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The leader of British Columbia’s second-youngest political party is making her pitch to voters. Karin Kirkpatrick is the leader of CentreBC, which was founded in March – just a few months before the Conservative Party of BC spin-off OneBC was created. She’s a former BC United/BC Liberal MLA who represented a riding in West Vancouver between 2020 and 2024. When BC United was eclipsed last year by the BC Conservatives – and after her then-leader, Kevin Falcon, agreed to clear the way for John Rustad’s party – Kirkpatrick tried to hold onto her riding as an independent. Despite winning more than 20 per cent of the vote, she was beaten by her BC Conservative rival. Now, having had several months to regroup after last October’s election, Kirkpatrick’s back in the game: and she’s gunning for both the BC NDP and the BC Conservatives ...  CLICK HERE for the full story    

... to really take off, CentreBC would also need to pick up at least a couple MLAs from the Conservatives who are willing to defect. That would give the party official status at the legislature, additional funding and a presence on the day-to-day political scene ... ... “The reality is the BC Conservatives are the right-of-centre option for people,” Milobar said. “I think that was proved out in the election" ... CLICK HERE for the full story

BC history shows that the right can't win when it's divided When British Columbia’s newest political party, CentreBC, launched on Thursday, NDP Premier David Eby wished it “the best of luck.” Eby’s well-wishes were no doubt genuine, as BC’s political history shows that any significant vote split on the right has resulted in an NDP government every time ... CLICK HERE for the full story

Former MLA Karin Kirkpatrick has launched a new political party, Centre BC, after abandoning attempts to get Kevin Falcon to step down as leader of BC United, formerly BC Liberals. Kirkpatrick said she was left politically homeless when Falcon withdrew BC United from last year's provincial election campaign — and so were many political centrists like her ... "We've seen so much divisive conversation in politics over the last year … a lot of people in British Columbia were looking for an alternative that was more balanced" ... CLICK HERE for the full story

Karin Kirkpatrick was supposed to be retired from public life by this point. Instead, the former West Vancouver-Capilano MLA is founding CentreBC, a new provincial party that aims to – as the name suggests – find a path to victory through the political centre  ... CLICK HERE for the full story

There could be another option for the next provincial election after Karin Kirkpatrick, a former B.C. United MLA for West Vancouver - Capilano, registered a new party with Elections B.C. Named CentreBC, the new party is Kirkpatrick’s effort to provide voters a centrist alternative to what she sees as the left-wing NDP government and the right-wing Conservative opposition, she says ... CLICK HERE for the full story

It takes a lot for Gordon Campbell to come out of retirement and wade into B.C. politics, but a new candidate from BC United — the latest in a series of impressive new recruitments — appears to have done the trick. The former premier has publicly endorsed Caroline Elliott as BC United’s new candidate in West Vancouver-Capilano, to replace retiring MLA Karin Kirkpatrick . . . CLICK HERE for the full story