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Newborn Party Still Alive
Royal City Record (November 27, 2004) It
appears that the newest political party in B.C. is picking up steam. Matthew
Laird, the 27-year-old New Westminster-based president of the B.C. Democratic
Coalition (BCDC), said his party fully expects to have a sitting independent
MLA
Work of Citizens Assembly Endorsed
October 27, 2004 The BC Democratic Coalition and Reform BC
endorse the Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform decision on a model for
electoral reform. The group, composed of ordinary people, worked nearly a year
in collecting information, listening to proposals and voted nearly four to one
for the recommended avenue of change. In their joint news release BCDC Leader
Tom Morino and Reform BC Vice President Erle Martz expressed strong disagreement
with Adriane Carr of the Green Party and disappointment at the lack of respect
and consideration Ms. Carr had displayed for the people of the Citizens
Assembly.
B.C. fringe parties merge, take aim at political centre
Times
Colonist (October 8, 2004) Langford lawyer Tom Morino said Thursday that British
Columbians are hungry for a moderate, middle-of-the-road party as he announced a
merger between his B.C. Democratic Alliance, the Reform Party of B.C. and a
handful of smaller parties. The new party, which is to be formally named during
a leadership convention on the Lower Mainland in late January, will include at
least one current MLA, Morino added.
Letter to the Editor of the Penticton Western News
While the rest
of news media in the province was reporting the coalition formed between the
BCDC and Reform BC, the Penticton Western News and other papers in the BC
Newspaper Group reported: This week saw the creation of the B.C. Democratic
Alliance, a party created by Tom Morino, a Vancouver Island town councilor and
lawyer and a founder of the BC Liberal Party. Policy and Communications Chair
Robert Allington points out that to be a founder of the BC Liberals, Morino
would have to be over 100 years old and that the BC Democratic Alliance was
created in March not October.
Press Conference at the BC Legislature
Thursday October 7, 2004, on
the steps of the BC Legislature, reporters surrounded BC Democratic Coalition
Leader Tom Morino and Reform BC President Shirley Abraham to hear about the
coalition they have formed to contest the October 28th by-election in
Surrey-Panorama Ridge. The two leaders also announced an agreement-in-principle
to amalgamate the two parties thus providing BC voters with a new made-in-BC
choice for the May 2005 provincial general elections.
Press Release - Notice of Press Conference at the Legislature
The
British Columbia Democratic Coalition announces that BCDC Leader Tom Morino, and
Shirley Abraham, President of Reform BC Time will hold a joint press conference
on the rear steps of the BC Legislative Assembly Building in Victoria at 11:30
a.m, Thursday October 7, 2004 to announce the creation of a new political
coalition to contest the forthcoming by-election in Surrey-Panorama Ridge.
City man helps form political coalition
Royal City Record
(September 22, 2004) When B.C. voters go to the polls on May 17, a new moderate
party will be on the ballot. The B.C. Moderate Democratic Movement, B.C.
Democratic Alliance, Citizens Action Party and LinkBC announced yesterday in
New Westminster that they will join forces to fill the vacuum in the political
centre. We realized that we can't work against each other, says Matthew Laird,
leader of the Moderate Democratic Movement and a New West resident.
Renaissance for Democracy
In New Westminster, Tuesday September 21,
2004, the leaders of four political parties joined hands and raised them high,
to cheer the birth of new political party--the B.C. Democratic Coalition. The
coalition brought together members of the B.C. Democratic Alliance, the Citizens
Action Party, BC Link and the BC Moderate Democratic Movement.
BC Democratic Alliance party takes shape
Coast Reporter (September
07, 2004) A new political party wants to enter the election ring. The BC
Democratic Alliance (BCDA) has taken over the void left by the Progressive
Democratic Alliance, which was deregistered in 1999 when Gordon Wilson left it
to join the NDP.
BC Has New Political Party
CTV (March 21, 2004) British Columbians
will now have another choice when they go to the polls. Sooke city councilor Tom
Morino launched BC's newest political party outside the Legislature this
morning. It's called the BC Democratic Alliance, and so far it's made up of just
four directors. Morino says British Columbians are tired of politics as usual
and the new party will offer an alternative to the Liberals and the NDP.
Old party could rise again
CBC Vancouver (January 19, 2004) Old
party could rise again--the Progressive Democratic Alliance. Tom Morino, a
former member of the BC Liberal Party, has applied to Elections BC to
re-register the PDA party. The PDA was
Another choice for BC voters
CBC Vancouver (January 8, 2004)
Another choice for BC voters -- a new middle-of-the-road alternative political
party in BC Former BC Liberal Tom Morino plans to apply to Elections BC to
re-register the defunct Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA).
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