Draft:CentreBC
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Comment: Without sustained coverage, I don't see a reason for this to exist separately from Karin Kirkpatrick's article. jlwoodwa (talk) 01:27, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
CentreBC | |
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| Leader | Karin Kirkpatrick[1] |
| President | Carol Fielding[2] |
| Founder | Karin Kirkpatrick |
| Founded | March 28, 2025 |
| Split from | BC United |
| Headquarters | 1300-1500 West Georgia Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6G 2Z6 |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Seats in the Legislative Assembly | 0 / 93
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| Website | |
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CentreBC is a provincial political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The party is led by Karin Kirkpatrick, who was the MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano from 2020 to 2024. The party split from BC United (formerly known as the BC Liberals) in 2025 due to BC United leader Kevin Falcon's refusal to resign as leader following his controversial decision to suspend BC United's 2024 election campaign. The party will attempt to run a full slate of 93 candidates in the 44th British Columbia general election.[3]
History
[edit]Two years before the foundation of CentreBC, the British Columbia Liberal Party changed their name to BC United on April 12, 2023. This was to reflect that the BC Liberals had not been affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada since 1987, and had occupied the right-wing of the British Columbian political spectrum as the primary opponent of the left-leaning New Democratic Party since the 1990s. The name change may also have been motivated in order to further separate themselves from the federal Liberals whose support nationwide had been collapsing under prime minister Justin Trudeau. However, this rebrand was widely seen as a failure, with support for BC United crashing in the provincial opinion polls, with much of their supporters switching to the Conservative Party of British Columbia under leader John Rustad. By August 14, 2024, BC United was projected to earn just 10% of the popular vote and lose all their seats in the upcoming 2024 British Columbia general election. On August 28, BC United leader Kevin Falcon announced that he had suspended the party's election campaign and would be endorsing the BC Conservatives. This decision was criticized by many BC United MLAs including Karin Kirkpatrick, who called on Falcon to resign. Kirkpatrick decided to continue running as an independent in the next election along with 16 other former BC United candidates, although none of them were elected.
In February 2025, Kirkpatrick called on Falcon to resign again, however Falcon refused to do so, claiming that the funds needed to hold a leadership election would further sink the now indebted party into financial ruin.[4] On March 28, 2025, Kirkpatrick founded CentreBC as a new political party, to serve as an option for moderate British Columbian voters stuck between the Conservatives and the New Democrats.
References
[edit]- ^ "Registered Political Parties - Information" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
- ^ "Our Team". CentreBC. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
- ^ "Former MLA Karin Kirkpatrick officially launches CentreBC". CentreBC. April 10, 2025. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
- ^ DeRosa, Katie (February 6, 2025). "Calls grow for Kevin Falcon to resign as B.C. United leader, but the party says now's not the time". CBC News. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
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