. Although the processing of secondary votes can be complicated, the Assembly expresses the general principle was explained in the following simplified way in the Assembly's Final Report as follows: "If

989-591: The ideology of voluntary simplicity . It nominated 11 candidates, all in urban ridings. Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness Leader: Jeff Evans Nominated eleven candidates. British Columbia Conservative Party Leader: Barry Chilton Nominated seven candidates. Former provincial affiliate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada British Columbia Libertarian Party No registered leader Nominated six candidates. Provincial affiliate of

1032-678: The influence in January 2003, the overwhelming majority they earned at the previous election held up well enough for them to remain comfortably in control of the Legislative Assembly. Voter turnout was 58.2 per cent. Under amendments to the BC Constitution Act passed in 2001, BC elections are now held on fixed dates: the second Tuesday in May every four years. This was the first provincial election for which elector data in

1075-473: The most of any jurisdiction in the country. Twenty-five parties contested the 2005 election, also a considerably greater number than anywhere else in Canada. Leader: Gordon Campbell The BC Liberals won 77 of 79 seats in the 2001 election . At dissolution, the party held 72 seats. One member elected as a Liberal left the party to sit as a member of Democratic Reform British Columbia; one member elected as

1118-409: The new electoral system. The province's voters defeated the change with only 39.09 percent voting in favour. Since Confederation with Canada in 1871, British Columbia had a system of primarily single-member electoral districts with some multi-member districts, with each voter casting as many votes as there were open seats on an unranked ballot. This mixture of first-past-the-post and block voting

1161-674: The popular vote and no seats. Leader: Tom Morino Democratic Reform British Columbia is a new party created in early 2005 by the merger of the British Columbia Democratic Coalition —a coalition of minor centrist parties— with the All Nations Party of British Columbia and key elements of the Reform BC . Independent MLA Elayne Brenzinger , a former Liberal, became DRBC's first MLA on January 19, 2005. Controversially, no invitation

1204-524: The prices of contracts whose value depend on election results: [1] Popular vote: Lib 44.5%, NDP 35.9%, Green 13.9%, Other 5.3% Seats: Lib 48.6 (61.5), NDP 29.4 (37.2), Other 1.6 (2.0) ( values in parentheses are values of actual contracts, in cents ) The Election Prediction Project aggregates submissions from the Internet and subjectively predicts winners based on the submissions (see methodology ): Seats: Lib 50, NDP 29, Other 0 Will McMartin at

1247-410: The provincial average, and even these bounds may be exceeded in special circumstances. Moreover, population migrations between redistrictings can lead to further drift away from uniformity. Vancouver-Burrard has the largest population at about 67,000 people and North Coast has the smallest population at about 27,000 people. As well, a winner in one district under first-past-the-post may be elected with

1290-526: The provincial elector list was synchronised with the National Register of Electors . Coincidental with the general election, BC voters also voted on whether or not to change the province's electoral system. The BC electoral reform referendum was held in conjunction with this election. This referendum asked voters whether or not they support the proposed electoral reforms of the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform , which included switching to

1333-417: The ranked preferences for candidates of different parties if they chose to do so. A quota for the district is determined based on the number of valid ballots cast and the number of seats available in the district. All the votes are counted and sorted by the voters' first preferences. Those candidates with enough first-preference votes to meet or exceed the quota are elected. If not all the seats are filled in

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1376-452: The referendum required 60 per cent overall approval and 50 per cent approval in at least 60 per cent of the province's electoral districts. Partially addressing concerns expressed during and after the first referendum campaign, voters were able to consult a map of proposed electoral boundaries under the BC-STV system, and advocacy groups were given some public funding to campaign for and against

1419-431: The referendum, the period beginning on February 1, 2009 and ending at the close of general voting for the referendum. The referendum was presented as a Yes/No question, with a Yes vote leading to adoption of BC-STV, and a No vote leading to retention of the existing single-member plurality system. However, the government also legislated that the referendum results would not be binding unless a supermajority of 60 percent of

1462-506: The results of the referendum were not binding on the government, and the government did not adopt the BC-STV system. However, a decision was taken to hold a second referendum, given how close the results were. A second referendum on electoral reform was held in conjunction with the provincial election on 12 May 2009. The BC-STV electoral system was again voted on by the British Columbia electorate. To be binding, similar to 2005,

1505-485: The same political party. Political parties may nominate as many candidates in an electoral district as there are available seats, although experience with STV elsewhere (and all elections in general) suggests that not all will do so. For instance, in Ireland where five or more parties run candidates, a five-seat district would typically have about 10 or 15 candidates. Major parties will typically nominate more candidates in

1548-407: The voters voted the same way (and also formed a simple majority in at least 60 percent (48 of 79) of British Columbia's electoral districts). While voters in 97 percent of the electoral districts (77 of 79) voted to adopt the BC-STV system, in the province-wide popular vote, only 57.69 percent of the population voted for BC-STV, falling 2.3 percent short of the 60 percent threshold. Consequently,

1591-526: The weighted inclusive Gregory method. Thus, a voter's single vote may be apportioned and used to elect multiple candidates based on the voter's ranked preferences (if any). To this end, the voter is invited to rank-order candidates, although they are not required to do so. The candidates will be grouped by political party in separate columns on the ballot paper, as is the practice in the Australian state of Tasmania . However, voters would be allowed to express

1634-645: Was extended for Morino to participate in the leader's debate. Leader: Marc Emery The BC Marijuana Party nominated 43 candidates in this election. It was the only party other than the Liberals and NDP to run candidates in all 79 districts in 2001. The party chose not to run in certain districts and instead endorse New Democrat and Green candidates who publicly favour the legalization of marijuana. Party founder Marc Emery ran against Solicitor General Rich Coleman , an anti-drug hardliner, in staunchly conservative Fort Langley-Aldergrove. He gained controversy early in

1677-639: Was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of the Province of British Columbia (BC), Canada . The British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals) formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell . The main opposition was the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), whose electoral representation

1720-446: Was included as a referendum on the May 12, 2009, ballot, STV promotion was banned from election advertising. The BC Electoral Reform Referendum 2009 Act Regulation Section.29.4 reads: Referendum advertising must not, directly or indirectly, (a) promote or oppose a registered political party or the election of a candidate, or (b) form part of election advertising. Section.1 definition – "referendum campaign period" means, in relation to

1763-488: Was reduced to two MLAs in the previous provincial election in 2001 . The BC Liberals retained power, with a reduced majority of 46 out of 79 seats, down from the record 77 out of 79 in 2001. While the popularity of Campbell's government was affected by various factors such as its resolution of the Fast ferry scandal inherited from the previous NDP government, the sale of BC Rail , and Campbell being convicted for driving under

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1806-408: Was supported by a majority (57.7 percent ) of the voters in a referendum held in 2005 but the government had legislated that it would not be bound by any vote lower than 60 percent in favour. Because of the strong majority support for BC-STV, the government elected to stage a second referendum in 2009 , but with increased public funding for information campaigns to better inform the electorate about

1849-425: Was used until 1988, except for during two elections in the 1950s, when BC adopted instant-runoff voting . The 17 multi-member ridings were eliminated in 1988, first-past-the-post being used for all seats thereafter. Unlike the fully single-member system in place since 1988, STV groups all legislative seats regionally into multiple-member electoral districts. This is done so that seats in the region can be allocated in

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