Will there rise a demand for a BC only party with NO affiliations (in name at least) to what's offered on the national level?
Until early in the week of October 23rd, a very interesting scenario, in BC politics, was being set up. What you say? Well it appeared, at least at first glance, that perhaps for the first time in decades, the people of British Columbia might actually have more than two viable parties from which to cast a ballot for. Back in the early 1950s, British Columbians elected members to the Legislative Assembly from the Conservatives, Liberals, Social Credit, Labour and the NDP (1952 / 53). Again, in 1972 and 1975, voters sent MLA's to Victoria from the Conservatives, Liberals, Social Credit and the NDP. This time around, again at least until early last week when the BC Conservative Party bounced newly re-elected leader Dan Brooks from his post, it appeared that perhaps, we might again see members from four parties in the legislature. And with good reason. 1) The NDP are stubbornly disenfranchising one of...