- RBSC-ARC-1394-424-08
- File
- 1996; 2001 (predominant)
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2001 resolutions committee materials
- RBSC-ARC-1394-433-09
- File
- 2001
File contains primarily copies of forms and handouts used by the resolutions committee for the 2001 convention.
6.0 resolutions - emergency resolutions
- RBSC-ARC-1394-434-03
- File
- 2001
Legal proceedings, investigations, and inquiries
- Series
- [1989-2001? (with photocopied materials originally dating ca. 1958-1999)]
Series consists of three subseries relating to court cases, commissions of inquiry, investigations, and related events that involved or significantly impacted the New Democratic Party or its members.
1) Files related to the David Stockell case
2) Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society records
3) Files related to Robin Blencoe
Loose documents related to the Smith Commission of Inquiry (4)
- RBSC-ARC-1394-375-02/375-04
- File
- [photocopied ca. 1999-2001]
Contains primarily financial documents related to the NDP, the NCHS, and other related organizations, ca. 1980-1995.
Provincial Secretary's correspondence 2001 A-Z
- RBSC-ARC-1394-471-03/04/05
- File
- 2001
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-06
- File
- March-April 2001
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-10
- File
- March 2001
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-13
- File
- [2001?]
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, and a candidate biography for Kris Lind.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-24
- File
- [2001?]
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, and a candidate biography for Christine Muise.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-31
- File
- [2001?]
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, and a candidate biography for Erda Walsh.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-32
- File
- [2001?]
Contains an electoral district map from Elections BC, and a candidate biography for Maurine Karagianis.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-43
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Jamie Brennan
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-44
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Corky Evans.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-45
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Graeme Bowbrick, and several samples of campaign literature.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-49
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Sheila Paterson, and a photograph of the candidate.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-51
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Troy Sebastian, and samples of campaign literature.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-54
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Elmer Kabush, and samples of campaign literature.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-55
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Naga Terada.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-58
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Todd Whitcombe, and a photograph of the candidate.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-65
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for David Cubberley.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-66
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Wayne Fowler.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-67
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Helmut Giesbrecht.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-69
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Sue Hammell.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-71
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Bruce Ralston, and a sample of campaign literature.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-72
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Barry Bell.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-74
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Matt Todd.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-80
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Alicia Barsallo.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-82
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Jenny Kwan and a sample of campaign literature.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-83
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Am Johal, and samples of campaign literature.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-86
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Steve Orcherton.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-413-89
- File
- [2001?]
Contains a candidate biography for Barrie Macleod.
Provincial election 2001 questionnaire responses F-Z
- RBSC-ARC-1394-414-05
- File
- 2000 - 2001 (predominantly 2001)
- RBSC-ARC-1394-424-01
- File
- [2000-2001?]
1.0 convention arrangements - correspondence
- RBSC-ARC-1394-433-10
- File
- 2001
1.0 convention arrangements - convention manual
- RBSC-ARC-1394-433-11
- File
- [photocopied 2001? (original 1993)]
7.0 groups - honorary life members
- RBSC-ARC-1394-434-04
- File
- 2000 - 2001
2001 provincial election records
- Subseries
- [2000-2001? (originals photocopied 1996-2001)]
Records in this subseries relate to BC NDP activity surrounding the 37th provincial general election in BC, held on May 16, 2001. Though the Party ran a full slate of 79 candidates in the 2001 election, the BC NDP’s public perception was still suffering as a result of the media-dubbed “Bingogate scandal” which had led to Glen Clark’s resignation as Premier in August of 1999. Under the leadership of Ujjal Dosanjh, the former Attorney General of BC who had successfully won the NDP leadership race in February of 2000, the New Democratic Party succeeded in retaining only 2 of their previous 39 seats in the provincial legislature, those of incumbents Joy McPhail (Vancouver-Hastings) and Jenny Kwan (Vancouver-Mount Pleasant). The BC Liberals, under the leadership of former Vancouver mayor Gordon Campbell, won the remaining 77 seats. The next provincial election was not held until 2005.
The records in this series were received by RBSC in one box; though their contents suggest multiple individual creators, it is difficult to determine at a file-by-file level which files were created by whom. Based on an examination of the contents of the files and notes supplied by the appraising archivist, the likely creators of these files are Ed Lavalle, Provincial Secretary and Acting Campaign Manager for the 2001 election, and either the Director of Communications or David Bieber, Communications Officer for the BC NDP.
Materials in this subseries include correspondence, polls, candidate nomination materials, public communications, campaign literature, media clippings, notes, meeting agendas and minutes, candidate biographies and photographs, financial documents, and other related materials. Certain items not directly related to the election were intermingled with loose materials discovered in the box; they have been left in their received order and can be found in file 415-01.
- Series
- 1993-2001 (predominantly 1996-2000)
Records in this series relate to several Recall campaigns initiated under the Recall Initiative Act, against NDP party members and other elected officials ca. 1996-2000.
The Recall and Initiative Act was first introduced by the Attorney General to the Legislative Assembly as Bill 36, in June of 1994, received Royal Assent on July 8 1994, and was brought into force by Order in Council on February 24, 1995. It was amended September 1, 1995 as a result of changes to the Election Act, and consolidated in the 1996 Revised Statutes of British Columbia as RSBC 1996 Chapter 398. As of 2011, British Columbia is the only province with Recall legislation in place. Almost immediately following the act’s adoption, the NDP found Recall campaigns initiated against several of its MLA’s, most notably in Skeena, Comox Valley, and Prince George North.
The Recall and Initiative Act is administered by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). According to Elections BC, Recall is, “is a process that allows registered voters to petition for the removal of a Member of the Legislative Assembly between elections. Any registered voter can apply to have a petition issued for the recall of their MLA. …A Member cannot be recalled during the first 18 months after their election.” Within 60 days of successfully filing a recall petition, Recall proponents must collect signatures in support of the recall from at least 40% of the registered voters in an MLA’s riding for the motion to succeed. No specific rules or limitations govern the reasons for initiating recall. As of 2011, the CEO has overseen 24 recall campaigns, of which 23 have been unsuccessful, and in the final case, Liberal MLA Paul Reitsma resigned before the results could be tallied.
Following the 1996 Provincial election, recall campaigns were initiated in Prince George North (MLA Paul Ramsey, proponent Pertti Harkonen) and Skeena (MLA Helmut Giesbrecht, proponent G. Lorne Sexton), days after the 18 month suspension following election expired. Shortly after, another major campaign began in Comox Valley (MLA Evelyn Gillespie, proponent Robert Saint Amour). Several of these MLA’s further experienced secondary recall campaigns, but the majority of these were never submitted to the CEO within the required 60 days. A third recall campaign was initiated against Paul Ramsey (proponent former Liberal MLA Bob Viergever), but was also never submitted. In several ridings, supporters of the elected MLA’s formed anti-recall groups and campaigns, such as the Citizens for Local Democracy in Prince George North, the Skeena Taxpayer’s Association, and the Comox Valley Citizens Concerned About Fairness. A dispute between Prince George North recall proponent Pertti Harkonen and CEO Robert Patterson regarding which of the voters' lists provided by the CEO to the recall campaign should be used as the basis for determining the success or failure of the campaigns led to a judicial review, Harkonen v. Patterson. Other attempts to begin campaigns, including a “Recall Glen Clark” campaign, and a "Total Recall" campaign (in which proponents sought to recall all elected NDP officials), are also covered by the series. In 1998, following allegations of fraud, confusion around the act, and overspending on the part of MLA’s, forensic accountant Ronald Parks, of Lindquist Avey Macdonald Baskerville, was engaged by CEO Robert Patterson to investigate and report back (known as the Parks Report, 1999). In 1998, following a December 1997 interview with Paul Ramsey for the Vancouver Province (reporter Donald Hauka), Ramsey launched a libel suit against Hauka, Ben Meisner of CKPG Radio in Prince George, and Pacific Press for misinterpreting a statement he made, and repeating this misinterpretation with defamatory statements (Ramsey v. Pacific Press). The case was eventually settled out of court.
Records in this series include financial documents, correspondence, media clippings, public communications, copies of legislation and court documents, and other records related to recall initiatives in British Columbia.
Outgoing correspondence 2000-2001
- RBSC-ARC-1394-470-02/03
- File
- January 2000 - June 2001
February 2000 correspondence and court documents
- RBSC-ARC-1394-347-06
- File
- 2000
Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP members and the Provincial Secretary, other party members, and other law firms; drafts and copies of legal documents; telephone opinion poll results; and other publicity related to the case.
June 2000 correspondence and court documents
- RBSC-ARC-1394-347-13
- File
- 2000
Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP members and the Provincial Secretary, other party members, and other law firms; drafts and copies of legal documents; one copy of a HELP BC publicity mailout.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-351-01
- File
- April 2000
Contains several folders with NDP material from 1996, with a cover letter from David Bieber to Ian Aikenhead (one of the legal counsel for the respondents). Materials in the folders include radio and TV advertisements, general messaging, constituency material, press releases and media questionnaires, and fact sheets.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-351-02
- File
- April 2000
Contains copies of news clippings collected by David Bieber (Communications officer for the BC NDP) for review and use by Ian Aikenhead, one of the legal counsel for the respondents.
- RBSC-ARC-1394-351-05
- File
- [2000?]
Contains two draft "Notes for submissions on behalf of the respondents Hon. Sue Hammell and Hon. Graeme Bowbrick" and related documents, speaking notes for the cross-examination of Leonard Friesen, and a transcript of a television interview with David Stockell, April 11, 2000.
Court documents - book of authorities of the respondent, Ed Conroy, vol. I
- RBSC-ARC-1394-354-01
- File
- [2000?]
Research material - 1996 Liberal election materials
- RBSC-ARC-1394-355-04
- File
- February 29, 2000
Research material - David Stockell information
- RBSC-ARC-1394-355-05
- File
- February 24, 2000
Contains news clippings, Hansard transcripts, and other information about David Stockell.
Court documents - motion, submissions, and case authorities on behalf of Hammell and Bowbrick
- RBSC-ARC-1394-356-01
- File
- April 10, 2000
Court documents - court exhibits
- RBSC-ARC-1394-356-03/04
- File
- [2000?]