British Columbia Action Party

British Columbia Action Party
Active provincial party
LeaderVacant
PresidentJohn Crocock[1]
Founded2001 (original)
2013 (relaunch)
Headquarters2205-13700 Mayfield Pl Richmond, BC V6V 2E4[2]
IdeologyFiscal conservatism[3]
Website
www.bcactionparty.ca

The BC Action Party is a minor political party in British Columbia that advocates for fiscal responsibility.[4]

It nominated six candidates in the 2001 British Columbia election. These candidates won 1,718 votes (1.31% of the total in the ridings in which they ran). BCAP candidates ran in ridings in Okanagan, Kelowna and Surrey, and placed last in all six ridings. The party's best showing was in Okanagan Westside, where its candidate won 921 votes (4.4% of the total). The party was de-registered by Elections BC on February 24, 2003.[5]

A new party with the same name was registered on October 18, 2013.[6] It nominated two candidates in the 2017 provincial election, neither of whom was elected.[7] It ran no candidates in the 2020 provincial election.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Directors". British Columbia Action Party. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Registered Political Parties" (PDF). Elections BC. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ^ Wood, Graeme (26 April 2017). "Election: Past Conservative starts new party to stress fiscal prudence". Richmond News. Glacier Media Group. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ^ "BC Action Party". Student Vote. Civix. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Volume CXLIII, No. 10". The British Columbia Gazette. Government of British Columbia. 6 March 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Volume CLIII, No. 43". The British Columbia Gazette. Government of British Columbia. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. ^ "BC Liberals cut to minority with Greens holding balance of power", The Globe and Mail, 10 May 2017



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