2001 British Columbia general election
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 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 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 The other parties had withdrawn to continue independently.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. The result of all this was a massive landslide win by the BC Liberals, the likes of which had not been seen in some time. Gordon Campbell's Liberals won 77 of the 79 seats available.
Results
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| 1996 | Elected | % Change | # | % | Change | BC Liberal | Gordon Campbell | 79 | 33 | 77 | +133.3% | 916,888 | 57.62% | +15.80% | New Democrats | 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% | *
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Conservative | Barry Chilton | 6 | - | - | - | 2,417 | 0.15% | +0.09%
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Social Credit | 2 | - | - | - | 1,948 | 0.12% | -0.27% | BC Action | 5 | * | - | * | 1,636 | 0.10% | * | No affiliation | 6 | * | - | * | 727 | 0.05% | *
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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 reults
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
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bulkley Valley-Stikine
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|Bill Goodacre
2,823
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|Dennis MacKay
7,414
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|Rolf Hussinger
856
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|Trevor McKilligan
507
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|Rod Taylor
1,190
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|Theresa Tait (ANP)
405
Bill Forsyth (BC)
62
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|Bill Goodacre
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|North Coast
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|Colleen Fitzpatrick
4,084
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|Bill Belsey
4,915
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|David Konsmo
560
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|Kenneth Peerless
623
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|Clarence Hall
152
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|Emsily Bolton (ANP)
526
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|Dan Miller †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Peace River North
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|Brian Churchill
1,047
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|Richard Neufeld
6,629
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|Paul Renaud
810
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|Roy Daniel Strange
568
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|Richard Neufeld
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Peace River South
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||Elmer Kabush
767
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|Blair Lekstrom
6,393
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|Stacy LaJeunesse
407
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|Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek
444
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|Garret Golhof
225
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|Grant Mitton (SC)
1,726
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|Jack Weisgerber †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Prince George-Mount Robson
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|Todd Whitcombe
2,655
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|Shirley Bond
8,033
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|Lelani Arris
1,429
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|Andrej DeWolf
744
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|Bob Zayonc
1,110
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|Erle Martz (Ref.)
445
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|Lois Boone †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Prince George North
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|Bryan Llewellyn
2,148
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|Pat Bell
9,215
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|Hilary Crowley
1,137
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|Robert Grimsrud
588
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|David G. Low
838
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|Lisa Maskell (WR)
621
Fred McLeod (Ind.)
478
Leif Jensen (Ind.)
76
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|Paul Ramsey †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Prince George-Omineca
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||Ed John
3,156
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|Paul Nettleton
10,469
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|David Usher
1,026
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|Will DeWolf
646
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|Eldon Matte
1,168
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|Paul Nettleton
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Skeena
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|Helmut Giesbrecht
2,644
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|Roger Harris
8,653
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|Roger Benham
695
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|Bob Erb
810
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|Gerald Amos (ANP)
479
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|Helmut Giesbrecht
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Kootenay, Columbia and Boundary
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Columbia River-Revelstoke
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|Jim Doyle
4,465
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|Wendy McMahon
7,659
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|Jennifer Brownlee
946
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|Lisa Kirkman
616
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|Miles Lehn
484
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|Jim Doyle
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|East Kootenay
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|Erda Walsh
3,502
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|Bill Bennett
9,771
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|Joni Krats
1,229
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|Fred Sima
670
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|Bruce Parke
621
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|Erda Walsh
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Nelson-Creston
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|Corky Evans
6,626
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|Blair Suffredine
8,161
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|Colleen McCrory
4,354
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|Dan Loehndorf
540
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|Stephen Cox
1,064
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|Corky Evans
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|West Kootenay-Boundary
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|Ed Conroy
6,376
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|Sandy Santori
9,718
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|Patricia Pepe
1,796
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|Brian Taylor
785
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|Mark McLaren
1,065
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|Ed Conroy
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Okanagan and Shuswap
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kelowna-Lake Country
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|Janet Scotland
3,102
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|John Weisbeck
14,093
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|Devra Rice
2,606
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|Paul Halonen
734
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|Kevin Wendland
1,496
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|David Thomson (Act)
272
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|John Weisbeck
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kelowna-Mission
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|Assunta Rossal
3,066
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|Sindi Hawkins
15,351
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|Angela Reid
2,588
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|Kelly Nichol
787
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|Paul Vogan
1,674
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|Grant Baudais (Act)
296
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|Sindi Hawkins
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Okanagan-Vernon
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|Troy Sebastien
3,529
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|Tom Christensen
13,868
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|Erin Nelson
2,214
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|Michael Jones
917
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|Doug MacDonald
3,213
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|Herb Wong (Ind.)
562
Kathleen Daniels (Ind.)
157
Andrew Hokold (Pat)
82
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|April Sanders †
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Okanagan-Westside
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|Ernie Ursuliak
3,176
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|Rick Thorpe
14,181
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|Teresa Taylor
1,188
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|Howard Lionel Hunt
1,364
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|Jack Peach (Act)
921
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|Rick Thorpe
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Penticton-Okanagan Valley
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|Naga Terada
3,887
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|Bill Barisoff
15,609
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|Harry Naegal
3,524
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|Riley Goldstone
786
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|Walter Ozero
553
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|Kal Gidda (BC)
522
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|Bill Barisoff
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shuswap
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|Wayne Fowler
3,788
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|George Abbott
12,950
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|Larissa Lutjen
2,423
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|Paddy Roberts
835
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|Al Thiessen
2,857
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|Jeanette McLennan (Ind.)
119
Scott Yee (Cen)
41
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|George Abbott
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Thompson and Cariboo
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cariboo North
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|Frank Garden
2,732
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|John Wilson
10,044
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|Douglas Gook
712
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|Stephen Payne
509
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|Steven McBeth
420
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|Kim McIvor (Ind.)
727
Al Charlebois (PF)
24
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|John Wilson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cariboo South
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|David Zirnhelt
4,259
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|Walt Cobb
10,259
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|Mike Orr
739
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|Christopher Matte
598
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|Dan Case (AN)
552
Bruce Broomfield (PF)
83
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|David Zirnhelt
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kamloops
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|Cathy McGregor
4,592
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|Claude Richmond
12,258
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|Joe Teichman
2,180
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|Julian Gushulak
707
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|Ruth Watson
430
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|Ernie Schmidt (Ind.)
193
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|Cathy McGregor
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kamloops-North Thompson
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|Dwayne Hartle
4,181
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|Kevin Krueger
12,676
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|Denis Walsh
3,122
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|Vern Falk
1025
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|Bob Altenhofen
836
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|Kevin Krueger
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yale-Lillooet
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|Victor York
2,817
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|David Chutter
9,845
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|Harue Kanemitsu
1,657
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|Vincent Royer
807
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|Don Moses (AN)
1126
Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell (PF)
136
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|Harry Lali †
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Fraser Valley
Surrey
Richmond and Delta
Vancouver's Eastern Suburbs
Vancouver
North Shore and Sunshine Coast
Vancouver Island
Greater Victoria
See also
External links
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