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The Green Party of British Columbia, or simply the BC Greens, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1983 and is based in Victoria. The party won its first seat in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.
Adriane Carr – Vancouver city councillor (2011–present), former deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada (2006–2014), former leader of the Green Party of British Columbia (2000–2005, 1983–1985). [8] Pete Fry – Vancouver city councillor (2018–present), candidate for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant in 2016 by-election. [8]
Sonia Furstenau (born June 8, 1970) is a Canadian politician who is currently the leader of the Green Party of British Columbia. Furstenau served as the MLA for Cowichan Valley from 2017 until 2024, when she unsuccessfully attempted to switch constituencies.
The Green Party of British Columbia, a green centre-left, was led by Sonia Furstenau. It won 3 seats in the previous election but had been reduced to 2 seats by the time the 2020 election was called. The Green Party supported the minority NDP government by providing confidence and supply. It ran candidates in 74 out of the 87 ridings. [45]
In the 2017 election, Weaver was reelected and the BC Green Party increased their share of the popular vote to 16.8% from 8.13%. Weaver was joined by BC Green MLAs Sonia Furstenau and Adam Olsen, forming the first BC Green Caucus in the province's history. [22] The election resulted in a hung parliament, with the Greens holding the balance of ...
Jeremy Valeriote is a member of the Green Party of British Columbia representing the riding of West Vancouver-Sea to Sky. He was first elected in the 2024 British Columbia general election. [1] [2] He was the first BC Green elected on the B.C. mainland.
Carr has been the BC Green Party leader on two separate occasions. She was the party's leader in the 1983 provincial election , held shortly after the party's founding. Carr ran in the two-member electoral district (called a riding in Canada) of Vancouver-Point Grey , and finished last in a field of eight candidates with 1549 votes.
Stuart Parker (born 1972) is a Canadian politician who was the acting leader of the BC Ecosocialists party in 2020 [citation needed] and was the leader of the Green Party in British Columbia, Canada, from 1993 to 2000.