No Fall Sitting of the Legislature - a BC Tradition

Gordon Campbell has changed the expectations of people in BC as to how often the legislature sits each year.  In the 32 years before became premier the BC Legislature only had full fall sittings 12 times.   Gordon Campbell  had a full fall sitting in eight of his years as premier, only in the first and last did he not have one.

How often each premier held fall sittings

• Gordon Campbell 8 out of 10 years
• Bill Bennett 5 out of 11 years
• Dave Barrett 3 out of 4 years
• Christy Clark 1 out of 3 years
• Glen Clark 1 out of 4 years
• Mike Harcourt 1 out of 4 years
• Bill Vander Zalm 1 out 4 years 
• Rita Johnson 0 out of 1 year
• Ujjal Dosanjh 0 out of 2 years

Dan Miller was premier from August 25th 1999 to February 24th 2000, the legislature did not sit while he was premier

Fall sittings or not, the number of sitting days in BC has declined since 1995 in BC.

Days per year  Premier

    97.3       Barrett

    89.5       Harcourt 

    75.4       Bennett

    72         Vander Zalm/Johnson

    62         Clark/Dosanjh 

    61         Campbell 

    43.7       Christy Clark