The British Columbia Democratic Coalition (BCDC) was a short-lived coalition of minor political parties in

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, Canada. It was founded in September 2004 to bring together four minor parties: the British Columbia Democratic Alliance, the

British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement The British Columbia Moderate Democratic Movement was a minor political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. *In 2004, it joined with the British Columbia Democratic Alliance, the Citizens Action Party and Link BC to form the British ...

, the Citizens Action Party and

Link BC Link BC was a minor political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, describing itself as "centre-right". In September 2004, it joined with the British Columbia Democratic Alliance, the Citizens Action Party and the British Columbia ...

. The

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joined shortly thereafter. On October 19, 2004, Link BC and CAP left the coalition, citing concerns that the group was too-closely associated with Gordon Wilson. They vowed to merge under the Link BC name

The BCDC entered negotiations with Reform Party of British Columbia, Reform BC to merge and the two jointly nominated

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in the Surrey-Panorama Ridge byelection, who ran under the Reform Banner. On January 15, 2005, the coalition merged with the

All Nations Party of British Columbia The All Nations Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. Its primary base of support was the First Nations aboriginal peoples of Canada. In the 2001 provincial election, the All Nations Party nominated six First Nations can ...

into a new party called

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. Formation of the party The party was brought together by Tom Morino as an attempt to recr ...

. Reform BC did not join the new party, however many of its prominent members, including the party president and much of its board, left Reform BC to join the new party.

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