the party is the one governing the province right now. this is because there was a hung parliament after the 2017 elections and the bc liberal party did not win a motion of no confidence in the legislature. instead, the bc ndp began a confidence and supply deal with the bc green party to form a minority government. before that, the party governed british columbia under six different premiers. they also won a majority government three times, in 1971, 1991, and 1996.