The BC New Republican Party was a minor

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, Canada, between 2017 and 2019. It was founded in January 2017 and was based in

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with Wei Chen as its leader. Chen had previously been the leader of the Nation Alliance Party and a candidate for the BC Conservative Party in the 2013 general election. In the 2017 general election, its sole candidate was Lawrence Chen, who ran in the

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constituency. Chen was defeated and came in fifth place out of five candidates running. The party was de-registered by

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effective October 2019.

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