Vancouver Island Party

Vancouver Island Party
Active provincial party
Leader Robin Richardson
Founded June 16, 2016
Headquarters The Vancouver Island Party, PO BOX 36064,
Unit 209
Victoria, British Columbia
V9A 1J5
Ideology Vancouver Island Regionalism
Vancouver Island Separatism
'Pro-Canadian Provincehood'
Seats in Legislature
0 / 87
Party flag
Website
www.vanisleparty.com

Vancouver Island Party or The VanIsle Party[1] is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party leader is Robin Richardson, who was a former Progressive Conservative Member of the Parliament of Canada in 1979-80. The party was formed in June 16, 2016[2]. The party proposes that Vancouver Island secede from British Columbia and become Canada's 11th province in 2021.

2017 provincial election

The party intended to have candidates in each of the 14 ridings on Vancouver Island for the provincial election on May 9, 2017,[3] but only fielded four, all in the Greater Victoria area. None of its candidates were elected.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.vanisleparty.com/
  2. ↑ http://www.vanisleparty.com/vancouver-island-to-become-a-new-province/
  3. ↑ Zussman, Richard (June 22, 2016). "New political party pushing for province of Vancouver Island". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "BC Liberals cut to minority with Greens holding balance of power", The Globe and Mail, 10 May 2017
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