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2000 to 2010: The Party Moves On
At the Green Party of BC's Annual General Meeting in 2000, Stuart Parker lost a vote of confidence and a leadership contest was called. Provincial Council appointed Tom Hetherington interim leader. In September 2000, Adriane Carr, a well known environmentalist and one of the founders of the BC Green Party, was elected leader with a 64% majority.
When leadership changes in this way a certain amount of ill-will is expected and this case was no exception. Parker, most of his supporters, and the Greens who had been elected at the municipal level, left the party.
In the 2001 provincial election, BC Greens ran 72 candidates (out of a total possible of 77) under the leadership of Adriane Carr. The Party achieved 12.4% of the popular vote. Carr received 27% in Powell River Sunshine Coast. Seven candidates got more than 20% and a further 11 were between 15 and 20%.
Andrea Reimer, then of the Vancouver Green Party, was elected as Trustee to the Vancouver School Board in the 2002 civic election.
In the 2005 provincial elections, the Green Party of BC ran candidates in all 79 ridings. The party won 9.2% of the total vote across the province. Deputy Leader Dennis Perry in West Vancouver Garibaldi received 26% and placed second in this riding, the best ever placement by a Green Party candidate in a provincial election. Leader Adriane Carr in Powell River Sunshine Coast received 25%.
In the 2005 civic elections, Victoria Green Party candidate Sonya Chandler was elected councillor. Well known Green Andy Shadrack was elected as Rural Director, Area D, Kootenay Boundary Regional District and Jane Sterk became a councillor for the Township of Esquimalt, topping the polls in her municipality. BC Green party members won in 17 local government elections.
On September 24th, 2006, Adriane Carr announced her intention to step down as leader at the end of November, 2006. Between November 2006 and April 2007, deputy leader Angela Reid assumed leadership duties. On April 21 Provincial Council appointed Christopher Ian Bennett to the position of interim leader and called a leadership race.
On October 22, 2007, Jane Sterk was elected leader of the Green Party of BC. She and party chair Walter Meyer zu Erpen spent 2008 bringing financial and administrative stability to the party. During that time the party paid off $30,000 in long term debt and retired a deficit of $15,000.
In the 2008 local government elections, Victoria Green Sonya Chandler was re-elected to Victoria Council and she was joined by Philippe Lucas. Vancouver Greens entered into an agreement with Vision Vancouver and Stuart MacKinnon was elected to the Vancouver Parks Board. Andy Shadrack was re-elected in the Kootenays with an overwhelming majority. Many other Greens won seats in their local area.
In the May 2009 election, GPBC fielded a full slate of 85 candidates under the leadership of Jane Sterk. The party achieved 8.2% of the popular vote. The Green Party of BC is the only political party that did not go into debt to finance its election campaign. While the result was disappointing, by resolving its financial issue, the party has positioned itself well for 2013. The policy presented was robust and solution oriented. At $1.27 per vote, ours was the most efficient campaign.