BC Election: Talks underway for a fourth political party [Video]

With British Columbians living in political limbo with the spectre of an election possible at any time, some frustrated politicians and disaffected party members are discussing the possibility of a fourth political party.

After BC United leader Kevin Falcon announced in August that he wouldn’t be fielding any candidates in this month’s election, centrist voters described feeling politically homeless with the right-wing BC Conservatives and centre-left NDP as the dominant options.

“There are people all over British Columbia trying to start parties in their basements and we’re communicating a lot through WhatsApp some other ways to just say ‘let’s just step back, let’s see what happens in the election, and let’s try and build something,’” said Karin Kirkpatrick, who holds the seat for BC United in West Vancouver-Capilano.

She was elected as a BC Liberal in 2020 and still believes that name and brand has cache, so she and others are considering reviving it as a centrist option – but she knows they can’t dally with a shaky minority government all but certain.

“There’s …