Talk:Executive Council of British Columbia

Extension of concept to historical cabinets?
Since it's obvious somebody's conceived of having ministry listings, and so presumably minister listings as well, then it makes sense that the listings of past cabinets might eventually be got put together (a little bit better than the grammar in that last phrase). I'm onto the same kind of thing with the past provincial elections - i.e. composition of the House, names of Members in each election (having trouble finding historical byelections, though; at least where I've looked so far within Elections BC). Interested in doing so partly because a large number of the MLAs I'm writing stubs for were cabinet ministers, and it would be good to show their lineages.

Also the Executive Council was the same name during the colonial period; should it be on this page or subbed to colonial-government pages? Governors I'm breaking off soon from the Lieutenant-Governor page because the Governors don't belong there; there needs to be an account of the colonial governments, also; very different thing from a Province of BC government article). Following that model it seems likely that the Executive Councils of the colonies have to be listed separately (partly because there were two of them; and technically a third, i.e. under the United Colonies.Skookum1 07:23, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Me again. In the list of current cabinet on this page, wouldn't it be a better thing to have succession boxes extended to multiple rows, showing the last two holders of the offices shown (if a link can be established); maybe back two maybe three cabinets, if not governments?Skookum1 07:33, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Colonial Councils and Assemblies - article titles?
OK, since my last comments above I've found sources from which it's possible to piece together the membership of the Legislative Council of Vancouver Island (1855), and the Legislative Assembly of the Colony of British Columbia (1864), as well as the Executive Council of both the mainland colony alone as well as the united post-1866 colony. also the Executive Council of Vancouver Island etc. There's no doubt in my mind that these need separate articles from their provincial counterparts, but nomenclature's an issue for the title; as with Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, there's a big difference between the meaning/role of that name pre-1871 and post. The colonial assembly's official name was the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, which is the name used for the current Ledge's article; my suggested name here will be Legislative Assembly of the Colony of British Columbia, with similar models for the Executive Council etc (Executive Council of the Colony of British Columbia; which again weren't their official names, which are identical with post-Confederation names; simpler with the Island bodies as there the "Colony" wording can be left out; which lacks consistency with the mainland bodies, but redirects using the wording can also be made of course (e.g. Legistative Council of the Colony of Vancouver Island. Same situation as the United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia (actually singlar "Colony" should be used, in technical terms, but United Colony of Vancouver Island and British Columbia I'll make right now as a redirect); "United Colonies" is/was not an official name, but has to be used for clarity, so it's the same I'd guess with something like Legislative Assembly of the Colony of British Columbia or, if this sounds better (??) Colonial Legislative Assembly of British Columbia or Colonial Assembly of British Columbia; all would be redirects to whichever is chosen for the main title; and there should be a dab line on this page (Exec Council) and on the Legislative Assembly page about the colonial-equivalent articles.Skookum1 19:29, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Cabinet offices in Vancouver
During the Harcourt or Clark years, the cabinet offices and cabinet meetings were moved to Vancouver; this may still apply, I'd beit it does....there's a particular date this happened on, and at the time much editorial content on how it marked a shift in the de facto capital-city nature of Vancouver (vs de jure for Victoria, which yes is where nearly all ministries are still HQ'd). I think the Office of the Cabinet; or I guess Office of the Executive Council, is or was in Robson Square.Skookum1 (talk) 20:37, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

removed image
The logo of the Ministry of the Solicitor-General and Public Safety was provided as a sample ministerial logo, and carried the politicized colours/design of the current government. This is not the page for Solicitor-General of British Columbia, but for the cabinet; the appropriate logo here would be hte provincial blazon, or something else suitable to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. Also I think the layout re the current cabinet is overdone; this is not about a particular Executive Council, but "all' of them; the layout is unusual in wiki-style too.Skookum1 (talk) 00:08, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

L-G included?
She is in the Privy Council, I'm not quite sure this is exactly the same thing, and she doesn't attend cabinet meetings for sure. I think she should be removed. All the ministry articles need making, along with predecessor-ministry articles/redirects, so that historical cabinet members can be listed (too many even in the last ten/twenty years to add here)Skookum1 (talk) 05:11, 8 June 2013 (UTC)