Results of 2005 British Columbia, Canada General Election
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
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At 8 p.m. local time today (04:00 UTC 18 May), the polls closed in the British Columbia general election, 2005. Results are still coming in, and no party has won an overall majority in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia yet. At 9:05 p.m. PST (5:05 a.m. UTC 18 May) the CBC called the election for the BC Liberals.
Electoral reform
Held in conjunction with the general election was the British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2005, where voters were asked to decide whether to switch from the First Past the Post electoral system to the Single Transferable Vote electoral system.
A 60% Yes vote as well as a simple majority in 48 of the 79 ridings are needed for the measure to pass.
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STV referendum results
"Should British Columbia change to the BC-STV electoral system as recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform?"
| Overall | Individual district majorities | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Percentage | Districts | Percentage | |
| Yes | 926,110 | 57.38% | 77 | 97.5% |
| No | 687,950 | 42.62% | 2 | 2.5% |
Total seats for each party
Results by constituency
Northern British Columbia
| ID | Constituency | Winner | Second place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bulkley Valley-Stikine | Liberal (48.61%) | New Democratic (39.48%) | Dennis Edwin MacKay |
| 34 | North Coast | New Democratic (50.41%) | Liberal (42.14%) | Gary Earl Coons |
| 41 | Peace River North | Liberal (62.18%) | New Democratic (25.15%) | Richard Neufeld |
| 42 | Peace River South | Liberal (58.25%) | New Democratic (32.53%) | Blair Lekstrom |
| 47 | Prince George-Mount Robson | Liberal (46.29%) | New Democratic (34.18%) | Shirley Bond |
| 48 | Prince George North | Liberal (50.26%) | New Democratic (34.19%) | Pat Bell |
| 49 | Prince George-Omineca | Liberal (51.97%) | New Democratic (36.49%) | John Rustad |
| 56 | Skeena | Liberal (49.19%) | New Democratic (44.17%) | Robin Austin |
Kootenay, Columbia and Boundary
| ID | Constituency | Winner | Second place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Columbia River-Revelstoke | New Democratic (49.89%) | Liberal (41.44%) | Norm Macdonald |
| 19 | East Kootenay | Liberal (47.11%) | New Democratic (44.13%) | Bill Bennett |
| 32 | Nelson-Creston | New Democratic (58.16%) | Liberal (27.09%) | Corky Evans |
| 76 | West Kootenay-Boundary | New Democratic (60.06%) | Liberal (28.45%) | Katrine Conroy |
Okanagan and Shuswap
| ID | Constituency | Winner | Second place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Kelowna-Lake Country | Liberal (50.31%) | New Democratic (30.26%) | Al Horning |
| 25 | Kelowna-Mission | Liberal (53.84%) | New Democratic (31.87%) | Sindi Hawkins |
| 39 | Okanagan-Vernon | Liberal (45.49%) | New Democratic (31.82%) | Tom Christensen |
| 40 | Okanagan-Westside | Liberal (37.64%) | New Democratic (29.88%) | Rick Thorpe |
| 43 | Penticton-Okanagan Valley | Liberal (50.31%) | New Democratic (37.47%) | Bill Barisoff |
| 55 | Shuswap | Liberal (47.23%) | New Democratic (35.11%) | George Abbott |
Thompson and Cariboo
| ID | Constituency | Winner | Second place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Cariboo North | New Democratic (47.15%) | Liberal (45.80%) | Bob Simpson |
| 10 | Cariboo South | New Democratic (45.61%) | Liberal (45.61%) | Charlie Wyse |
| 22 | Kamloops | Liberal (47.88%) | New Democratic (41.55%) | Claude Harry Richmond |
| 23 | Kamloops-North Thompson | Liberal (48.40%) | New Democratic (40.07%) | Kevin Krueger |
| 79 | Yale-Lillooet | New Democratic (48.62%) | Liberal (40.45%) | Harry Lali |
Fraser Valley
| ID | Constituency | Winner | Second place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbotsford-Clayburn | Liberal (60.16%) | New Democratic (30.06%) | John van Dongen |
| 2 | Abbotsford-Mount Lehman | Liberal (58.09%) | New Democratic (30.67%) | Michael G. de Jong |
| 11 | Chilliwack-Kent | Liberal (57.16%) | New Democratic (32.7%) | Barry Penner |
| 12 | Chilliwack-Sumas | Liberal (57.56%) | New Democratic (30.88%) | John Les |
| 21 | Fort Langley-Aldergrove | Liberal (59.1%) | New Democratic (29.03%) | Rich Coleman Marijuana leader Marc Emery's riding |
| 26 | Langley | Liberal (52.94%) | New Democratic (32.82%) | Mary Polak |
| 28 | Maple Ridge-Mission | Liberal (44.76%) | New Democratic (42.81%) | Randy Hawes |
| 29 | Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | Liberal (46.3%) | New Democratic (42.96%) | Michael Sather |
Surrey
| ID | Constituency | Winner | Second place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Surrey-Cloverdale | Liberal (64.19%) | New Democratic (25.09%) | Kevin Falcon |
| 58 | Surrey-Green Timbers | New Democratic (51.21%) | Liberal (39.15%) | Sue Hammell |
| 59 | Surrey-Newton | New Democratic (56.32%) | Liberal (36.06%) | Harry Bains |
| 60 | Surrey-Panorama Ridge | New Democratic (53.16%) | Liberal (39.50%) | Jagrup Brar |
| 61 | Surrey-Tynehead | Liberal (56.22%) | New Democratic (36.12%) | Dave Hayer |
| 62 | Surrey-Whalley | New Democratic (54.01%) | Liberal (31.38%) | Bruce Ralston |
| 63 | Surrey-White Rock | Liberal (57.21%) | New Democratic (26.85%) | Gordon Hogg |
Richmond and Delta
| ID | Constituency | Winner | Second place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Delta North | New Democratic (47.39%) | Liberal (43.06%) | Guy Gentner |
| 18 | Delta South | Liberal (38.78%) | Independent (33.81%) | Valerie Roddick |
| 50 | Richmond Centre | Liberal (59.76%) | New Democratic (31.99%) | Olga Ilich |
| 51 | Richmond East | Liberal (57.28%) | New Democratic (32.82%) | Linda Reid |
| 52 | Richmond-Steveston | Liberal (58.6%) | New Democratic (31.75%) | John Yap |
Vancouver's Eastern Suburbs
| ID | Constituency | Winner | Second place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Burnaby-Edmonds | New Democratic (45.93%) | Liberal (43.67%) | Raj Chouhan |
| 6 | Burnaby North | Liberal (46.16%) | New Democratic (44.24%) | Richard T. Lee |
| 7 | Burnaby-Willingdon | Liberal (44.86%) | New Democratic (41.35%) | John Nuraney |
| 8 | Burquitlam | Liberal (46.59%) | New Democratic (44.60%) | Harry Bloy |
| 15 | Coquitlam-Maillardville | New Democratic (47.09%) | Liberal (44.5%) | Diane Thorne |
| 33 | New Westminster | New Democratic (55.99%) | Liberal (30.9%) | Chuck Puchmayr |
| 44 | Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | New Democratic (49.24%) | Liberal (41.93%) | Mike Farnworth |
| 45 | Port Moody-Westwood | Liberal (53.96%) | New Democratic (37.21%) | Iain Black |
Vancouver
| ID | Constituency | Winner | Second place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Vancouver-Burrard | New Democratic (42.27%) | Liberal (42.23%) | Tim Stevenson |
| 65 | Vancouver-Fairview | New Democratic (46.2%) | Liberal (43.56%) | Gregor Robertson |
| 66 | Vancouver-Fraserview | Liberal (47.85%) | New Democratic (42.28%) | Wally Oppal |
| 67 | Vancouver-Hastings | New Democratic (53.85%) | Liberal (33.12%) | Shane Simpson |
| 68 | Vancouver-Kensington | New Democratic (50.07%) | Liberal (42.47%) | David Chudnovsky |
| 69 | Vancouver-Kingsway | New Democratic (51.05%) | Liberal (40.99%) | Adrian Dix |
| 70 | Vancouver-Langara | Liberal (55.88%) | New Democratic (33.34%) | Carole Taylor |
| 71 | Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | New Democratic (64.35%) | Liberal (21.65%) | Jenny Kwan |
| 72 | Vancouver-Point Grey | Liberal (47.75%) | New Democratic (36.13%) | Premier Gordon Campbell re-elected. |
| 73 | Vancouver-Quilchena | Liberal (69.44%) | New Democratic (19.2%) | Colin Hansen |
North Shore and Sunshine Coast
| ID | Constituency | Winner | Second place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | North Vancouver-Lonsdale | Liberal (44.39%) | New Democratic (38.69%) | Katherine Anne Whittred |
| 37 | North Vancouver-Seymour | Liberal (57.40%) | New Democratic (29.56%) | Daniel Morrison Jarvis |
| 46 | Powell River-Sunshine Coast | New Democratic (51.07%) | Liberal (21.83%) | Nicholas Simons Green leader Adriane Carr's riding |
| 77 | West Vancouver-Capilano | Liberal (68.61%) | New Democratic (17.84%) | Ralph Sultan |
| 78 | West Vancouver-Garibaldi | Liberal (56.01%) | Green (28.75%) | Joan McIntyre |
Vancouver Island
| ID | Constituency | Winner | Second place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Alberni-Qualicum | New Democratic (55.37%) | Liberal (33.69%) | Scott Fraser |
| 14 | Comox Valley | Liberal (45.78%) | New Democratic (43.24%) | Stan Hagen |
| 16 | Cowichan-Ladysmith | New Democratic (49.51%) | Liberal (40.77%) | Doug Routley |
| 30 | Nanaimo | New Democratic (51.61%) | Liberal (34.29%) | Leonard Krog |
| 31 | Nanaimo-Parksville | Liberal (51.4%) | New Democratic (38.34%) | Ron Cantelon |
| 35 | North Island | New Democratic (48.8%) | Liberal (36.38%) | Claire Trevena |
Greater Victoria
| ID | Constituency | Winner | Second place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Esquimalt-Metchosin | New Democratic (49.84%) | Liberal (38.19%) | Maurine Karagianis |
| 27 | Malahat-Juan de Fuca | New Democratic (46.12%) | Liberal (39.02%) | DRBC leader Tom Morino's riding |
| 38 | Oak Bay-Gordon Head | Liberal (47.3%) | New Democratic (42.56%) | Ida Chong |
| 53 | Saanich North and the Islands | Liberal (43.86%) | New Democratic (42.56%) | Murray Robert Coell |
| 54 | Saanich South | New Democratic (45.99%) | Liberal (44.77%) | David Cubberley |
| 74 | Victoria-Beacon Hill | New Democratic (56.24%) | Liberal (31.78) | NDP leader Carole James riding |
| 75 | Victoria-Hillside | New Democratic (58.33%) | Liberal (27.72%) | Rob Fleming |
