2020 BC Green Party Leadership Contestant Financing Reports Available

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 2020

VICTORIA – The 2020 BC Green Party leadership contestant financing reports are now available on the Elections BC website.

Links:

• Scanned reports: https://bit.ly/3oZKUdS
• Political contribution data:
  • Cam Brewer https://bit.ly/38edgtQ
  • Kim Darwin https://bit.ly/2ZT5Ngd
  • Sonia Furstenau https://bit.ly/3ms8rSZ

The deadline for filing the leadership contestant financing reports with the Chief Electoral Officer was December 14, 2020. These reports are required to contain the following information on leadership contestant financial activities:

• political contributions accepted
• contestant expenses incurred, including a summary of advertising expenses by class
• transfers of money, goods or services received and given
• fundraising function information
• other income received and expenditures made
• loans and guarantees

The BC Green Party announced the leadership contest in November 2019. Sonia Furstenau was selected as leader on September 14, 2020.

Three leadership contestants were required to file financing reports by December 14, 2020. All contestants filed the required reports by the deadline.

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Contact:
Melanie Hull
Communications Advisor
Elections BC
Phone: 778-974-3276
Email: Melanie.Hull@elections.bc.ca
Website: elections.bc.ca

Elections BC is the independent, non-partisan Office of the Legislature responsible for administering electoral processes in British Columbia under provincial legislation, including the Election Act, Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, Recall and Initiative Act and Referendum Act.