British Columbia Marijuana Party

Canadian political party advocating cannabis legalization

British Columbia Marijuana Party

Former provincial party
Abbreviation| BCMP
President| Marc Emery
Founded| 2000 (2000)
Dissolved| 2019 (2019)
Headquarters| 307 Hastings St W.
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6B 1H6
Ideology| Legalization of marijuana
Colours| Tan, Green
Seats in Legislature|

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The British Columbia Marijuana Party (abbreviated BCMP) was a minor political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia that advocated the legalisation of cannabis.

The BCMP was formed following the 2000 federal election. Marc Emery, the founder and current president of the party, formed the party the day after the 2000 vote. The BCMP made provincial history during the 2001 provincial election that came six months later, by being the only party to ever field candidates in all of the province's ridings during their first election campaign.[1]

Brian Taylor served as the party's first leader during the 2001 provincial election. Taylor had been a prominent cannabis activist and was the former mayor of Grand Forks.[2]

The Marijuana Party was excluded from the televised leaders' debate, even though they were running more candidates than either the Green Party or the Unity Party, both of which were included. BC Marijuana Party members protested during the televised debate.[3]

In 2001, the party won 51,206 votes, 3.22% of the popular vote. Teresa Taylor, daughter of leader Brian Taylor, captured the party's highest popular vote total with 1,136 and polled 5.6% in the conservative Okanagan-Westside district.[4]

After the election, Dana Larsen became leader,[5] followed by Marc Emery when Larsen switched to the New Democratic Party in 2003.[6][7]

Emery also remains as president and chief organizer, despite having faced extradition to the United States for selling marijuana seeds from Canada by mail order.[8]

In the 2005 election, the party fielded 44 candidates, who won a total of 11,519 votes, or 0.64% of the province-wide total.

Before the 2009 election, the party announced it would endorse Green Party candidates in every riding across the province. However, it would run two candidates to continue its party status; those candidates would also openly endorse the Green candidate in that particular constituency.[9] The party ran two candidates in the 2013 election and no candidates in the 2017 election. The party de-registered with Elections BC effective October 2019.[10]

## See also

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* List of British Columbia political parties
* Legal issues of cannabis
* Marijuana parties
* Marijuana Party of Canada

## References

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1. ^ "Marijuana Party makes BC History". Archived from the original on 2007-06-14.
2. ^ "Marijuana Party Readies For BC Election".
3. ^ "Smoking Mad".
4. ^ "CN BC: Marijuana Party Candidate Scores Decent Numbers".
5. ^ "Pot activists gear up for BC election | Cannabis Culture Magazine". Cannabisculture.com. 2005-02-04. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
6. ^ "Canada: Ex-Marijuana Party Leader To Run For NDP In Federal Election". Mapinc.org. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
7. ^ "CN BC: Ex-Marijuana Party Leader Goes To NDP". Mapinc.org. 2003-12-12. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
8. ^ "No Extradition for the BC3!". 21 January 2008. Archived from the original on 2007-12-31.
9. ^ "B.C. Marijuana Party endorses Green candidates for 2009 Provincial Election". Archived from the original on 2010-02-04.
10. ^ "Deregistration Financial Report" (PDF). Elections BC. October 23, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.

## External links

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* BC Marijuana Party
* POT-TV – A website owned by Marc Emery which promotes marijuana culture and legalization
* Cannabis Culture Magazine, edited and published by Marc Emery

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Provincial political parties in British Columbia

Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly|

* New Democratic (55)
* BC United (24)
* Conservative (4)
* Green (2)
* Independent (2)

Other parties recognized by Elections BC
that contested the 2020 election|

* Christian Heritage
* Communist
* Libertarian
* Vision

Parties recognized by Elections BC
that did not contest the 2020 election|

* Action
* Cascadia
* Direct Democracy
* Freedom
* 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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Marijuana Party of Canada

Party wings|

| Federal|

* Marijuana Party of Canada

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Provincial|

* Quebec

Historical|

* British Columbia
* Manitoba
* Nova Scotia
* Saskatchewan

Leaders|

| Federal|

* St-Maurice
* Longley

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Provincial|

* Emery (BC)
* St-Onge (QC)

Federal election candidates|

* 2000
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2011

See also|

* Cannabis in Canada

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Cannabis in Canada

Legal history

By location|

* Alberta
* British Columbia
* Manitoba
* New Brunswick
* Newfoundland and Labrador
* Northwest Territories
* Nova Scotia
* Nunavut
* Ontario
* Prince Edward Island
* Quebec
* Saskatchewan
* Yukon
* Canadian Indian reserves

Legislation|

* An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances)
* Cannabis Act

Political advocacy|

* Bloc pot (Quebec)
* British Columbia Marijuana Party
* Marijuana Party (federal)
* Saskatchewan Marijuana Party

People|

* Jodie Emery
* Marc Emery
* Grant Krieger
* Dana Larsen
* Blair Longley
* Ron Marzel
* Marc-Boris St-Maurice
* Hugô St-Onge
* Brian Taylor

Media|

* Bad Seeds
* Canadian Strain
* The Culture High
* Grass (1999)
* Hidden Harvest
* Pot TV
* Romancing Mary Jane
* The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
* Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It
* Voulez-vous coucher avec God?

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