Government of British Columbia

rdf:langString Government of British Columbia

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rdf:langString Coat of Arms of British Columbia

rdf:langString Logo of the British Columbia Government and its agencies

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rdf:langString Executive

rdf:langString Legislative

rdf:langString Crown

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rdf:langString Charles III is King of Canada, the head of state

rdf:langString Janet Austin is Lieutenant Governor, representing the monarch in BC

rdf:langString Coat of arms of British Columbia.svg

rdf:langString Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Janet-Austin.jpg

rdf:langString Parliament of British Columbia

rdf:langString The Government of British Columbia (French: Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of British Columbia. 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. The term Government of British Columbia (French: Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique) can refer to either the collective set of all three institutions, or more specifically to the executive—ministers of the Crown (the Executive Council) of the day, and the non-political staff within each provincial department or agency, i.e. the civil services, whom the ministers direct—which corporately brands itself as the Government of British Columbia, or more formally, His Majesty's Government (French: Gouvernement de Sa Majesté). In both senses, the current construct was established when the province joined Confederation in 1871. British Columbia is a secondary jurisdiction of Canada, a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy in the Westminster tradition; a Premier—presently David Eby of the New Democratic Party—is the head of government and is invited by the Crown to form a government after securing the confidence of the Legislative Assembly, typically determined through the election of enough members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of a single political party in a election to provide a majority of seats, forming a governing party or coalition. The sovereign is King Charles III, Canada's head of state, who is represented provincially in British Columbia by the lieutenant governor, presently Janet Austin.

rdf:langString Seat

rdf:langString Sovereign

rdf:langString Vice-regal representative

rdf:langString Province

rdf:langString Provincial government

rdf:langString Government of British Columbia

rdf:langString Head of government