Candidates
- Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers.
- The victorious Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for each district has a coloured bar to the left of his or her name.
- Incumbents who did not seek re-election are denoted by †
- Because of the realignment of electoral boundaries, most incumbents did not represent the entirety of their listed district during the preceding legislative term.
Read more about this topic: British Columbia General Election, 2009
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