2020 Fourth Quarter Interim Financial Reports Available

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 3, 2021

VICTORIA – Political party interim financial reports for October 1 to December 31, 2020 are now available.

 

Political contribution data

Filer	Total political contributions from October 1 to December 31, 2020	Link to political contribution data
BC Green Party	$902,708.66	https://bit.ly/36HaMVc
BC Liberal Party	$1,514,729.54	https://bit.ly/39JS2pR
BC NDP	$2,910,094.18	https://bit.ly/36CskBE

 

Scanned reports

• BC Green Party – https://bit.ly/36FdJp1
• BC Liberal Party – https://bit.ly/39K6a2w
• BC NDP – https://bit.ly/3oMQ1xr

Interim financial reports are required for parties that receive annual allowances (per vote subsidies). The three parties above were eligible to receive an annual allowance in 2020.

The deadline for filing reports for the interim period ending December 31 was February 1, 2021.

The interim financial reports are required to contain the following information for the period from October 1 to December 31, 2020:

• political contributions accepted during the interim reporting period
• transfers of money or other property or services given or received during the interim reporting period
• prohibited political contributions received during the interim reporting period but returned to the contributor or paid to the Chief Electoral Officer

Political parties also reported contributions accepted during the 2020 Provincial General Election in their election financing reports. The reporting period for election financing reports was from January 1 to October 24, 2020 (General Voting Day for the 2020 election).

Contributions received by these political parties between October 1 and October 24, 2020 are required to be reported in both the election financing and interim financial reports. This includes reporting the names of contributors who gave more than $250 during the reporting period.

All reports for the fourth quarter of 2020 were received by the February 1, 2021 deadline.

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Contact:
Andrew Watson
Director, Communications
Elections BC
Phone: 250-387-1709
Email: Andrew.Watson@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.