BC New Republican Party

The BC New Republican Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada, between 2017 and 2019. It was founded in January 2017 and was based in Richmond with Wei Chen as its leader. Chen had previously been the leader of the Nation Alliance Party^[1] and a candidate for the BC Conservative Party in the 2013 general election.^[2]

BC New Republican Party
Historical provincial party
Leader	Wei Chen
Founded	2017 (2017)
Dissolved	2019 (2019)
Headquarters	1107-11871 Horseshoe Way Richmond, British Columbia V7A 5H5
Politics of British Columbia Political parties Elections

In the 2017 general election, its sole candidate was Lawrence Chen, who ran in the Richmond-Queensborough constituency. Chen was defeated and came in fifth place out of five candidates running.^[3] The party was de-registered by Elections BC effective October 2019.^[4]

See also

• List of political parties in British Columbia

References

1. "Registered Political Parties" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
2. "Fringe candidates emerge". Richmond News. Richmond, BC. April 14, 2017. p. A9.
3. "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
4. "Deregistration Financial Report" (PDF). Elections BC. October 10, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 20, 2019.