BC MLA’s Sworn In

All 93 members of BCs Legislative Assembly have been sworn in.

The Conservatives and Green MLAs took their oaths of office on Tuesday while 47 NDP Government Caucus MLAs were sworn-in at the Legislature yesterday.

“Our new government caucus represents one of the most diverse and qualified groups of MLAs that this legislature has ever seen,” said BC NDP Premier David Eby.

“We have entrepreneurs, nurses, mayors, non-profit leaders, labour leaders and more.”

The BC NDP caucus for the 43rd Parliament is one of the most diverse the BC Legislature will have ever seen.

65% of the BC NDP caucus - 31 out of 47 - are women - the most ever elected in a caucus in BC.

Three members of the BC NDP caucus are Indigenous - also the most ever in a BC caucus.

Forty percent identify as People of Colour, three members identify as People Living with Disabilities, and three are members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

The caucus also includes the first Muslim woman ever elected to the BC Legislature, Amna Shah (Surrey City Centre), the first Korean Canadian ever elected to Government Caucus, Paul Choi (Burnaby South-Metrotown), and the first Black British Columbian elected to Government Caucus in more than thirty years, George Anderson (Nanaimo-Lantzville).

The Conservatives count 36 newcomers in their group of 44 elected MLAs. The Green Party has two elected members.

Premier Eby is still putting the finishing touches on selecting a cabinet, which is to be sworn in on Monday.

The ceremony can be seen at BC NDP Oath Ceremony.