The Executive Council of British Columbia, also known as the cabinet or ministry, is the body of ministers of the Crown, that advise the monarch of British Columbia, represented by the lieutenant governor, on how to exercise executive power. By convention, a new ministry is established immediately following the swearing-in of each new premier of British Columbia. This article is a list of cabinets that have governed British Columbia since joining Canada as a province in 1871.
List
No. Ministry Dates Premier Governing party Duration Elections Interim ministry – 1 McCreight ministry – 1 (1871) 2 De Cosmos ministry – 3 – 1 (1875) 4 Elliott ministry – 5 – 1 (1878) 6 Beaven ministry – 1 (1882) 7 Smithe ministry – 1 (1886) 8 – 9 Robson ministry – 1 (1890) 10 – 1 (1894) 11 – 12 Semlin ministry – 1 (1898) 13 – 14 Dunsmuir ministry – 1 (1900) 15 Prior ministry – 16 McBride ministry – 4 (1903, 1907, 1909, 1912) 17 Bowser ministry – 18 Brewster ministry – 1 (1916) 19 Oliver ministry – 2 (1920, 1924) 20 MacLean ministry – 21 Tolmie ministry – 1 (1928) 22 Pattullo ministry – 3 (1933, 1937, 1941) 23 Hart ministry – 2 (1941, 1945) 24 – 1 (1949) – 25 – 7 (1952, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1969) 26 Barrett ministry – 1 (1972) 27 – 3 (1975, 1979, 1983) 28 Vander Zalm ministry – 1 (1986) 29 Johnston ministry – 30 Harcourt ministry – 1 (1991) 31 – 1 (1996) 32 Miller ministry – 33 Dosanjh ministry – 34 Campbell ministry – 3 (2001, 2005, 2009) 35 – 2 (2013, 2017) 36 Horgan ministry – 2 (2017, 2020) 37 Eby ministry –present 1 (2024)
See also List of Canadian ministries List of First Nations governments in British Columbia List of parliaments of British Columbia List of premiers of British Columbia
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