Media Advisory: 2018 Annual Financial Report Late Filing Deadline

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 2, 2019

VICTORIA – The late filing deadline for the 2018 annual financial reports for registered political parties and registered constituency associations has passed. The late filing deadline was June 28, 2019.

A total of 93 annual financial reports were required to be filed by the April 1, 2019 filing deadline. Two political parties did not file by the deadline and were required to file by June 28, 2019 with a $100 late filing fee:

  • British Columbia Conservative Party
  • British Columbia People’s Party

The British Columbia Conservative Party filed their report by the late filing deadline with the late filing fee. The British Columbia People’s Party did not file their report by the late filing deadline and has been subsequently deregistered as a political party.

Elections BC’s Financial Reports and Political Contributions system allows the public to search and download political contribution data and view scanned images of financial reports filed under the Election Act.

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

Elections BC is an independent, non-partisan Office of the Legislature responsible for administering electoral processes in B.C. in accordance with the Election Act, Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, Recall and Initiative Act, and Referendum Act.