FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12, 2021
VICTORIA – 2020 annual financial reports for political parties and constituency associations are now available. These reports include information previously disclosed on the 2020 Provincial General Election financing reports, and by political parties required to file interim financial reports in 2020.
The table below shows the total political contributions raised by each major party in 2020:
|
Political party |
Total political contributions raised in 2020 |
|
BC Green Party |
$1,477,676.92 |
|
BC Liberal Party |
$3,582,358.82 |
|
BC NDP |
$6,302,084.45 |
A total of 19 reports were required to be filed by the March 31, 2021 deadline. One party, BC Ecosocialists, did not file a report by the deadline and may file their report by June 30, 2021 with a $100 late filing fee.
In addition to political contributions raised, reports are required to contain:
Political parties must also disclose the details of contributions made to the party, its constituency associations and its candidates, where the contributor gave more than $250 in total.
Links:
Scanned annual reports (political party and constituency association)
Political party and constituency association political contribution data
Political party combined contribution data
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Elections BC
Phone: 250-387-1709
Email: Andrew.Watson@elections.bc.ca
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