On June 29, Clark's speech from the throne was voted down, and Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon invited Horgan to form a government.
On July 18, Horgan became the new premier, while Weaver and the other Green MLAs did not join the Cabinet or take any official roles in the new government.
The same section, though, makes the fixed election date subject to the Lieutenant Governor's right to dissolve the Legislative Assembly as he or she sees fit (in practice, on the advice of the Premier).
[10] In the 2013 general election, the BC Liberal Party under the leadership of Premier Christy Clark were re-elected with a majority government.
The British Columbia New Democratic Party, under the leadership of Adrian Dix, again formed the Official Opposition with a slightly reduced total of 34 seats.
[20] On January 13, 2017, the New York Times published a story calling British Columbia the "Wild West" of Canadian political cash.
[18] The investigation found that lobbyists are giving tens of thousands of dollars in their own name – and some power brokers are breaking one of the few rules the province has in place.
[18] With no limits on political donations in BC, the provincial Liberals raised $12.4 million last year – $4.5-million from individuals and $7.9-million from corporations.
[24] Spending limits for the 2017 election period were adjusted for changes to the consumer price index before being confirmed during the second week in April 2017.
On May 29, Horgan and Weaver announced that the Greens would provide confidence and supply to an NDP minority government, a position which was endorsed the following day by the members of both caucuses.
[91] In response, Clark indicated that she would have the legislature sit in the coming weeks and seek its confidence in a Liberal minority government, while acknowledging that she would likely be unsuccessful.
[94] On June 29, the Liberals were defeated in a confidence vote; Clark then asked Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon to dissolve the legislature and call a new election.