Vancouver Island Party

The Vancouver Island Party (VIP) is a political party in British Columbia, Canada. Robin Richardson, a former Progressive Conservative Member of the Parliament of Canada (1979–80), led the party until November 2019.[2] The party formed on June 16, 2016.[3] The party proposes that Vancouver Island secede from British Columbia and become Canada's 11th province in 2021.

Vancouver Island Party
Active provincial party
Leadervacant
FoundedJune 16, 2016 (2016-06-16)
HeadquartersPO BOX 36064, Unit 209
Victoria, British Columbia
V9A 1J5
IdeologyVancouver Island provincehood[1]
Progressivism
Environmentalism
Seats in Legislature
0 / 87
Party flag
Website
www.vanisleparty.com

Provincial elections

The party intended to have candidates in each of the 14 ridings on Vancouver Island for the provincial election on May 9, 2017,[4] but only fielded four, all in the Greater Victoria area. None of its candidates were elected.[5]

It did not run any candidates in the 2020 British Columbia general election, but remains registered as a political party as of November 2020.[6]

References
  1. "Vision & Mission". vanisleparty.com. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  2. "Dr. Robin Richardson Ph.D. has resigned as Leader of the Vancouver Island Party". Vancouver Island Party. November 15, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  3. Vancouver Island to Become a New Province.
  4. Zussman, Richard (June 22, 2016). "New political party pushing for province of Vancouver Island". Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  5. "BC Liberals cut to minority with Greens holding balance of power", The Globe and Mail, 10 May 2017
  6. Elections BC List of Current Registered Political Parties, accessed 16 Nov 2020.
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