At dissolution, the party rankings were as follows: NDP, 39 seats; Liberals 32; Independant 4 (originally Reformers (2), an Alliance and a Liberal). Theres five more seats this election.
Ujjal Dosanjh, premier and leader of the NDP, was born in Dosanjh Kalan in India in 1948. He studied at the Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia Law School. He was elected as a BC MLA in 1991 for the Vancouver-Kensington riding. He was re-elected in 1996. He became leader after announcing that former leader Glen Clark was cought up in a police gambling investigation which led to the resignation of Premier Clark.
The NDP is the underdog in the election, even the NDP admits to that, despite the fact they hold a majority government. The NDP's past in the province has made them slightly (understatement) unpopular. The NDP's battle is trying to prove that the present party isn't the same as it used to be and to prove that recently things have been going well for British Columbia.
Dosanjh says his party's priority is BC's families. Dosanjh thinks this elections is the choice of what comes first, tax promises or direct help to families. Dosanjh is commited to health-care which won't under the NDP, slide to a two-tier system. More nurses, doctors, and better equipment will help ride hallway lineups in hospitals. The education system will be available at affordable costs and open to anyone. Strong actions will be set to protect the environment and BC wildlife. The economy will be more ballanced by not putting the rich first and making "down-to-earth" safe communities.
Gordon Campbell, leader of the BC Liberals was born in Vancouver in 1948. He studied at Darthmouth College (USA) and Simon Fraser University. He was first elected through by-elections in 1984 for Vancouver-Point Grey. He was a Vancouver city counciller from 1984 to 1986 and became mayor from 1986 to 1993.
The Liberals plan is to undo the 10 years of NDP rule which they call a decade of "incompetence, mismanagement and betrayal of trust". The public education system will become the envy of the world under the Liberals and Health-care will become more accessible, no matter where they live. British-Columbians will be able to participate in today's technology such as the Internet, because it matters according to the Liberals. The Economy which is where the biggest failures of the NDP are, will be put back on track. Under the Liberals, there will be "a New Era" in British Columbia.
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