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List of political parties in British Columbia, the Glossary

Prior to 1903, there was no strong party discipline in the province, and governments rarely lasted more than two years as independent-minded members changed allegiances.^[1]

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Agrarianism

Agrarianism is a social and political philosophy that promotes subsistence agriculture, family farming, widespread property ownership, and political decentralization.

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All Nations Party of British Columbia

The All Nations Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and All Nations Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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BC New Republican Party

The BC New Republican Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada, between 2017 and 2019. List of political parties in British Columbia and bC New Republican Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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BC Refederation Party

The BC Refederation Party (abbreviated BC Refed) was a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada advocating for a direct democracy and reforms to Canadian federalism. List of political parties in British Columbia and BC Refederation Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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BC United

BC United (BCU), formerly known as the British Columbia Liberal Party or BC Liberals, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and BC United are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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BC Vision

BC Vision is a minor political party in the province of British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and BC Vision are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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British Columbia Action Party

The BC Action Party is a minor political party in British Columbia that advocates for fiscal responsibility. List of political parties in British Columbia and British Columbia Action Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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British Columbia Democratic Alliance

The British Columbia Democratic Alliance was a political party at the provincial level in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

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British Columbia Excalibur Party

The British Columbia Excalibur Party was a registered political party founded in 2013, running in the 2013 provincial election. List of political parties in British Columbia and British Columbia Excalibur Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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British Columbia Legislature raids

The British Columbia Legislature raids (also known as Railgate after Watergate) resulted from search warrants executed in 2003 on the British Columbia Parliament Buildings, the seat of the British Columbia Legislature, the government of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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British Columbia Libertarian Party

The British Columbia Libertarian Party is a libertarian party in British Columbia, Canada, that nominated its first candidates in the 1986 provincial election. List of political parties in British Columbia and British Columbia Libertarian Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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British Columbia Marijuana Party

The British Columbia Marijuana Party (abbreviated BCMP) was a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocated the legalisation of cannabis. List of political parties in British Columbia and British Columbia Marijuana Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement

The British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement was a minor political party in the province of British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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British Columbia New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and British Columbia New Democratic Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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British Columbia Party

The British Columbia Party was a right-wing political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia, founded in 1998 as a populist party by John Motiuk, a North Vancouver lawyer. List of political parties in British Columbia and British Columbia Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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British Columbia Patriot Party

The British Columbia Patriot Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and British Columbia Patriot Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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The British Columbia Social Constructive Party (also known as the Social Constructives and the BC Reconstructive Party) was formed in 1936 by a breakaway from the British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation after Robert Connell was expelled from the party over doctrinal differences. List of political parties in British Columbia and British Columbia Social Constructive Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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The British Columbia Social Credit Party, whose members are known as Socreds, was the governing provincial political party of British Columbia, Canada, for all but three years between the 1952 provincial election and the 1991 election. List of political parties in British Columbia and British Columbia Social Credit Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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British Columbia Unity Party

The British Columbia Unity Party was a political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and British Columbia Unity Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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British Columbia Youth Coalition

BC Youth Coalition is a non-partisan youth organization in British Columbia, Canada, initiated by a group of high school students. List of political parties in British Columbia and British Columbia Youth Coalition are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Cascadia movement

The Cascadia movement is a bioregional independence movement based in the Cascadia bioregion of western North America.

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Centrism

Centrism is the range of political ideologies that exist between left-wing politics and right-wing politics on the left–right political spectrum.

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Christian Heritage Party of British Columbia

The Christian Heritage Party of British Columbia (CHP-BC; formerly the British Columbia Heritage Party) is a minor provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada and a provincial wing of the federal Christian Heritage Party of Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Christian Heritage Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Christian right

The Christian right, otherwise referred to as the religious right, are Christian political factions characterized by their strong support of socially conservative and traditionalist policies.

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Citizens Action Party (British Columbia)

The Citizens Action Party (formerly the British Columbia Grey Party) was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Citizens Action Party (British Columbia) are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Communism

Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

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Communist Party of British Columbia

The Communist Party of British Columbia is the provincial section of the Communist Party of Canada in British Columbia. List of political parties in British Columbia and Communist Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Conservatism in Canada

Conservatism in Canada (conservatisme) is generally considered a movement which is primarily represented by the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada in federal party politics, as well as various centre-right and right-wing parties at the provincial level.

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Conservative Party of British Columbia

The Conservative Party of British Columbia, formerly known as the British Columbia Conservative Party or BC Conservatives, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Conservative Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Constitutionalism

Constitutionalism is "a compound of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law".

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David Eby

David Robert Patrick Eby (born July 21, 1976) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has been serving as the 37th and current premier of British Columbia since November 18, 2022, and has been serving as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP) since October 21, 2022.

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Democratic Reform British Columbia

Democratic Reform British Columbia (Democratic Reform BC or DRBC) was a progressive–centrist political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Democratic Reform British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Direct democracy

Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies.

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Economic liberalism

Economic liberalism is a political and economic ideology that supports a market economy based on individualism and private property in the means of production.

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Elections BC

Elections BC (formally the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of British Columbia) is a non-partisan office of the British Columbia legislature responsible for conducting provincial and local elections, by-elections, petitions, referendums, plebiscites in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Emerged Democracy Party of British Columbia

The Emerged Democracy Party of British Columbia was a fringe political party in the province of British Columbia, Canada, formed in August 2004, with Tony Luck as leader The party aimed to promote increased citizen participation in decision-making, and to promote more autonomy for British Columbia. List of political parties in British Columbia and Emerged Democracy Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Family Coalition Party of British Columbia

The Family Coalition Party of British Columbia was a social conservative, anti-abortion provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Family Coalition Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Fiscal conservatism

In American political theory, fiscal conservatism or economic conservatism is a political and economic philosophy regarding fiscal policy and fiscal responsibility with an ideological basis in capitalism, individualism, limited government, and laissez-faire economics.

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Freedom Party of British Columbia

The Freedom Party of British Columbia was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Freedom Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Gay Alliance Toward Equality

The Gay Alliance Toward Equality, or GATE, was one of the first Canadian gay liberation groups. List of political parties in British Columbia and gay Alliance Toward Equality are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Government of British Columbia

The Government of British Columbia (Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Green Party of British Columbia

The Green Party of British Columbia, or simply the BC Greens, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Green Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Green politics

Green politics, or ecopolitics, is a political ideology that aims to foster an ecologically sustainable society often, but not always, rooted in environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice and grassroots democracy.

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Helping Hand Party

The Helping Hand Party was a minor political party in the province of British Columbia, Canada, between 2011 and 2013. List of political parties in British Columbia and Helping Hand Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Impossibilism

Impossibilism is a Marxist theory that stresses the limited value of political, economic, and social reforms under capitalism.

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John Rustad

John Rustad (born August 18, 1963) is a Canadian politician who is the current leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia.

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Kevin Falcon

Kevin Falcon is a Canadian provincial politician who is the leader of BC United and became the Leader of the Opposition in May 2022.

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Labour candidates and parties in Canada

There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party, or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s.

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Land Air Water Party

The Land Air Water Party (abbreviated as The LAW Party) was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Land Air Water Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (Assemblée législative de la Colombie-Britannique) is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

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Libertarianism

Libertarianism (from libertaire, itself from the lit) is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value.

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Link BC

Link BC was a minor political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, describing itself as "centre-right". List of political parties in British Columbia and Link BC are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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List of political parties in British Columbia

Prior to 1903, there was no strong party discipline in the province, and governments rarely lasted more than two years as independent-minded members changed allegiances. List of political parties in British Columbia and List of political parties in British Columbia are British Columbia politics-related lists, Lists of political parties in Canada and provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Marxism–Leninism

Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideology that became the largest faction of the communist movement in the world in the years following the October Revolution.

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Municipal political parties in Vancouver

Vancouver is one of two major cities in Canada to have political parties at the municipal level, the other being Montreal. List of political parties in British Columbia and municipal political parties in Vancouver are British Columbia politics-related lists and Lists of political parties in Canada.

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Nation Alliance Party

The Nation Alliance Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Nation Alliance Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Natural Law Party of Canada

The Natural Law Party of Canada (NLPC) was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practised Transcendental Meditation.

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Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism, also neo-liberalism, is both a political philosophy and a term used to signify the late-20th-century political reappearance of 19th-century ideas associated with free-market capitalism.

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North American Labour Party

The North American Labour Party was a Canadian political party that nominated candidates in federal elections in the 1970s.

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Open government

Open government is the governing doctrine which maintains that citizens have the right to access the documents and proceedings of the government to allow for effective public oversight.

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People's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

The People's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a label used by candidates in elections in the Canadian province of British Columbia who were not endorsed by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, but who were supportive of its policies. List of political parties in British Columbia and People's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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People's Front (British Columbia)

The People's Front was the British Columbian section of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist). List of political parties in British Columbia and People's Front (British Columbia) are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness

The Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness, commonly shortened to the Platinum Party, was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Platinum Party of Employers Who Think and Act to Increase Awareness are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Populism

Populism is a range of political stances that emphasize the idea of "the people" and often juxtapose this group with "the elite".

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Progressive Democratic Alliance

The Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) was a centrist political party in British Columbia, Canada founded by Gordon Wilson, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Powell River—Sunshine Coast. List of political parties in British Columbia and Progressive Democratic Alliance are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Progressive Nationalist Party of British Columbia

The Progressive Nationalist Party of British Columbia, formerly Bloc British Columbia Party, is a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada, that was formed in 2004 to contest both provincial and federal elections on a platform of independence for British Columbia. List of political parties in British Columbia and Progressive Nationalist Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Progressivism

Progressivism is a political philosophy and movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform – primarily based on purported advancements in social organization, science, and technology.

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Provincial Party of British Columbia

The Provincial Party of British Columbia (PROV) was a political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Provincial Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Reform Party of British Columbia

The Reform Party of British Columbia (Reform BC) is an unregistered right-wing populist political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Reform Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Reformism

Reformism is a trend advocating the reform of an existing system or institution – often a political or religious establishment – as opposed to its abolition and replacement via revolution.

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Right-wing populism

Right-wing populism, also called right populism, is a political ideology that combines right-wing politics with populist rhetoric and themes.

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Rural BC Party

The Rural BC Party is a defunct minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Rural BC Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Social conservatism is a political philosophy and a variety of conservatism which places emphasis on traditional social structures over social pluralism.

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Social credit is a distributive philosophy of political economy developed in the 1920s and 1930s by C. H. Douglas.

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Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and supports a gradualist, reformist and democratic approach towards achieving socialism.

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The Social Democratic Party of British Columbia (SDPBC) was a social democratic organisation established in May 1907 by defecting members of the impossibilist Socialist Party of Canada.

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Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership.

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The Socialist Party of British Columbia (SPBC) was a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada, from 1901 to 1905. List of political parties in British Columbia and Socialist Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Sonia Furstenau

Sonia Furstenau is a Canadian politician who is currently the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia.

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Stuart Parker (politician)

Stuart Parker (born 1972) is a Canadian politician who was the acting leader of the BC Ecosocialists party in 2020 and was the leader of the Green Party in British Columbia, Canada, from 1993 to 2000.

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The Sex Party

The Sex Party was a political party based in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and The Sex Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Unparty: The Consensus-Building Party

Unparty: The Consensus-Building Party (formerly the People's Senate Party) was a political party in British Columbia. List of political parties in British Columbia and Unparty: The Consensus-Building Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Vancouver Island Party

The Vancouver Island Party (VIP) was a political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Vancouver Island Party are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Western Canada Concept

The Western Canada Concept was a Western Canadian federal political party founded in 1980 to promote the separation of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories (which included present-day Nunavut) from Canada in order to create a new nation.

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Work Less Party of British Columbia

The Work Less Party was a political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia. List of political parties in British Columbia and Work Less Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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Your Political Party of British Columbia

Your Political Party of British Columbia, or simply Your Party, is a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. List of political parties in British Columbia and Your Political Party of British Columbia are provincial political parties in British Columbia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_British_Columbia

Also known as Annexation Party of British Columbia, Political parties in British Columbia, United Party of British Columbia.

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See also

Lists of political parties in Canada

Provincial political parties in British Columbia

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