Talk:Leader of the Opposition (British Columbia)

Unofficial Opposition

Non official leaders of the opposition should NOT be on this list. If I could figure out how to edit the table properly I'd do it myself. Nickjbor (talk) 01:18, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

MacPhail

She was the Leader of the Opposition in the 37th parliament. If you check hansard as early as July 25, 2001, the Speaker refers to her as such. She is also listed as the Leader of the Opposition on her profile on the BC legislature website. It also was displayed on televised broadcasts that she was the Leader of the Opposition. The title does not depend on the party having official party status.

See - http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/37th2nd/h10725p.htm http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/37thparl/macphail.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.236.121.240 (talk) 07:51, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Christy Clark/Rich Coleman

The current leader should likely be changed to Rich Coleman (interim leader) once Clark's resignation is official on August 4 [1]. The question is should she still be listed as an opposition leader of should we just strike her from the list all together? As the government fell a number of weeks ago, and is not set to resume until September, she will have never attended the legislature as the Leader of the Opposition. Should we count her as a "Leader of the Opposition" or not?--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 23:14, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Yes, because the legislature began on June 22.

Yep, she was opposition leader. GoodDay (talk) 12:29, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

If she resigned as party leader prior to the legislature reconvening, as Paul Martin did after his defeat, than she would never have been opposition leader, but the legislature reconvened on June 22 and even though it had adjourned by the time the new government was sworn in and won't resume sitting until the fall, it hasn't dissolved so she still is leader if the opposition in the interim 199.119.233.202 (talk) 14:34, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Inaccurate list of Leaders of the Opposition

I have tried to fix this page but the history before 1903 is hard to drag up and confirm conclusively.

Currently, the list we have has James Alexander McDonald at the start (in 1903), though I know 100% he is not the first Leader of the Opposition in BC. The first Leader was James Mackenzie McDonald (coincidence is the similar names) in 1971. There is no "date" I can find specifically where a swearing in occurred, but here is a timeline I have:

- British Columbia joined Confederation on July 20, 1871.

- The first provincial election was held on September 7, 1871.

- The first sitting of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia occurred on November 7, 1871.

James Mackenzie McDonald became the Leader of the Opposition after the September 1871 election when the Conservative Party came second in seat count. The formal recognition of the opposition leader's role would have followed the election, but there wasn't a specific swearing-in ceremony like we have today. McDonald assumed the role immediately after the election, but it would have been more solidified after the first legislative session on November 7, 1871.

So somewhere between July 20, 1871 & November 7, 1871 is the correct date but maybe someone else who is eager can take up this mantle and settle this headache. We are missing several leaders in the list between James Mackenzie McDonald (1871) and James Alexander McDonald (1903).

External sites where i got my information:

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[3] TimeToFixThis (talk) 06:18, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Your links don't support your claims. If you have specific webpages on those cites that do, please use *them* and please cite your source in the body of the article. The legislative library source that is cited in the article does not support your claim.[4] If you can't cite a specific source you're engaging in original research. Please see WP:OR. Wellington Bay (talk) 20:58, 15 November 2024 (UTC)