Freedom Party of British Columbia
Freedom Party of British Columbia | |
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| Former provincial party | |
| Leader | Vacant |
| President | Kenneth Montgomery Keillor |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters |
34850 Clayburn Road Abbotsford, British Columbia V2S 7Y9 |
| Ideology | Social conservatism, Laissez-faire capitalism |
| Colours | Dark blue |
| Website | |
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The Freedom Party of British Columbia was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. Several of its policies were based on fundamentalist Christian values.
The party was founded in April 2001 and it nominated two candidates in the 2001 British Columbia election: Kenneth Montgomery Keillor placed last in a field of four candidates in the riding of Abbotsford-Clayburn, winning 217 votes (1.25% of the total), and Robert Wayne McCulloch placed last in a field of 6 candidates in the riding of Abbotsford-Mt. Lehman, winning 23 votes (0.12% of the total).
It nominated two candidates in the 2005 election: Kenneth Montgomery Keillor placed fourth in a field of 5 candidates in Abbotsford-Clayburn, winning 192 votes (1.08%), and Jeremy Harold Sandwith Smyth placed last in a field of 6 candidates in Cowichan-Ladysmith, winning 79 votes (0.30%).
The party was de-registered by Elections BC in February 2009.
Election results
| British Columbia general election, 2001: Abbotsford-Clayburn | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | John van Dongen | 12,584 | 72.51% | $32,911 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kris Lind | 2,096 | 12.08% | $1,070 | ||||
| Unity | Peter Stiegelmar | 1,751 | 10.09% | $6,073 | ||||
| Marijuana | Don Fulford | 706 | 4.07% | $504 | ||||
| Freedom | Kenneth Montgomery Keillor | 217 | 1.25% | $107 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,354 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 154 | 0.89% | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,508 | 71.30% | ||||||
| British Columbia general election, 2001: Abbotsford-Mount Lehman | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Mike de Jong | 12,660 | 68.48% | $32,765 | ||||
| New Democratic | Taranjit Purewal | 2,431 | 13.15% | $2,775 | ||||
| Unity | Gloria Cavacece (Ewert) | 1,576 | 8.53% | $2,437 | ||||
| Green | Karl Hann | 1,299 | 7.03% | $223 | ||||
| Marijuana | Brian Carlisle | 451 | 2.44% | $394 | ||||
| People's Front | David MacKay | 46 | 0.25% | – | ||||
| Freedom | Robert Wayne McCulloch | 23 | 0.12% | $100 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,486 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 116 | 0.63% | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,602 | 71.44% | ||||||
| British Columbia general election, 2005: Abbotsford-Clayburn | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | John van Dongen | 11,047 | 59.95% | |||||
| New Democratic | Michael Nenn | 5,555 | 30.15% | |||||
| Green | Lance Pizzariello | 1,428 | 7.75% | |||||
| Freedom | Kenneth Montgomery Keillor | 199 | 1.08% | |||||
| Marijuana | Iain Gilfillan | 198 | 1.07% | |||||
| Total | 18,427 | 100.00% | ||||||
| British Columbia general election, 2005: Cowichan-Ladysmith | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Doug Routley | 13,402 | 50.20% | |||||
| Liberal | Graham Bruce | 10,879 | 40.75% | |||||
| Green | Cindy-Lee Robinson | 1,823 | 6.83% | |||||
| Independent | Jim Bell | 290 | 1.09% | |||||
| Democratic Reform | Brian Fraser Johnson | 223 | 0.84% | |||||
| Freedom | Jeremy Harold Sandwith Smyth | 79 | 0.30% | |||||
| Total | 26,696 | 100.00% | ||||||
See also
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