Following the same-same 2009 election results, the BC NDP Caucus was looking to move past the status quo, but were divided on the path forward. To break the impasse, Carole James resigned as leader. Her replacement was Vancouver-Kingsway MLA Adrian Dix, a talented leader who had a strong distaste for negativity in politics. Dix believed the public wanted positive solutions to BC’s problems and that the NDP should provide them ‘one careful step at a time.’ For much of the lead-up to the 2013 election the NDP led in the opinion polls and it looked as if Gordon Campbell and the BC Liberals would soon be out of office. So, Gordon Campbell stepped down.
Dix emerges victorious
