Freedom Party of British Columbia

Freedom Party of British Columbia
Freedom Party of British Columbia
Former provincial party
Leader	Vacant
President	Kenneth Montgomery Keillor
Founded	2001
Dissolved	2009
Headquarters	34850 Clayburn Road; Abbotsford, British Columbia; V2S 7Y9
Ideology	Social conservatism; Laissez-faire capitalism
Colours	Dark blue
Website
	www.kennethmontgomerykeillor.com/freedom.html
	Politics of British Columbia; Political parties; Elections;

The Freedom Party of British Columbia was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. Several of its policies were based on fundamentalist Christian values.

The party was founded in April 2001 and it nominated two candidates in the 2001 British Columbia election: Kenneth Montgomery Keillor placed last in a field of four candidates in the riding of Abbotsford-Clayburn, winning 217 votes (1.25% of the total), and Robert Wayne McCulloch placed last in a field of six candidates in the riding of Abbotsford-Mt. Lehman, winning 23 votes (0.12% of the total).

It nominated two candidates in the 2005 election: Kenneth Montgomery Keillor placed fourth in a field of five candidates in Abbotsford-Clayburn, winning 192 votes (1.08%), and Jeremy Harold Sandwith Smyth placed last in a field of six candidates in Cowichan-Ladysmith, winning 79 votes (0.30%).

The party was de-registered by Elections BC in February 2009.

A new party of the same name was created in January 2023.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Election results

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election: Abbotsford-Clayburn
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	John van Dongen	12,584	72.51	$32,911
	New Democratic	Kris Lind	2,096	12.08	$1,070
	Unity	Peter Stiegelmar	1,751	10.09	$6,073
	Marijuana	Don Fulford	706	4.07	$504
	Freedom	Kenneth Montgomery Keillor	217	1.25	$107
Total valid votes			17,354	100.00
Total rejected ballots			154	0.89
Turnout			17,508	71.30

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election: Abbotsford-Mount Lehman
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mike de Jong	12,660	68.48	$32,765
	New Democratic	Taranjit Purewal	2,431	13.15	$2,775
	Unity	Gloria Cavacece (Ewert)	1,576	8.53	$2,437
	Green	Karl Hann	1,299	7.03	$223
	Marijuana	Brian Carlisle	451	2.44	$394
	People's Front	David MacKay	46	0.25	–
	Freedom	Robert Wayne McCulloch	23	0.12	$100
Total valid votes			18,486	100.00
Total rejected ballots			116	0.63
Turnout			18,602	71.44

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election: Abbotsford-Clayburn
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John van Dongen	11,047	59.95
	New Democratic	Michael Nenn	5,555	30.15
	Green	Lance Pizzariello	1,428	7.75
	Freedom	Kenneth Montgomery Keillor	199	1.08
	Marijuana	Iain Gilfillan	198	1.07
Total			18,427	100.00

v t e 2005 British Columbia general election: Cowichan-Ladysmith
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Doug Routley	13,402	50.20%
	Liberal	Graham Bruce	10,879	40.75%
	Green	Cindy-Lee Robinson	1,823	6.83%
	Independent	Jim Bell	290	1.09%
	Democratic Reform	Brian Fraser Johnson	223	0.84%
	Freedom	Jeremy Harold Sandwith Smyth	79	0.30%
Total			26,696	100.00%

References

^ Magher, Jennifer (25 March 2023). "Manifestation à Surrey contre des politiques intégrant l'identité de genre dans les écoles". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2023-04-28.
^ Thayarapan, Arrthy (Jun 15, 2023). "Anti-SOGI protesters bring Surrey school board meeting to a halt". cbc.ca. Retrieved Jun 15, 2023.
^ Burns, Anna (2023-09-21). "Opposing sides clash at Surrey anti-SOGI rally". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
^ Burns, Anna (2023-11-07). "Petition filed to recall Surrey MLA Rachna Singh". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
^ Bower, Angela. "Surrey protest against SOGI in B.C. schools | CityNews Vancouver". vancouver.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
^ Burns, Anna (2023-03-26). "Saturday's anti-SOGI protest in Surrey was a missed opportunity to educate, says Surrey teacher". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved 2023-11-13.

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[1] Magher, Jennifer (25 March 2023). "Manifestation à Surrey contre des politiques intégrant l'identité de genre dans les écoles". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2023-04-28.

[2] Thayarapan, Arrthy (Jun 15, 2023). "Anti-SOGI protesters bring Surrey school board meeting to a halt". cbc.ca. Retrieved Jun 15, 2023.

[3] Burns, Anna (2023-09-21). "Opposing sides clash at Surrey anti-SOGI rally". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved 2023-11-13.

[4] Burns, Anna (2023-11-07). "Petition filed to recall Surrey MLA Rachna Singh". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved 2023-11-13.

[5] Bower, Angela. "Surrey protest against SOGI in B.C. schools | CityNews Vancouver". vancouver.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-13.

[6] Burns, Anna (2023-03-26). "Saturday's anti-SOGI protest in Surrey was a missed opportunity to educate, says Surrey teacher". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved 2023-11-13.

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v t e Provincial political parties in British Columbia
Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly	New Democratic (47) Conservative (44) Green (2)
Other parties recognized by Elections BC that contested the 2024 election	Christian Heritage Communist Freedom Libertarian
Parties recognized by Elections BC that did not contest the 2024 election	Action Cascadia Direct Democracy BC United Vision Party of Citizens Your Political Party
Historical parties represented in the Legislative Assembly	Democratic Reform Federated Labour Liberal People's Progressive Democratic Provincial Reform Social Constructive Social Credit Social Democratic Socialist Unionist United

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