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Politics of British Columbia | |
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| Polity type | Province within a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
| Constitution | Constitution of Canada |
| Legislative branch | |
| Name | Parliament |
| Type | Unicameral |
| Meeting place | British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria |
| Presiding officer | Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
| Executive branch | |
| Head of state | |
| Currently | King Charles III represented by Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor |
| Head of government | |
| Currently | Premier David Eby |
| Appointer | Lieutenant Governor |
| Cabinet | |
| Name | Executive Council |
| Leader | Premier (as President of the Executive Council) |
| Appointer | Lieutenant Governor |
| Headquarters | Victoria |
| Judicial branch | |
| Court of Appeal | |
| Chief judge | Robert J. Bauman |
| Seat | Vancouver |
| Provincial Court | |
| Chief judge | Christopher E. Hinkson |
| Provincial Court | |
| Chief judge | Melissa Gillespie |
The Politics of British Columbia involve not only the governance of British Columbia, Canada, and the various political factions that have held or vied for legislative power, but also a number of experiments or attempts at political and electoral reform.
A constitutional monarchy, the Crown is the corporation sole, assuming distinct roles: the executive, as the Crown-in-Council; the legislature, as the Crown-in-Parliament; and the courts, as the Crown-on-the-Bench. Three institutions—the Executive Council (Cabinet); the Legislative Assembly; and the judiciary, respectively—exercise the powers of the Crown.