andrew wilkinson won the liberal leadership in british columbia.
andrew wilkinson won the liberal leadership in british columbia.
who won the liberal leadership in british columbia?
andrew wilkinson
until the 1940s, british columbia politics were dominated by the liberal party and rival british columbia conservative party. the liberals formed government from 1916 to 1928 and again from 1933 to 1941. from 1941 to 1952, the two parties governed in a coalition (led by a liberal leader) opposed to the ascendant co-operative commonwealth federation. the coalition was defeated in 1952 and the liberal party went into decline, with its rump caucus merging into the social credit party of british columbia for the 1975 election. it returned to the legislature as official opposition in the 1991 election, through the efforts of leader gordon wilson. at this time, the social credit party had collapsed, leaving a window for the bc liberals able to become the dominant centre to centre-right party. wilson lost a leadership challenge to gordon campbell in 1994. in the 2001 election, the bc liberals won an overwhelming majority, which they held under campbell and his successor christy clark until the 2017 election. this election resulted in a hung parliament, with an initial liberal minority government soon losing a confidence vote to the ndp. following this defeat, clark resigned as liberal leader and rich coleman was selected as the interim leader. current leader andrew wilkinson was elected to the post in the 2018 leadership election.
british columbia liberal party
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bullet::::- alex cameron









































section::::liberal leadership convention, 1971.









































first ballot:









































bullet::::- david steuart 404









































bullet::::- cy macdonald 295









































bullet::::- george gordon leith 171









































second ballot:









































bullet::::- david steuart 535









































bullet::::- cy macdonald 314









































section::::liberal leadership convention, 1976.









































bullet::::- edward cyril malone 628









































bullet::::- anthony merchant 521









































section::::liberal leadership convention, 1981.









































bullet::::- ralph goodale acclaimed









































section::::liberal leadership convention, 1989.









































bullet::::- lynda haverstock









































bullet::::- blau, june









































bullet::::- currie, neil









































section::::liberal leadership convention, 1996.









































first ballot:









































bullet::::- tom hengen 350









































bullet::::- jim melenchuk 332









































bullet::::- ken krawetz 239









































bullet::::- gerard aldridge 55









































second ballot:









































bullet::::- jim melenchuk 383
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