British Columbia New Democratic Party

British Columbia New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) is a social-democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the official opposition to the governing British Columbia Liberal Party following the 2009 provincial election in British Columbia.

The BC NDP is the provincial arm of the New Democratic Party of Canada. Unlike other parties in Canada, where provincial and federal politics are strictly separated and members of one are not necessarily members of the other, NDP members are members of both the federal party and the provincial party.

Read more about British Columbia New Democratic Party:  Creation of The New Democratic Party, Barrett Government, The 1990s, The Clark Years, Recovery, Leaders, Election Results

Famous quotes containing the words democratic party, british, columbia, democratic and/or party:

    “The Democratic Party is like a mule. It has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity.”
    —Ignatius Donnelly (1831–1901)

    “A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly democratic; for democracy, rightly understood, is the government of the people, by the people, for the benefit of Senators, and there is always a danger that the British Minister may not understand this political principle as he should.”
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)

    “Although there is no universal agreement as to a definition of life, its biological manifestations are generally considered to be organization, metabolism, growth, irritability, adaptation, and reproduction.”
    —The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition, the first sentence of the article on “life” (based on wording in the First Edition, 1935)

    “The respect for human rights is one of the most significant advantages of a free and democratic nation in the peaceful struggle for influence, and we should use this good weapon as effectively as possible.”
    —Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

    “A party is perpetually corrupted by personality.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)