Your Political Party of British Columbia is a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party is registered with Elections BC and has participated in the 2005 and 2009 general elections. The party advocates more transparency and accountability in government. They nominated one candidate in 2005 and two in 2009, all in the Tri-Cities area. While they have not yet elected a candidate into office, their best result was a fourth place finish with 442 votes (1.68%) in Port Moody-Westwood in 2005.
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