Politics of British Columbia
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The politics of British Columbia involve not only the governance of British Columbia, Canada, and the various political factions that have held or vied for legislative power, but also a number of expe
British Columbia Parliament Buildings, the seat of the Legislature
The chamber of the provincial legislature in Victoria
The Conservative Party of British Columbia, commonly known as the BC Conservatives and colloquially known as the Tories, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. Since 2024, it has
Politics of British Columbia
…the 1903 British Columbia general election, provincial politics were non-partisan. The first partisan government of BC was that of Richard McBride's Conservative Party. The Liberal Party would serve as the Opposition until 1916, when Harlan Carey Brewster became the first non-Conservative premier of the province…
Richard McBride, the first Conservative Premier of British Columbia
Party leader John Cummins in 2011
John Rustad became party leader in 2023 after crossing the floor from the BC Liberals