British Columbia Libertarian Party
Provincial political party in Canada
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The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a minor "fringe"[4] libertarian party in British Columbia, Canada, that nominated its first candidates in the 1986 provincial election.
British Columbia Libertarian Party | |
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| Leader | Alex Joehl[1] |
| President | Paul Geddes |
| Secretary | Neeraj Murarka |
| Deputy Leader | Sandra Filosof-Schipper[2] |
| Founded | February 1, 1986 |
| Headquarters | Coquitlam, British Columbia |
| Membership (2016) | 100[3] |
| Ideology | Libertarianism |
| Colours | Gold and black |
| Seats in the Legislative Assembly | 0 / 93
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| Website | |
| www | |
The party advocates for the creation of a provincial Constitution to protect property rights, and rejects federal infringement into areas of provincial jurisdiction seeking to change the division of powers to avoid secession.[5] They also stand for free speech except in cases of fraud or violence.[5] It rejects all government monopolies and collective resource ownership and promotes decentralisation and localism, decentralizing decision-making powers to local communities, families, and individuals.[6]
In the 2020 British Columbia general election the party fielded 25 candidates and received 8,360 votes, or 0.4% of the popular vote. Keith MacIntyre received 2.6% of votes in Penticton.
Leaders
Election results
| Election year | Party leader | No. of overall votes |
% of overall total |
No. of candidates run |
No. of seats won |
Presence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 341 | 0.02 | 3 | 0 / 69 |
Extra-parliamentary | |
| 1991 | 860 | 0.06 | 11 | 0 / 75 |
Extra-parliamentary | |
| 1996 | 2,041 | 0.13% | 17 | 0 / 75 |
Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2001 | did not contest | |||||
| 2005 | 1,053 | 0.06% | 6 | 0 / 79 |
Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2009 | 1,486 | 0.09% | 6 | 0 / 85 |
Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2013 | 2,050 | 0.11% | 8 | 0 / 85 |
Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2017 | Clayton Welwood[14] | 7,743 | 0.39% | 30 | 0 / 87 |
Extra-parliamentary |
| 2020 | Donald Wilson[15] | 8,360 | 0.44% | 25 | 0 / 87 |
Extra-parliamentary |
| 2024 | Alex Joehl | 1,337 | 0.07% | 4 | 0 / 87 |
Extra-parliamentary |
By-elections
| By-election | Date | Candidate | Votes | % | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver-Point Grey | March 15, 1989 | Mary Anne Nylen | 58 | 0.22 | 6/8 |
| Vancouver-Quilchena | February 17, 1994 | Walter Boytinck | 90 | 0.83 | 5/7 |
| Chilliwack-Hope | April 19, 2012 | Lewis Dahlby | 145 | 1.01 | 4/4 |
| Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | February 2, 2016 | Bonnie Boya Hu | 79 | 0.84 | 4/5 |
| Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | Paul Geddes | 157 | 1.90 | 4/4 | |
| Kelowna West | February 14, 2018 | Kyle Michael Ernest Geronazzo | 121 | 0.81 | 5/5 |
| Nanaimo | January 30, 2019 | Bill Walker | 76 | 0.32 | 6/6 |
| Vancouver-Quilchena | April 30, 2022 | Sandra Filosof-Schipper | 66 | 0.62 | 5/5 |
| Surrey South | September 10, 2022 | Jason Bax | 221 | 2.06 | 5/5 |
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