British Columbia
- Sommers Affair - influence peddling and abuse of privilege on timber licenses by Forest Minister
- Driver's Licensing Scandal - widespread bribery of license examiners by new Canadians and their translators
- Gracie's Finger - Gerrymandering in Vancouver-Little Mountain
- Lillooet Cattle Trail - cost overruns, poor design and other scandalous aspects on most expensive provincial infrastructure project in 19th Century BC
- Solidarity Crisis - crisis was launched by Premier Bennett overstaying his mandate, triggering a constitutional crisis
- Fantasy Gardens (Social Credit Party) - improper sale of property and influence-peddling by Premier Bill Vander Zalm, in connection with Asian gambling lord Tan Yu
- Stephen Rogers (Social Credit Party) - resigns as environment minister after a conflict of interest due to owning shares in a company
- Cliff Michael (Social Credit Party) - resigns from cabinet due to conflict of interest over the sale of some land
- Reid affair (Social Credit Party) - Bill Reid forced to resign after a report showed that he was diverting lottery funds into a company owned by his former campaign manager
- Bud Smith resigns after tapes and transcripts of him talking disparagingly about a lawyer hired by the oppsition NDP to investigate the Reid Affair
- Robin Blencoe - (NDP) - allegations of harassing an office employee
- Phil Gaglardi (Social Credit Party) - improper use of expenses
- British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation (BCRIC or "Brick") (Social Credit Party) - public boondoggle involving publicly-distributed and soon-worthless shares of former Crown Corporation
- Bingogate - New Democratic Party of British Columbia - skimming of charity funds (1990s)
- Doman Scandal - (Social Credit Party) - insider trading; Premier Bill Bennett indicted but acquitted
- Coquihalla Highway - (Social Credit Party) - cost overruns and graft
- Casinogate - New Democratic Party - Premier Glen Clark was charged but acquitted of breach of trust in connection with his official duties. Collusion between Global television and the RCMP in trying to incriminate Clark is alleged by many commentators.
- FastCat Fiasco (aka "Ferrygate" or simply "the Fast Ferries") - 1990s construction of a fleet of high speed ferry vessels that ended up being massively over-budget and actually slower than existing ferries
- Gordon Wilson-Judy Tyabji Affair (British Columbia Liberal Party) - semi-secret romance between the Opposition Leader and his House Whip leads to their downfall
- BC Legislature Raids ("Railgate") (BC Liberal Party) - raids on offices of senior political aides in the legislature connected to everything from marijuana grow-ops to questions connected with the sale of BC Rail to Canadian National.
- Gordon Campbell (BC Premier, arrested in Hawaii for DUI) (Liberals). Also implicated in Railgate (see previous).
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