Karin Kirkpatrick
Karin Kirkpatrick | |
|---|---|
| Leader of CentreBC | |
| In office March 28, 2025 – June 20, 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Mike Bernier |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for West Vancouver-Capilano | |
| In office October 24, 2020 – September 21, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ralph Sultan |
| Succeeded by | Lynne Block |
| Personal details | |
| Party | CentreBC (2025–present) |
Other political affiliations | Liberal/BC United (until 2024) Independent (2024–2025) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Karin Kirkpatrick is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) from 2020 to 2024. Elected as a member of the BC Liberal Party (later changing its name to BC United), she represented the electoral district of West Vancouver-Capilano.[1] During her time in the Legislature, she served as the Official Opposition critic for Education, Children and Family Development, and Childcare and served as the Shadow Minister for Housing, Childcare, Autism & Accessibility, Gender Equity & Inclusion.
After running unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the 2024 general election, Kirkpatrick founded the CentreBC political party after Kevin Falcon refused to resign as the leader of BC United. The party was registered with Elections BC on March 28, 2025.[2]
Political career
[edit]On February 8, 2024, Kirkpatrick announced that she would not seek re-election in the 2024 general election.[3] On September 16, she announced that she would re-enter the campaign as an independent, citing disapproval of Kevin Falcon's decision to suspend the BC United campaign and endorse the BC Conservatives.[4] She was defeated by Lynne Block of the Conservative Party in the election.[5]
Following the election, Kirkpatrick founded CentreBC after Falcon refused to resign as leader of BC United.[4] The party was registered with Elections BC on March 28, 2025.[2] Kirkpatrick served as leader of CentreBC until stepping down on June 20, 2026.[6]
Electoral history
[edit]| 2024 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Capilano | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Lynne Block | 12,050 | 46.7% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Sara Eftekhar | 7,005 | 27.1% | -3.15 | ||||
| Independent | Karin Kirkpatrick | 5,326 | 20.6% | -32.95 | ||||
| Green | Archie Kaario | 1,435 | 5.6% | -9.81 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 25,816 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Conservative gain from BC United | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Capilano | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Karin Kirkpatrick | 12,734 | 53.55 | −3.61 | $31,268.43 | |||
| New Democratic | Amelia Hill | 7,194 | 30.25 | +6.62 | $4,548.12 | |||
| Green | Rasoul Narimani | 3,664 | 15.41 | −3.80 | $9,137.14 | |||
| Independent | Anton Shendryk | 186 | 0.78 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,778 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 228 | 0.95 | +0.24 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,006 | 58.10 | –4.46 | |||||
| Registered voters | 41,315 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –5.12 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[7][8] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ Bengtson, Ben (October 24, 2020). "Election night results give Liberal Karin Kirkpatrick the projected win in West Vancouver-Capilano". North Shore News. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
- 1 2 Boegman, Anton (April 10, 2025). "REGISTRATIONS". The British Columbia Gazette. Government of British Columbia. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
- ↑ Richter, Brent (February 8, 2024). "West Vancouver MLA Karin Kirkpatrick won't seek re-election". North Shore News. Glacier Media Group. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- 1 2 "B.C. MLA Karin Kirkpatrick re-enters election as an Independent". CBC News. The Canadian Press. September 16, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ↑ "BC election 2024 results: West Vancouver-Capilano | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ↑ "CentreBC Completes Landmark First AGM: New Executive Council Elected, Constitution Adopted, Party Financially Strong". CentreBC. Vancouver. June 20, 2026. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
- ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
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