The BC Action Party was a minor
political party
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in
British Columbia
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, Canada. It nominated six candidates in the
2001 British Columbia election. These candidates won 1,718 votes (1.31% of the total in the ridings in which they ran). BCAP candidates ran in ridings in Okanagan, Kelowna and Surrey, and placed last in all six ridings. The party's best showing was in Okanagan Westside, where its candidate won 921 votes (4.4% of the total). The party was later de-registered by the BC elections commission
A new party with the same name was registered in October 2013 a provincial political party to field candidates in British Columbia provincial elections. It nominated two candidates in the
2017 provincial election, neither of whom was elected.
"BC Liberals cut to minority with Greens holding balance of power", The Globe and Mail, 10 May 2017
/ref> It ran no candidates in the 2020 British Columbia general election.
See also
* 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. MLAs were elected under a myriad of party labels many as Independents, and no ...
References
Action Party
Defunct political parties in Canada
Political parties established in 2001
Action Party
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