British Columbia Conservative Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party (also known as "the Tories") is a conservative political party in British Columbia, Canada. Its current leader is Wilf Hanni.

The BC Conservative Party (again)

In 1991, the party changed its name to the BC Conservative Party, but was unable to take advantage of the collapse of Social Credit that year.

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It later discussed with four other conservative parties to form the British Columbia Unity Party, but that coalition soon fell apart, and the BC Conservative Party remained as a separate entity.

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On September 1, 2004, BC Unity and the BC Conservatives announced an agreement-in-principle for the two parties to merge under the Conservative Party name.

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September 1 - 2004

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On 18 September 2004, the delegates in attendance at the BC Conservative AGM in Burnaby voted 24-13 to ratify the Agreement-in-Principle signed by party leader Barry Chilton, but this did not attain the 2/3 vote required to pass. At that point, many delegates left the convention in disgust. A new board of directors was elected immediately following the decision. A new president, Bill Smith, was elected on a promise to support the merger vote, but immediately after his election, refused to allow a motion by members of the new board to accept the majority vote on the AIP. The merger deal, therefore, fell through.

Related Topics:
18 September - 2004 - Barry Chilton

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The party nominated 7 candidates in the 2005 election, who won a total of 9,623 votes, 0.55% of the provincial total. None was elected. Three candidates, Colin Black in Okanagan-Vernon, Beryl Ludwig in Shuswap, and David James Evans in Surrey-White Rock, won over 1,000 votes each. Black won over 11.56% of the vote in his riding, while Ludwig won 9.92%. Both Black and Ludwig finished in third place.

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The BC Conservative 2005 AGM was held in Vernon on September 24, 2005. A leadership vote was called to replace Leader Barry Chilton, and subsequent to the AGM, a board meeting was held to appoint former Reform BC Leader Wilf Hanni as interim Leader. A BC Conservative leadership convention has been called for March 18, 2006.

Related Topics:
Barry Chilton - Reform BC - Wilf Hanni

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