People's Front (British Columbia)

The People's Front was the British Columbian wing of the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada. The leader of the People's Front was the late Charles Boylan.

People's Front
Former provincial party
Leader	Charles Boylan
Dissolved	May 31, 2017
Headquarters	26-3313 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Port Moody, British Columbia V3H 2E4
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Colours	Red
Politics of British Columbia Political parties Elections

In the 2001 British Columbia election, it nominated 11 candidates, received a total of 720 votes (0.34% of the vote in the ridings in which they ran, and 0.05% of the province-wide vote). The PF candidates ran last in all but one of 11 ridings, and no candidate won more than 1% of the popular vote.

The party nominated five candidates for the 2005 election. They won a total of 383 votes (0.02% of the province-wide vote).

After failing to run any candidates in the 2013 and 2017 general elections, the party was deregistered on May 31, 2017.[1]

Election results

Election	Candidates	Total votes	Popular vote	Riding	Candidate	Votes	Popular vote in riding
1986	8	1,502	0.08%
				Surrey-Newton	Santokh Dhesi	37	0.13%
				Vancouver Centre	Brian Sproule	144	0.21%
				Vancouver East	Joseph Theriault	94	0.13%
				Vancouver-Little Mountain	Dorothy Jean O'Donnell	128	0.16%
				Vancouver-Little Mountain	Allan H. Bezanson	111	0.14%
				Vancouver-Point Grey	Allen Soroka	120	0.14%
				Vancouver South	Charles Boylan	513	0.66%
				Vancouver South	Harbhajan Cheema	355	0.46%
2001	11	720	0.05%
				Abbotsford-Mount Lehman	David MacKay	46	0.25%
				Cariboo North	Al Charlebois	24	0.15%
				Cariboo South	Bruce Broomfield	83	0.50%
				Richmond-Steveston	Edith Petersen	21	0.10%
				Vancouver-Burrard	Joseph Theriault	40	0.17%
				Vancouver-Fairview	Brian Sproule	76	0.33%
				Vancouver-Hastings	Charles Boylan	119	0.63%
				Vancouver-Kingsway	Donna Petersen	81	0.49%
				Vancouver-Langara	Michael Hill	51	0.29%
				Vancouver-Point Grey	Anne Jamiesonx	43	0.18%
				Yale-Lillooet	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	136	0.84%
2005	5	383	0.02%
				Bulkley Valley-Stikine	Frank Martin	41	0.32%
				Comox Valley	Barbara Biley	49	0.17%
				Vancouver-Kensington	Charles Boylan	99	0.47%
				Vancouver-Kingsway	Donna Petersen	77	0.39%
				Yale-Lillooet	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	115	0.66%
2009	4	401	0.02%
				Chilliwack-Hope	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell
				Comox Valley	Barbara Biley	120	0.41%
				Vancouver-Hastings	Donna Petersen	75	0.38%
				Vancouver-Kingsway	Charles Boylan	112	0.67%

Source:

• "Statement of Votes: 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. 1986. pp. 355–356. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
• "Statement of Votes: 37th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. 2001. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
• "Statement of Votes: 38th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. 2005. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
• "Statement of Votes: 39th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2011.

Finances

Annual Financial Report
Year	Income	Expenses	Assets	Reference
2000	$0	$20	$0	[2]
2001	$1,303	$1,286	$17	[3]
2002	$90	$90	$17	[4]
2003	$94	$111	$0	[5]
2004	$0	$0	$0	[6]
2005	$0	$0	$0	[7]
2006	$0	$0	$0	[8]
2007	$0	$0	$0	[9]
2008	$0	$0	$0	[10]
2009	$0	$0	$0	[11]
2010	$0	$0	$0	[12]

Election Expenses
Election	Income	Expenses	Surplus/Deficit	Reference
2001	$375	$357	$18	[13]
2005	$0	$0	$0	[14]
2009	$0	$0	$0	[15]

References

1. Deregistration Form BC Elections.
2. "Annual Financial Report: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2000. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
3. "Annual Financial Report: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2001. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
4. "Annual Financial Report: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2002. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
5. "Annual Financial Report: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2003. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
6. "Annual Financial Report: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
7. "Annual Financial Report: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
8. "Annual Financial Report: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
9. "Annual Financial Report: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
10. "Annual Financial Report: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
11. "Annual Financial Report: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
12. "Annual Financial Report: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
13. "Election Financing Report - Political Party: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2001. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
14. "Election Financing Report - Political Party: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2005. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
15. "Election Financing Report - Political Party: People's Front" (pdf). Elections BC. 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2011.