Burnaby Green Party Explained

Burnaby Green Party
Colorcode:
  1. 3B9D48
Ideology:Green politics
Position:Centre-left
Headquarters:Burnaby, British Columbia
Country:Canada
State:British Columbia
Seats1 Title:Seats on the
City Council

The Burnaby Green Party is a municipal political party in Burnaby, British Columbia. It was founded as the Burnaby Municipal Green Party in 2011 by Rick McGowan.[1]

In 2011, the party nominated five candidates for the municipal elections,.[2] [3] [4]

The party ran a slate of 8 candidates in the municipal election on 20 October 2018 with 6 candidates for city council and 2 for school trustee.[5]

In October 2018, party candidate Joe Keithley was elected to city council and Christine Cunningham was elected as a trustee to the Burnaby school board.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rick McGowan. Green Party of British Columbia. en. 7 February 2017. Victoria, BC. https://web.archive.org/web/20170208035207/http://www.bcgreens.ca/bnd. 8 February 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Mclaren. Carrie. 30 June 2011. Green Party to Run Candidates for Burnaby City Hall. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170208040231/https://sites.google.com/site/burnabymunicipalgreens/home/media/july-30-media-release. 8 February 2017. 7 February 2017. Burnaby Municipal Green Party. Burnaby, BC. en. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Granger. Grant. 2 August 2011. Green Party to field candidates in Burnaby city council election. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170208035904/http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/126636983.html. 8 February 2017. 7 February 2017. BC Local News. en.
  4. Web site: Candidate Profiles. 7 February 2017. City of Burnaby. Burnaby, BC. en.
  5. Web site: Candidates . Burnaby Green Party . Burnaby Green Party . 21 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181022073516/https://www.burnabygreenparty.com/candidates . 22 October 2018 . Burnaby, BC . live . dmy-all .
  6. News: D.O.A's Joe Keithley elected to Burnaby city council as Greens make inroads . 21 October 2018 . Global News . 21 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181022073728/https://globalnews.ca/news/4579862/d-o-as-joe-keithley-elected-to-burnaby-city-council-as-greens-make-inroads/ . 22 October 2018 . en . live . dmy-all .
  7. News: Staff Reporter . BCA council monopoly broken as Greens elect Joe Keithley . 21 October 2018 . Burnaby Now . 20 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181022073653/https://www.burnabynow.com/elxnbby18/election-2018/bca-council-monopoly-broken-as-greens-elect-joe-keithley-1.23471117 . 22 October 2018 . Burnaby, BC . live . dmy-all .

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