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The Conservative Party of British Columbia, commonly known as the BC Conservatives and colloquially known as the Tories, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. [2] It is the main rival to the governing British Columbia New Democratic Party and forms the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
BC United (BCU), known from 1903 until 2023 as the British Columbia Liberal Party or BC Liberals, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party has been described as conservative , neoliberal , and occupying a centre-right position on the left–right political spectrum .
The election saw a broad political realignment in British Columbia; [2] amid a resurgence for the Conservative Party of British Columbia, the official opposition BC United (formerly the BC Liberals) withdrew from the race a little over a month before the election to avoid splitting the vote.
The last BC Conservative MLA elected was Victor Albert Stephens—in a 1978 by-election. The United Conservative Party which forms the government in Alberta, was a merger of the "Progressive Conservative Association" and the Wildrose Party.
Conservative Party of British Columbia (known as the Progressive Conservative Party from 1942 to 1991) 1903 Conservatism, right-wing populism, Social conservatism: John Rustad: 44 1903–1933, 1937–1956, 1971–1979, 1986, 2012, 2023–present 1903–1916, 1928–1933, 1941–1952 Green Party of British Columbia: 1985 Green politics: Sonia ...
The Conservatives, reunited under Frank Porter Patterson, form the Opposition. 31 8 7 – 2 48 1941: The Liberals, led by Premier Pattullo, win a plurality of seats and form a coalition, led by Liberal John Hart over Pattullo's objection, with the third-place Conservative Party. The CCF, under Harold Winch, form the Opposition. 21 14 12 – 1 ...
The Social Credit Party terminated merger discussions, the Alberta Alliance merged with the Wildrose Party of Alberta to create the Wildrose Alliance, and the Alberta Party has shifted to become a centrist party. In 2017, the renamed Wildrose Party and the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta merged to form the United Conservative Party.
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia [a] (BC NDP) is a social democratic [4] political party in British Columbia, Canada.The party sits on the centre-left [5] [6] of the political spectrum and is one of the two major parties in British Columbia; since the 1990s, its rival was the centre-right BC United (formerly known as the BC Liberals) until the Conservative Party of British Columbia ...