Politics of British Columbia

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Politics of British Columbia
Coat of arms of British Columbia
Polity type	Province within a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of Canada
Legislative branch
Name	Parliament Legislative Assembly
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.