Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (British Columbia)

The Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of British Columbia is composed of members of the official opposition political party in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia who provide criticism to the administration of the government in British Columbia during question period or other sittings of the Legislature. Shadow ministers or critics are appointed to the shadow cabinet by the Leader of the Opposition.

Shadow ministers and critics have existed in British Columbian politics since the introduction of partisan politics in 1903, however the organization and membership of the shadow cabinet in British Columbia received very little media coverage prior to the 2010s.

List

Official Opposition shadow cabinets since 2005

Shadow cabinets by parliamentary term	Leader	Party		Date announced	Date dissolved
Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 38th Parliament	Carole James		New Democratic	June 19, 2005	April 14, 2009
Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 39th Parliament	Carole James			June 11, 2009	April 16, 2013
	Dawn Black (interim)
	Adrian Dix
Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 40th Parliament	Adrian Dix			June 14, 2013	April 11, 2017
	John Horgan
Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 41st Parliament	Christy Clark		Liberal	August 3, 2017	September 21, 2020
	Rich Coleman
	Andrew Wilkinson
Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 42nd Parliament	Kevin Falcon			December 8, 2022	September 21, 2024
			BC United
Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 43rd Parliament	John Rustad		Conservative	November 20, 2024	present

See also

• Cabinet of Canada
• Official Opposition (Canada)
• Shadow Cabinet