Vancouver Island Party | |
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Former provincial party | |
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 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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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.
On December 31, 2020, the Vancouver Island Party was de-registered with Elections BC. [3]
The 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]