The Vancouver Island Party (VIP) was a political party in British Columbia, Canada. Robin Richardson, a former Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (1979–1980), led the party until November 2019.[2] The party proposed that Vancouver Island secede from British Columbia and become Canada's 11th province.
Vancouver Island Party | |
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| Former provincial party | |
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| Leader | Robin Richardson (2016–2019) |
| Founded | June 16, 2016 |
| Dissolved | December 31, 2020 |
| Headquarters | PO BOX 36064, Unit 209 Victoria, British Columbia V9A 1J5 |
| Ideology | Vancouver Island provincehood[1] Progressivism Environmentalism |
| Seats in Legislature | 0 / 87 |
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| Website | |
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On December 31, 2020, the Vancouver Island Party was de-registered with Elections BC.[3]
Provincial elections
editThe party intended to have candidates in each of the 14 ridings on Vancouver Island for the provincial election on May 9, 2017,[4] but only fielded four, all in the Greater Victoria area. None of its candidates were elected.[5]
It did not run any candidates in the 2020 British Columbia general election, but remained registered as a political party as of November 2020.[6]
On December 31, 2020, the Vancouver Island Party was de-registered with Elections BC.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Vision & Mission". vanisleparty.com. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Robin Richardson Ph.D. has resigned as Leader of the Vancouver Island Party". Vancouver Island Party. November 15, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ Richardson, Robin (December 23, 2020). "Vancouver Island Party will be deregistered with Elections BC". The Vancouver Island Party. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ Zussman, Richard (June 22, 2016). "New political party pushing for province of Vancouver Island". Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ "BC Liberals cut to minority with Greens holding balance of power", The Globe and Mail, 10 May 2017
- ^ Elections BC List of Current Registered Political Parties, accessed November 16, 2020.
- ^ Richardson, Robin (December 23, 2020). "Vancouver Island Party will be deregistered with Elections BC". The Vancouver Island Party. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
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