Burnaby Green Party
HeadquartersBurnaby, British Columbia
IdeologyGreen politics
Political positionCentre-left
Seats on the
City Council
1 / 9
Website
www.burnabygreenparty.com

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Rick McGowan". Victoria, BC: Green Party of British Columbia. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Mclaren, Carrie (30 June 2011). "Green Party to Run Candidates for Burnaby City Hall". Burnaby, BC: Burnaby Municipal Green Party. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Granger, Grant (2 August 2011). "Green Party to field candidates in Burnaby city council election". BC Local News. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Candidate Profiles" (PDF). Burnaby, BC: City of Burnaby. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Candidates". Burnaby Green Party. Burnaby, BC: Burnaby Green Party. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "D.O.A's Joe Keithley elected to Burnaby city council as Greens make inroads". Global News. 21 October 2018. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Staff Reporter (20 October 2018). "BCA council monopoly broken as Greens elect Joe Keithley". Burnaby, BC: Burnaby Now. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.


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