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BC Ballot / How did my MLA vote? / Raj Chouhan

How Raj Chouhan, MLA for Burnaby-New Westminster, voted

Riding
Burnaby-New Westminster
Party
BC NDP
First elected
2005
Position
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Salary
$122,042.91 a year, plus $61,021.46 for the position

The 43rd Parliament so far

Whole-House

105

0
present
105
absent
0
broke with party

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. By practice the Speaker does not vote in a division except to break a tie, and a casting vote is announced separately rather than printed in the division list.

Casting votes

Raj Chouhan, the whole-House divisions decided by the Speaker's casting vote
DateMotionCasting voteResultRecord
May 28, 2026Bill 9, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026, third readingAmends the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, covering request detail, response times and extensions, grounds to refuse disclosure or to let a public body disregard a request, and a connected services provider the minister may establish.Privacy and informationForPassed 46 to 46Votes and Proceedings Hansard
April 27, 2026Motion M 205, subamendmentA motion requesting that the Legislative Assembly Management Committee set a required course on economics, public finance and numeracy for new members.Elections and the LegislatureAgainstDefeated 45 to 45Votes and Proceedings Hansard
April 1, 2026Bill 2, Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026, third readingAmends finance and tax statutes to carry out the 2026 budget, raising the lowest personal income tax rate, dissolving the Office of the Merit Commissioner, extending provincial sales tax to specified services, and adding a manufacturing and processing tax credit.Supply and budgetForPassed 46 to 46Votes and Proceedings Hansard
February 26, 2026Motion that the Speaker do now leave the Chair, to go into Committee of SupplyThe main budget motion, that the Speaker leave the Chair so the House can go into Committee of Supply and consider the estimates.Supply and budgetForPassed 46 to 46Votes and Proceedings Hansard
November 25, 2025Bill 32, Mental Health Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025, second readingAmends the Mental Health Act to extend liability protection to providers of authorized services and removes the deemed consent to treatment rule.Health and social servicesForPassed 46 to 46Votes and Proceedings Hansard
November 19, 2025Bill 31, Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, third readingAmends the Hydro and Power Authority Act, allowing designation of First Nations ownership in the North Coast transmission line, and the Utilities Commission Act, adding power to regulate electricity for data storage or processing and for hydrogen used outside Canada.Energy, environment and natural resourcesForPassed 46 to 46Votes and Proceedings Hansard
May 28, 2025Bill 15, Infrastructure Projects Act, third readingCreates powers to designate infrastructure projects and to authorize streamlining options for them, including expedited environmental assessment.Transportation and infrastructureForPassed 46 to 46Votes and Proceedings Hansard
May 28, 2025Bill 14, Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act, third readingCreates a scheme under which the BC Energy Regulator permits renewable energy projects at three levels and changes how other statutes apply to them.Energy, environment and natural resourcesForPassed 46 to 46Votes and Proceedings Hansard

Every bill and motion

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