Candidates and Peace River

b.c: Fifteen minor parties are running 79 candidates and 35 people are going it alone, according to CBC. To dream the impossible dream the major ambitions of B.C.'s 'minor' parties Who's running in the 2017 B.C. election But what's equally interesting is how candidates break down by different demographics and professions and what the differences are between various parties. The B.C. Liberals and NDP nominated a full slate of 87 candidates, the Green Party nominated 83 only missing out on Skeena, Stikine, Peace River North and Peace River South. On gender, NDP make history For the first time in B.C. history, over half the candidates from a major party are women. All three increased their number of female candidates by at least 20 per cent compared to 2013. !function e,t,s,i var The NDP's milestone didn't come without some controversy a party policy ensuring that retiring white male MLAs had to be replaced in their ridings by a woman or equity-seeking man resulted in controversies in Columbia River-Revelstoke and Cowichan Valley. The NDP has female candidates in 44 of the province's 87 ridings, compared to 36 for the B.C. Liberals, and 33 of the Green Party's 83 candidates. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.