Following is a list of the 42 times the Legislature has been convened since 1871. This article only covers the time since 1871. For the governing body from 1867 to 1871, see Legislative Council of British Columbia.
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width=11%|Assembly
Sessions
!width=8%|Election
!width=9%|Opening date[{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf |title=Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 |publisher=Elections BC |access-date=2011-07-16}}]
!Dissolution date
!Governing party
!Premier[{{cite web |url=http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/premiers.pdf |title=Premiers of British Columbia 1871- |publisher=BC Legislature |access-date=2011-07-20}}]
!Official Opposition party
Leader[{{cite web |url=http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/leaders_of_the_opposition.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220035338/http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/leaders_of_the_opposition.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-02-20 |title=Leaders of the Opposition in British Columbia 1903- |publisher=BC Legislature |access-date=2011-07-20 }}]
!Other official parties
Leader[{{cite web |url=http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/partyleaders.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220034808/http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/partyleaders.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-02-20 |title=Party Leaders in British Columbia 1900- |publisher=BC Legislature |access-date=2011-07-20 }}]
!Speaker[{{cite web |url=http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/speakers.pdf |title=Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 1872- |publisher=BC Legislature |access-date=2011-07-20}}] |
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1st Parliament
4 sessions
|1st general
|November 20, 1871
|August 30, 1875
|None[Political parties did not exist in the British Columbia legislature before 1903]
|John Foster McCreight[Until December 1872]
Amor De Cosmos[Until February 1874]
George Anthony Walkem
|None[Did not exist until 1903]
|None
|James Trimble |
2nd Parliament
3 sessions
|2nd general
|January 10, 1876
|April 12, 1878
|None
|George Anthony Walkem[Until January 25, 1876]
Andrew Charles Elliott
|None
|None
|James Trimble |
3rd Parliament
5 sessions
|3rd general
|July 29, 1878
|June 13, 1882
|None
|George Anthony Walkem[Until June, 1882]
Robert Beaven
|None
|None
|Frederick W. Williams |
4th Parliament
4 sessions
|4th general
|January 25, 1883
|June 3, 1886
|None
|Robert Beaven[Until January, 1883]
William Smithe
|None
|None
|John Andrew Mara |
5th Parliament
4 sessions
|5th general
|January 24, 1887
|May 10, 1890
|None
|William Smithe[Until March, 1887]
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie[Until August, 1889]
John Robson
|None
|None
|Charles Edward Pooley[Until 1889]
David Williams Higgins |
6th Parliament
4 sessions
|6th general
|January 15, 1891
|June 2, 1894
|None
|John Robson[Until June, 1892]
Theodore Davie
|None
|None
|David Williams Higgins |
7th Parliament
4 sessions
|7th general
|November 12, 1894
|June 7, 1898
|None
|Theodore Davie[Until March, 1895]
John Herbert Turner
|None
|None
|David Williams Higgins[Until March, 1898]
John Paton Booth |
8th Parliament
2 sessions
|8th general
|January 5, 1899
|April 10, 1900
|None
|John Herbert Turner[Until August, 1898]
Charles Augustus Semlin[Until February, 1900]
Joseph Martin
|None
|None
|William Thomas Forster |
9th Parliament
4 sessions[{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1905 |year=1905 |last=Magurn |first=A J}}]
|9th general
|July 19, 1900
|June 16, 1903
|None
|James Dunsmuir[Until November, 1902]
Edward Gawler Prior[Until June, 1902]
Richard McBride
|None
|None
|John Paton Booth[Until February 26, 1902]
Charles Edward Pooley |
| 10th Parliament
|10th general
|November 26, 1903
|December 24, 1906
|Conservative
|Richard McBride
|Liberal
James Alexander MacDonald
|None
|Charles Edward Pooley |
| 11th Parliament
|11th general
|March 7, 1907
|October 20, 1909
|Conservative
|Richard McBride
|Liberal
James Alexander MacDonald
|None
|David McEwen Eberts |
| 12th Parliament
|12th general
|January 20, 1910
|February 27, 1912
|Conservative
|Richard McBride
|Liberal
James Alexander MacDonald
|None
|David McEwen Eberts |
| 13th Parliament
|13th general
|January 16, 1913
|May 31, 1916
|Conservative
|Richard McBride[Until December, 1915]
William John Bowser
|Liberal
Harlan Carey Brewster
|None
|David McEwen Eberts |
| 14th Parliament
|14th general
|March 1, 1917
|October 23, 1920
|Liberal
|Harlan Carey Brewster[Until March, 1918]
John Oliver
|Conservative
William John Bowser
|None
|John Walter Weart[Until February, 1918]
John Keen |
| 15th Parliament
|15th general
|February 8, 1921
|May 10, 1924
|Liberal
|John Oliver
|Conservative
James Alexander MacDonald
|None
|Alexander Malcolm Manson[Until January 28, 1922]
Frederick Arthur Pauline |
| 16th Parliament
|16th general
|November 3, 1924
|June 7, 1928
|Liberal
|John Oliver[Until August 17, 1927]
John Duncan MacLean
|Conservative
Robert Henry Pooley
|Provincial
Alexander Duncan McRae
|John Andrew Buckham |
| 17th Parliament
|17th general
|January 22, 1929
|August 1, 1933
|Conservative
|Simon Fraser Tolmie
|Liberal
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
|None
|James William Jones[Until 1930]
Cyril Francis Davie |
| 18th Parliament
|18th general
|February 20, 1934
|April 12, 1937
|Liberal
|Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Robert Connell[After August 1936, following a split in the party, the Social Constructive Party led by Connell became the official opposition]
|Unionist
Simon Fraser Tolmie
|Henry George Thomas Perry |
| 19th Parliament
|19th general
|October 26, 1937
|July 21, 1941
|Liberal
|Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
|Conservative
Frank Porter Patterson
|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Harold Winch[From June, 1939]
|Norman William Whittaker |
| 20th Parliament
|20th general
|December 4, 1941
|August 31, 1945
|Liberal-Conservative coalition
|John Hart
|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Harold Winch
|None
|Norman William Whittaker |
| 21st Parliament
|21st general
|February 1, 1946
|April 16, 1949
|Liberal-Conservative coalition
|John Hart[Until December 28, 1947]
Byron Ingemar Johnson
|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Harold Winch
|None
|Norman William Whittaker[Until 1947]
Robert Henry Carson[Until January, 1949]
John Hart |
| 22nd Parliament
|22nd general
|February 14, 1950
|April 10, 1952
|Liberal-Conservative coalition
|Byron Ingemar Johnson
|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation[Until February, 1952]
Harold Winch
Conservative
Herbert Anscomb
|None
|Nancy Hodges |
| 23rd Assembly
|23rd general
|February 3, 1953
|March 27, 1953
|Social Credit
|W. A. C. Bennett
|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Harold Winch
|Liberal
Arthur Laing
Progressive Conservative
Herbert Anscomb
|Thomas James Irwin |
| 24th Parliament
|24th general
|September 15, 1953
|August 13, 1956
|Social Credit
|W. A. C. Bennett
|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Arnold Webster
|Liberal
Arthur Laing
Progressive Conservative
Deane Finlayson
|Thomas James Irwin |
| 25th Parliament
|25th general
|February 7, 1957
|August 3, 1960
|Social Credit
|W. A. C. Bennett
|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Robert Strachan
|Liberal
Ray Perrault
|Thomas James Irwin[Until April, 1957]
Lorne Shantz |
| 26th Parliament
|26th general
|January 26, 1961
|August 21, 1963
|Social Credit
|W. A. C. Bennett
|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Robert Strachan
|Liberal
Ray Perrault
|Lorne Shantz |
| 27th Parliament
|27th general
|January 23, 1964
|August 5, 1966
|Social Credit
|W. A. C. Bennett
|New Democratic Party
Robert Strachan
|Liberal
Ray Perrault
|William Harvey Murray |
| 28th Parliament
|28th general
|January 24, 1967
|July 21, 1969
|Social Credit
|W. A. C. Bennett
|New Democratic Party
Robert Strachan
|Liberal
Ray Perrault
|William Harvey Murray |
29th Parliament
3 sessions
|29th general
|January 22, 1970
|July 24, 1972
|Social Credit
|W. A. C. Bennett
|New Democratic Party
Dave Barrett
|Liberal
Pat McGeer
|William Harvey Murray |
30th Parliament
5 sessions
|30th general
|October 17, 1972
|November 3, 1975
|New Democratic Party
|Dave Barrett
|Social Credit
W. A. C. Bennett[Until November, 1973]
Bill Bennett
|Liberal
David Anderson
Progressive Conservative
Derril Thomas Warren
|Gordon Dowding |
31st Parliament
4 sessions
|31st general
|March 17, 1976
|April 3, 1979
|Social Credit
|Bill Bennett
|New Democratic Party
William Stewart King[Until June, 1976]
Dave Barrett
|Liberal
Gordon Gibson
Progressive Conservative
George Scott Wallace
|Ed Smith[Until 1978]
Harvey Schroeder |
32nd Parliament
4 sessions
|32nd general
|June 6, 1979
|April 7, 1983
|Social Credit
|Bill Bennett
|New Democratic Party
Dave Barrett
|None
|Harvey Schroeder[Until 1982]
Kenneth Walter Davidson |
33rd Parliament
4 sessions
|33rd general
|June 23, 1983
|September 24, 1986
|Social Credit
|Bill Bennett[Until August 1986]
Bill Vander Zalm
|New Democratic Party
Dave Barrett[Until May 1984]
Bob Skelly
|None
|Kenneth Walter Davidson |
34th Parliament
5 sessions
|34th general
|March 9, 1987
|September 19, 1991
|Social Credit
|Bill Vander Zalm[Until April 2, 1991]
Rita Johnston
|New Democratic Party
Bob Skelly
|None
|John Douglas Reynolds[Until 1989]
Stephen Rogers |
35th Parliament
5 sessions
|35th general
|March 17, 1992
|April 30, 1996
|New Democratic Party
|Mike Harcourt[Until February 22, 1996]
Glen Clark
|Liberal
Gordon Wilson
|Social Credit
Rita Johnston
|Joan Sawicki[Until 1994]
Emery Barnes |
36th Parliament
5 sessions
|36th general
|June 25, 1996
|April 18, 2001[{{cite web |title=Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 1987-2001 |url=http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1987-2001-ElectionHistory.pdf |access-date=2011-08-04 |publisher=Elections BC}}]
|New Democratic Party
|Glen Clark[Until August 25, 1999]
Dan Miller[Until February 24, 2000]
Ujjal Dosanjh
|Liberal
Gordon Campbell
|Reform
Jack Weisgerber
Progressive Democrat
Gordon Wilson
|Dale Lovick[Until 1998]
Gretchen Brewin[Until 2000]
William James Hartley |
37th Parliament
6 sessions
|37th general
|June 19, 2001
|2005
|Liberal
|Gordon Campbell
|New Democratic Party
Joy MacPhail
|None
|Claude Richmond |
38th Parliament
5 sessions
|38th general
|September 12, 2005
|2009
|Liberal
|Gordon Campbell
|New Democratic Party
Carole James
|None
|Bill Barisoff |
39th Parliament
5 sessions[{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.bc.ca/documents/4-3-0.htm |title=Previous Sessions Debates and Indexes |publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |work=Hansard Services |access-date=2014-04-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219054452/http://www.leg.bc.ca/documents/4-3-0.htm |archive-date=2011-02-19 }}]
|39th general
|August 29, 2009
|April 16, 2013
|Liberal
|Gordon Campbell[Until March 14, 2011]
Christy Clark
|New Democratic Party
Adrian Dix
|None
|Bill Barisoff |
| 40th Parliament
|40th general
|June 26, 2013
|April 11, 2017
|Liberal
|Christy Clark
|New Democratic Party
Adrian Dix[Until May 4, 2014]
John Horgan
|Green
Andrew J. Weaver[From December 9, 2015]
|Linda Reid |
| 41st Parliament
|41st general
|June 26, 2017
|September 21, 2020
|Liberal[until July 18, 2017; government defeated in a non-confidence vote June 29, 2017]
New Democratic Party
|Christy Clark[until July 18, 2017; government defeated in a non-confidence vote June 29, 2017]
John Horgan
|New Democratic Party
John Horgan[until July 18, 2017]
Liberal
Christy Clark
|Green
Andrew J. Weaver[until January 6, 2020]
Adam Olsen[until September 14, 2020]
Sonia Furstenau
|Steve Thomson[until June 29, 2017]
Darryl Plecas |
| 42nd Parliament
|42nd general
|Dec 7, 2020
|Sep 21, 2024
|New Democratic Party
|John Horgan[until November 18, 2022]
David Eby
|Liberal / BC United
Andrew Wilkinson[until November 21, 2020]
Shirley Bond[until May 16, 2022]
Kevin Falcon
|Green
Sonia Furstenau
|Raj Chouhan |
| 43rd Parliament
|43rd general
|Feb 18, 2025
|(n/a)
|New Democratic Party
|David Eby
|Conservative
John Rustad[Leader of the Conservative Party.]
|Green
Sonia Furstenau[Lost seat in 2024 election. Leads party from outside the legislature.]
|Raj Chouhan |