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2005 British Columbia general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	2005 British Columbia general election
country	British Columbia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	2001 British Columbia general election
previous_year	2001
next_election	2009 British Columbia general election
next_year	2009
seats_for_election	79 seats of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
40 seats were needed for a majority
election_date	May 17, 2005
outgoing_members	37th Parliament of British Columbia
elected_members	38th Parliament of British Columbia
turnout	57.80% 2.75 pp
image1	[[Image:Gordon Campbell.jpg	165x165px]]
colour1
leader1	Gordon Campbell
leader_since1	September 11, 1993
party1
leaders_seat1	Vancouver-Point Grey
last_election1	77 seats
seats1	46
seat_change1	31
popular_vote1	807,118
percentage1	45.80%
swing1	11.82%
image2	[[Image:Carole James 2011 (cropped).jpg	165x165px]]
colour2
leader2	Carole James
leader_since2	November 23, 2003
party2
leaders_seat2	Victoria-Beacon Hill
last_election2	2 seats
seats2	33
seat_change2	31
popular_vote2	731,719
percentage2	41.52%
swing2	19.96%
image3
colour3
leader3	Adriane Carr
leader_since3	September 23, 2000
party3
leaders_seat3	Ran in Powell River-Sunshine Coast (lost)
last_election3	0 seats
seats3	0
seat_change3
popular_vote3	161,842
percentage3	9.18%
swing3	3.22%
map_image	British Columbia general election, 2005 results by riding.svg
map_size	400px
map_caption	Popular vote map by riding. Traditional areas of NDP support returned to the party fold after the preceding wipeout.Colourblind-friendly version
title	Premier
before_election	Gordon Campbell
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	Gordon Campbell
after_party

40 seats were needed for a majority The 2005 British Columbia general election 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 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 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 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.

Electoral reform referendum

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 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 a revamped version of STV was held in conjunction with the 2009 British Columbia general election.

Results

Party	Leader	Candidates	Votes	Seats	#	±	%	Change (pp)	[2001](2001-british-columbia-general-election)	2005	1,762,343	100.00%
Gordon Campbell	79	807,118	109,770	45.80	{{bartable	-11.82	−2	1em	background:red}}	77	31	Carole James	79	731,783	388,677
Total	412
Rejected ballots	11,926	3,467
Turnout	1,774,269	174,504	62.36%	8.59
Registered voters	2,845,284	590,364

Vote and seat summaries

|File:Ternary BC2001.svg |2001 |File:Ternary BC2005.svg |2005

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

Riding	Winning party	Turnout
including spoilt ballots	Votesparties receiving more than 1% of the popular vote, or fielding candidates in at least half of the constituencies, are listed separately. Democratic Reform is highlighted, as it received more votes than the Marijuana Party while having fewer candidates. Conservatives are also listed separately, as they achieved significant 3rd and 4th places in several districts.	Name	[2001](2001-british-columbia-general-election)	Party	Votes	Share	Margin
#	Margin
%	Lib	NDP	Grn	DR	Mari	Con	Ind	Oth	Total
Abbotsford-Clayburn		Lib		Lib	11,047	59.95%	5,492	29.80%	59.50%	11,047	5,555	1,428	–	198	–	–	199	18,427
Abbotsford-Mount Lehman		Lib		Lib	11,325	57.55%	5,193	26.39%	57.97%	11,325	6,132	1,359	472	392	–	–	–	19,680
Alberni-Qualicum		Lib		NDP	13,988	52.61%	4,200	15.80%	69.02%	9,788	13,988	1,912	292	401	–	209	–	26,590
Bulkley Valley-Stikine		Lib		Lib	6,279	48.30%	1,102	8.48%	68.78%	6,279	5,177	769	354	205	–	–	216	13,000
Burnaby-Edmonds		Lib		NDP	10,337	46.71%	738	3.34%	57.70%	9,599	10,337	2,192	–	–	–	–	–	22,128
Burnaby North		Lib		Lib	10,421	45.59%	65	0.28%	59.76%	10,421	10,356	1,763	316	–	–	–	–	22,856
Burnaby-Willingdon		Lib		Lib	8,754	44.00%	399	2.01%	57.36%	8,754	8,355	1,482	947	214	–	142	–	19,894
Burquitlam		Lib		Lib	10,054	46.39%	372	1.72%	60.45%	10,054	9,682	1,619	–	191	–	125	–	21,671
Cariboo North		Lib		NDP	7,353	47.28%	269	1.73%	64.26%	7,084	7,353	835	–	281	–	–	–	15,553
Cariboo South		Lib		NDP	7,277	45.99%	114	0.72%	67.43%	7,163	7,277	851	–	–	–	532	–	15,823
Chilliwack-Kent		Lib		Lib	11,368	57.14%	4,834	24.30%	58.71%	11,368	6,534	1,651	–	–	–	–	343	19,896
Chilliwack-Sumas		Lib		Lib	11,995	57.36%	5,518	26.39%	59.98%	11,995	6,477	1,731	315	–	–	–	393	20,911
Columbia River-Revelstoke		Lib		NDP	7,460	51.71%	1,710	11.85%	62.47%	5,750	7,460	1,217	–	–	–	–	–	14,427
Comox Valley		Lib		Lib	14,068	45.73%	807	2.62%	68.34%	14,068	13,261	2,833	187	214	–	–	201	30,764
Coquitlam-Maillardville		Lib		NDP	10,532	46.96%	531	2.37%	63.41%	10,001	10,532	1,415	–	236	–	–	242	22,426
Cowichan-Ladysmith		Lib		NDP	14,014	50.02%	2,589	9.24%	71.86%	11,425	14,014	1,950	238	–	–	307	83	28,017
Delta North		Lib		NDP	10,481	47.46%	1,001	4.53%	64.24%	9,480	10,481	1,711	–	224	–	–	187	22,083
Delta South		Lib		Lib	9,112	37.48%	1,069	4.40%	70.81%	9,112	5,828	1,131	–	139	–	8,101Vicki Huntington received 8,043 votes	–	24,311
East Kootenay		Lib		Lib	8,060	48.01%	721	4.29%	60.03%	8,060	7,339	1,389	–	–	–	–	–	16,788
Esquimalt-Metchosin		Lib		NDP	12,545	49.63%	2,895	11.45%	66.89%	9,650	12,545	2,672	409	–	–	–	–	25,276
Fort Langley-Aldergrove		Lib		Lib	15,454	59.13%	7,857	30.06%	65.06%	15,454	7,597	2,529	–	374	–	–	183	26,137
Kamloops		Lib		Lib	11,261	47.58%	1,375	5.81%	61.81%	11,261	9,886	1,723	–	–	797	–	–	23,667
Kamloops-North Thompson		Lib		Lib	11,648	48.36%	2,013	8.36%	67.71%	11,648	9,635	1,689	–	321	795	–	–	24,088
Kelowna-Lake Country		Lib		Lib	12,247	50.37%	4,857	19.98%	54.88%	12,247	7,390	2,541	1,793	341	–	–	–	24,312
Kelowna-Mission		Lib		Lib	13,827	53.72%	5,638	21.91%	57.00%	13,827	8,189	3,308	–	320	–	–	94	25,738
Langley		Lib		Lib	12,877	52.18%	4,574	18.53%	61.68%	12,877	8,303	3,042	–	278	–	–	180	24,680
Malahat-Juan de Fuca		Lib		NDP	12,460	46.09%	1,932	7.15%	69.57%	10,528	12,460	2,610	1,256	–	–	–	180	27,034
Maple Ridge-Mission		Lib		Lib	12,095	44.30%	199	0.73%	63.31%	12,095	11,896	2,633	–	314	–	312	53	27,303
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows		Lib		NDP	11,786	46.38%	925	3.64%	64.23%	10,861	11,786	1,869	534	360	–	–	–	25,410
Nanaimo		Lib		NDP	13,226	51.90%	4,569	17.93%	62.83%	8,657	13,226	2,933	–	294	–	204	169	25,483
Nanaimo-Parksville		Lib		Lib	16,542	51.42%	4,110	12.78%	69.56%	16,542	12,432	2,714	–	198	–	–	283	32,169
Nelson-Creston		Lib		NDP	12,896	58.80%	7,034	32.07%	67.88%	5,862	12,896	2,724	–	276	–	–	173	21,931
New Westminster		Lib		NDP	13,226	51.32%	3,581	13.89%	63.91%	9,645	13,226	2,416	152	293	–	–	42	25,774
North Coast		Lib		NDP	5,845	53.77%	1,660	15.27%	60.86%	4,185	5,845	629	–	211	–	–	–	10,870
North Island		Lib		NDP	11,464	45.29%	660	2.61%	66.38%	10,804	11,464	1,874	699	–	–	471	–	25,312
North Vancouver-Lonsdale		Lib		Lib	9,375	44.51%	984	4.67%	64.31%	9,375	8,391	2,562	163	209	–	–	365	21,065
North Vancouver-Seymour		Lib		Lib	14,518	56.92%	6,923	27.14%	74.88%	14,518	7,595	3,013	–	212	–	–	169	25,507
Oak Bay-Gordon Head		Lib		Lib	13,443	47.52%	1,427	5.04%	73.63%	13,443	12,016	2,379	278	–	–	176	–	28,292
Okanagan-Vernon		Lib		Lib	11,566	43.20%	2,571	9.60%	61.10%	11,566	8,995	1,867	–	260	3,095	945	48	26,776
Okanagan-Westside		Lib		Lib	12,148	54.39%	5,275	23.62%	60.85%	12,148	6,873	2,262	1,051	–	–	–	–	22,334
Peace River North		Lib		Lib	5,498	59.37%	2,987	32.26%	47.36%	5,498	2,511	638	–	–	–	613	–	9,260
Peace River South		Lib		Lib	5,810	57.74%	2,514	24.99%	56.30%	5,810	3,296	956	–	–	–	–	–	10,062
Penticton-Okanagan Valley		Lib		Lib	13,650	50.23%	3,453	12.71%	62.61%	13,650	10,197	2,669	–	–	–	660	–	27,176
Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain		Lib		NDP	11,844	48.14%	1,092	4.44%	64.29%	10,752	11,844	1,691	–	–	–	–	318	24,605
Port Moody-Westwood		Lib		Lib	14,161	53.75%	4,313	16.37%	60.57%	14,161	9,848	1,670	–	–	–	227	442	26,348
Powell River-Sunshine Coast		Lib		NDP	11,099	43.45%	3,397	13.30%	72.43%	7,702	11,099	6,585	–	–	–	–	156	25,542
Prince George-Mount Robson		Lib		Lib	5,885	41.06%	891	6.22%	58.41%	5,885	4,994	1,053	–	241	–	2,158Paul Nettleton was the incumbent Liberal MLA in Prince George-Omineca.	–	14,331
Prince George North		Lib		Lib	7,697	49.93%	2,099	13.62%	61.55%	7,697	5,598	1,201	241	235	–	443	–	15,415
Prince George-Omineca		Lib		Lib	8,622	51.71%	2,442	14.65%	64.22%	8,622	6,180	1,393	479	–	–	–	–	16,674
Richmond Centre		Lib		Lib	10,908	58.56%	4,857	26.08%	49.42%	10,908	6,051	1,436	–	231	–	–	–	18,626
Richmond East		Lib		Lib	11,652	57.48%	4,960	24.47%	53.01%	11,652	6,692	1,530	–	191	–	207	–	20,272
Richmond-Steveston		Lib		Lib	13,859	59.20%	6,525	27.87%	59.87%	13,859	7,334	1,934	282	–	–	–	–	23,409
Saanich North and the Islands		Lib		Lib	13,781	43.66%	1,939	6.14%	73.09%	13,781	11,842	4,846	1,092	–	–	–	–	31,561
Saanich South		Lib		NDP	12,809	46.08%	429	1.54%	72.03%	12,380	12,809	2,018	223	–	–	161	207	27,798
Shuswap		Lib		Lib	11,024	46.96%	2,743	11.68%	64.34%	11,024	8,281	1,394	–	356	2,330	–	92	23,477
Skeena		Lib		NDP	6,166	48.12%	359	2.80%	62.52%	5,807	6,166	616	–	–	–	–	224	12,813
Surrey-Cloverdale		Lib		Lib	16,429	61.64%	8,789	32.97%	65.49%	16,429	7,640	2,280	305	–	–	–	–	26,654
Surrey-Green Timbers		Lib		NDP	10,836	60.82%	5,217	29.28%	56.69%	5,619	10,836	791	142	225	–	–	203	17,816
Surrey-Newton		Lib		NDP	10,741	57.89%	4,268	23.00%	60.42%	6,473	10,741	876	268	–	–	–	195	18,553
Surrey-Panorama Ridge		Lib		NDP	11,553	53.17%	2,980	13.71%	62.00%	8,573	11,553	1,370	–	234	–	–	–	21,730
Surrey-Tynehead		Lib		Lib	12,052	51.37%	2,583	11.01%	59.14%	12,052	9,469	1,095	–	243	–	603	–	23,462
Surrey-Whalley		Lib		NDP	8,903	55.00%	3,954	24.43%	54.95%	4,949	8,903	1,238	607	302	–	139	50	16,188
Surrey-White Rock		Lib		Lib	16,462	57.86%	8,951	31.46%	67.91%	16,462	7,511	3,051	87	–	1,340	–	–	28,451
Vancouver-Burrard		Lib		Lib	12,009	42.16%	11	0.04%	51.95%	12,009	11,998	3,698	82	–	–	–	696	28,483
Vancouver-Fairview		Lib		NDP	13,009	46.59%	895	3.21%	60.64%	12,114	13,009	2,479	–	–	–	102	216	27,920
Vancouver-Fraserview		Lib		Lib	9,895	47.80%	1,112	5.37%	57.96%	9,895	8,783	1,374	–	650	–	–	–	20,702
Vancouver-Hastings		NDP		NDP	11,726	54.61%	4,816	22.43%	55.43%	6,910	11,726	1,928	–	188	–	130	589	21,471
Vancouver-Kensington		Lib		NDP	10,573	49.97%	1,624	7.67%	58.46%	8,949	10,573	1,273	–	266	–	–	99	21,160
Vancouver-Kingsway		Lib		NDP	10,038	51.44%	2,144	10.99%	54.19%	7,894	10,038	1,212	–	219	–	–	150	19,513
Vancouver-Langara		Lib		Lib	11,181	56.55%	4,661	23.57%	53.51%	11,181	6,520	1,591	–	144	–	–	336	19,772
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant		NDP		NDP	12,974	64.24%	8,676	42.96%	49.93%	4,298	12,974	2,066	43	308	–	205	302	20,196
Vancouver-Point Grey		Lib		Lib	12,498	45.98%	2,250	8.28%	60.94%	12,498	10,248	4,111	–	138	–	–	188	27,183
Vancouver-Quilchena		Lib		Lib	16,394	67.16%	11,263	46.14%	61.64%	16,394	5,131	2,538	–	175	–	–	174	24,412
Victoria-Beacon Hill		Lib		NDP	16,081	57.03%	7,460	26.46%	64.12%	8,621	16,081	3,077	169	–	–	247	–	28,195
Victoria-Hillside		Lib		NDP	13,926	57.00%	6,884	28.18%	62.74%	7,042	13,926	2,934	363	–	–	–	167	24,432
West Kootenay-Boundary		Lib		NDP	13,318	60.26%	7,138	32.30%	68.63%	6,180	13,318	1,561	–	–	802	180	59	22,100
West Vancouver-Capilano		Lib		Lib	14,665	68.27%	10,765	50.11%	66.14%	14,665	3,900	2,648	–	147	–	–	122	21,482
West Vancouver-Garibaldi		Lib		Lib	11,808	50.35%	5,573	23.76%	61.57%	11,808	4,947	6,235	–	–	464	–	–	23,454
Yale-Lillooet		Lib		NDP	8,432	48.90%	1,483	8.60%	66.97%	6,949	8,432	1,566	183	–	–	–	112	17,242

: = Open seat : = turnout is above provincial average : = winning candidate was in previous Legislature : = Incumbent had switched allegiance : = Previously incumbent in another riding : = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature : = Incumbency arose from by-election gain : = other incumbents renominated : = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada : = Multiple candidates

Summary analysis

Party in 1st place	Party in 2nd place	Total	Lib	NDP	Grn
	44	1	1	46
33				33
Total	33	44	1	1	79

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
33	44	2
46	33
	1	74	4
	1	1	7	11
		2	5
			25	15
			22	6
			2	3
			2
			2
			1
			1
			1
			1
			1
			1
				8
				3
				2
				2
				2
				1
				1
				1
				1

Source	Party	Total
Lib	align="center"	NDP
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	36
Open seats held	10	1
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated
Open seats gained – new MLAs		8
Open seats gained – taken by candidates who had previously been MLAs		2
Byelection gains held		1
Total	46	33

Results by region

Party name	Van.	Van.
East
Sub.	North
Shore/
Sun. C.	Rich./
Delta/
Surrey	Van.
Island	Fraser
Valley	Interior	North	Total	Total seats:	10	8	5	12	13	8	15	8	79
BC Liberal	Seats:	5	4	4	7	4	7	9	6	46	Popular Vote:	44.3%	44.9%	49.6%	48.2%	40.7%	53.2%	44.9%	48.8%
Parties that won no seats:
Popular Vote:	9.6%	7.7%	18.0%	7.1%	9.6%	8.9%	8.6%	7.1%	9.2%	Popular Vote:	0.1%	0.8%	0.1%	0.6%	1.4%	0.7%	0.9%	1.0%	0.8%

xx Denotes party received less than 0.1%

Timeline

Pre-campaign period

August 30, 2001 – Bill 7, Constitution Amendment Act is passed, fixing the date of the election at May 17, 2005.
November 13, 2002 – Liberal MLA Paul Nettleton accuses the government of a secret plan to privatize BC Rail as well the BC Hydro electric utility. He is removed from caucus several days later and sits as an Independent Liberal until the 2005 election, when he unsuccessfully ran in Prince George-Mount Robson against Shirley Bond. BC Rail was subsequently sold to CN in what other bidders have described as a corrupted process, and BC Hydro's administrative arm was sold to Accenture.
January 9, 2003 – Premier Gordon Campbell is arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Maui. Because drunk driving is not a criminal offence in the state of Hawaii, but only a misdemeanour, Campbell did not resign his seat as he would have had to in Canada, and due to pressure from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) he attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and a series of speaking engagements condemning drinking and driving.
November 23, 2003 – Carole James is elected as leader of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.
December 28, 2003 – the RCMP execute search warrants on various locations in the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria, including offices in the Parliament Buildings in Victoria, in relation to suspicious dealings in relation to the bidding process for the sale of BC Rail (see BC Legislature Raids).
March 22, 2004 – Liberal MLA Elayne Brenzinger quits the caucus citing a "secret agenda" being undertaken by Premier Campbell in relation to the sale of BC Rail.
September 17, 2004 – Deputy Premier Christy Clark, whose house had been searched under warrant by the RCMP in connection with the BC Legislature Raids investigation, quits politics saying she wanted to spend more time with her family.
October 22, 2004 – New Democrat Jagrup Brar wins a by-election in Surrey-Panorama Ridge with 53.6% of the vote, a swing of 33.7% to the NDP from the 2001 result. One of Brar's competitors was Green leader Adriane Carr who captured 8.4% of the vote.
December 14, 2004 – In the wake of revelations he had been under surveillance by the RCMP in connection with dealings concerning the sale of BC Rail, Liberal Finance Minister Gary Farrell-Collins abruptly resigns from cabinet and the legislature despite having been named co-chair of the Liberal re-election campaign a month earlier. The move requires Premier Campbell to undertake a minor cabinet shuffle.
January 15, 2005 – The Democratic Reform British Columbia party is created out of a merger of the British Columbia Democratic Coalition and the All Nations Party of British Columbia. The party also boasts the support of key elements of the Reform Party of British Columbia. Prior to the official creation of this party, the Democratic Coalition and Reform BC jointly nominated a candidate for the Surrey-Panorama Ridge by-election.
January 19, 2005 – Independent MLA Elayne Brenzinger joins DRBC, adding a third party to the Legislative Assembly for the first time since Gordon Wilson folded his Progressive Democratic Alliance party and joined the NDP.
January 31, 2005 – Liberal MLA and then-cabinet minister Sandy Santori resigns from his seat in the Legislature in a dispute over the deletion of emails by Premier Gordon Campbell's Deputy Minister to the Premier, Ken Dobell.
February 15, 2005 – New Liberal Finance Minister Colin Hansen introduces what is widely viewed as an "election budget" which promised $1.3 billion in new spending, tax cuts and an economic surplus.
March 11, 2005 – Attorney-General Geoff Plant announces that he will not seek re-election.
March 15, 2005 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation board chair Carole Taylor announces that she will run for the Liberals in the riding of Vancouver-Langara. Premier Gordon Campbell endorses Taylor's candidacy.
March 29, 2005 – The consortium of television stations organizing the leaders' debate announces that the leaders of the Liberal, New Democratic, and Green parties will be invited to participate in the debate.
April 13, 2005 – The NDP and Green Party release their platforms in Victoria.

Campaign period

April 19, 2005 – The writ of election is issued (not "dropped" as in past elections), dissolving the Legislature and beginning the official campaign period.
April 20, 2005 – The NDP becomes the first party to complete a province-wide nomination slate.
April 22, 2005 – NDP candidate Rollie Keith withdraws his candidacy in Chilliwack-Kent after telling the Vancouver Province that he was "impressed" when he met Slobodan Milošević and that he did not believe there had been war crimes committed in Kosovo.
May 3, 2005 – The leaders of the Liberal, NDP and Green parties meet in a televised debate. Commentators indicate the debate was either a draw or a win for Green leader Adriane Carr. An Ipsos-Reid poll conducted online following the debate showed that 33% of debate views thought the debate produced no clear winner, 31% felt NDP leader Carole James won, 23% felt Liberal leader Gordon Campbell won while only 12% saw Carr as the winner.
May 17, 2005 – CBC projects a BC Liberal majority government at 9:05 p.m. local time.
June 22, 2005 – Tim Stevenson, who lost to Lorne Mayencourt by 11 votes, asks the Supreme Court of British Columbia to order a new election in Vancouver-Burrard due to 70 ballots that could not be counted because they had not been initialed by election officials.

Opinion polls

Voter intention polling

Opinion polls during the [[37th Parliament of British Columbia

Polling firm	Last day
of survey	Source	Liberal	NDP	Green	Unity	Other	ME	Sample	BC	Liberal}}" class="unsortable"	BC	NDP}}" class="unsortable"	BC	Green}}" class="unsortable"	BC	Unity}}" class="unsortable"	CA	Indépendant}};" data-sort-type="number"
Voting results			45.80	41.52	9.18	0.01	3.49
Strategic	11 May 2005	[HTML](http://www.vancouvertelevision.com/topnews.jsp?id=/news/stories/2005/05/news-20050512-01.htm)	49	36	13		2
Ipsos	10 May 2005	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-election-day-nears-part-i-horserace-and-leadership)[2](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2005-05/mr050513-1tb.pdf)	47	39	11		3	± 3.5	1,050
Mustel	9 May 2005	[HTML](https://web.archive.org/web/20050525005706/http://www.mustelgroup.com/pr/20050510.htm)	45	40	12		3
Robbins SCE	5 May 2005	[HTML](http://www.robbinssceresearch.com/polls/poll_171.html)	39	40	13		8
The writ of election is issued (19 April 2005)
Ipsos	26 April 2005	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-election-2005-part-ii-horserace-and-leadership)[2](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2005-04/mr050429-2tb.pdf)	46	39	13		2	± 3.5	1,050
Nordic	6 April 2005		43	34	14		8
Ipsos	14 March 2005	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-liberals-break-deadlock)[2](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2005-03/mr050317-2tb.pdf)	46	39	12		4	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	30 November 2004	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-provincial-politics-part-i)[PDF](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2004-12/mr041209-2tb.pdf)	44	41	12	0	3	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	15 September 2004	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/opportunity-passing-bc-ndp)[PDF](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2004-09/mr040922-3tb.pdf)	40	38	16	3	3	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	7 July 2004	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/dead-heat-british-columbia)[2](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2004-07/mr040708-1tb.pdf)	37	38	18	4	3	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	7 March 2004	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/ndp-surges-ahead-bc-liberals)[2](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2004-03/mr040317-1tb.pdf)	39	42	12	5	1	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	8 December 2003	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/ndp-closing-gap-british-columbia)[PDF](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2003-12/mr031217-1tb.pdf)	41	37	14	5	4	± 3.5	800
Carole James is elected as NDP leader (23 November 2003)
Ipsos	9 September 2003	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/same-old-same-old-bc-politics)[PDF](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2003-09/mr030919-1tb.pdf)	45	31	17	4	4	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	12 May 2003	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-liberals-mid-term-assessment)[PDF](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2003-05/mr030529-3tb.pdf)	44	28	18	5	5	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	10 March 2003	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-provincial-political-scene-0)[PDF](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2003-03/mr030319-2tb.pdf)	44	30	19	3	3	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	13 January 2003	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/premier-campbell-lives-another-day)[PDF](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2003-01/mr030114-1tb.pdf)	41	34	18	3	4	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	9 December 2002	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-political-scene-4)[PDF](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2002-12/mr021219-1tb.pdf)	44	31	17	5	3	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	11 September 2002	[HTML](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-provincial-political-scene)	43	28	19	5	5	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	11 June 2002	[HTML](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-political-scene-june-2002)	48	25	18	5	5	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	8 May 2002	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-public-still-backs-liberals-many-questioning-their-choice)[2](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2002-05/mr020516-4tb.pdf)	45	27	20	4	4	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	11 March 2002	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-liberals-weathering-storm)[2](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2002-03/mr020321-1tb.pdf)	48	28	16	3	5	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	10 December 2001	[1](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-political-scene-3)[2](https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2001-12/mr011218-1tb.pdf)	50	21	17	8	3	± 3.5	800
Ipsos	21 September 2001	[HTML](https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/bc-political-scene-2)	62	15	14	3	5
Joy MacPhail is appointed as NDP interim leader (16 June 2001)
[Election 2001](2001-british-columbia-general-election)			57.62	21.56	12.39	3.23	5.20

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 the prices of contracts whose value depend on election results: http://esm.ubc.ca/BC05/

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 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.

Bcvote2005-epp.png|BC battleground map based on the predictions aggregated by the Election Prediction Project. Bcbattleground.PNG|BC battleground map based on the predictions by Will McMartin on The Tyee.

Political parties

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 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.

British Columbia Liberal Party

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

Green Party of British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia

British Columbia Marijuana Party

Minor parties

References

"Statement of Votes – 38th Provincial General Election". [[Elections BC]].
(21 May 2004). "Elections BC and Elections Canada will Amalgamate Voters Lists". Elections British Columbia.
"B.C. Voter Participation: 1983 to 2013". [[Elections BC]].
[https://bctrialofbasi-virk.blogspot.com/2007/12/elaine-what-did-you-know.html ''Hansard'', October 6, 2004, quoted in the BC Legislature Raids blog]
[https://bctrialofbasi-virk.blogspot.com/2009/06/delete-button-wipes-out-transparency-in.html#links "Delete button wipes out 'transparency' in government: Called for 'thorough, complete, diligent investigation'", Michael Smyth, ''The Province'' June 25, 2009, quoted in the BC Legislature Raids blog]

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