2025 Provincial Council Elections
Information
AGM date: November 16, 2025
For our 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM), there are five internal party positions up for election.
Provincial Council is the elected volunteer body responsible for the governance of the BC Green Party. As a governance board, the Provincial Council provides broad strategic direction, high-level goals for the Party, and oversight of party operations and finances. It plays a critical role in the healthy operation of our party and its success in the legislature and elections. Being part of the BC Greens’ Provincial Council allows you to take a leadership role while utilizing your skills in a meaningful way.
The Provincial Council is made up of private sector and non-profit professionals and community representatives who care about the future of BC and want to have a positive impact. To meet the challenges and effectively lead this dynamic organization, we are looking for candidates with the skills, experience and knowledge to help with our high-level strategic planning and governance. Previous Board experience is not required, although an asset.
The Ombuds are there for our members should they wish to lodge a complaint against any member(s) or committee(s) of the Party’s Provincial Council, candidates, riding association executives or at-large members whom they believe to be in violation of the BC Green Party’s Constitution, Bylaws or Rules, its Code of Ethics or Representative Code of Conduct.
Please note that these are volunteer positions.
Open Positions
There are currently six open Provincial Council positions for 2-year terms:
- Vice-Chair
- Secretary
- Councillor-at-large
- Regional Representative – Lower Mainland
- Regional Representative – Vancouver Island & South Coast
- Regional Representative – Okanagan-Kootenays
See here for the ridings covered by each Regional Representative.
There is one open Ombud position for a 2-year term:
- Ombud – As per our Bylaws, only applications from those identifying as female or non-binary will be accepted for this Ombud position as the currently filled Ombud position is held by a male.
Please familiarize yourself with the responsibilities of the Provincial Council and Ombuds roles.
Members may only apply to be a candidate for one position per election.
Election Rules
The BC Green Party is governed by its Constitution, Bylaws, the BC Societies Act, and by the decisions taken or rules approved by the Provincial Council from time to time as per Section 12 of the Bylaws.
In June 2021, the Provincial Council determined that for AGMs members will vote using a preferential ballot where they rank their preferred candidates. On the ballot, there will be a none-of-the-above option; consequently, all positions will be voted upon by members, and no candidate will be acclaimed. The Election Rules are available here.
Voting will be open from Sunday, November 2nd, to Saturday, November 15th. As per the election rules, voting is available over 14-days.
If you cannot vote online due to a technology barrier, such as not having a unique email address, please email nominations@bcgreens.ca.
Applications will be open until Monday, September 22nd, 2025 at 3 PM PT.
Eligibility Requirements
Provincial Council eligibility and general requirements
- You are a member in good standing of the BC Green Party, which means your dues are current, you are a resident of British Columbia and either a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
- You are a member of only one provincial political party, the BC Green Party.
- You are considered eligible to run as per the 2022 Approved Bylaws, Section 6.4.
- If you are an applicant for a Regional Representative position your primary address is within the region for which you are applying to serve.
- As a Provincial Council member, you are willing to dedicate at least 3-5 hours per week of personal time and effort to council work, including:
- Attending meetings by teleconference;
- The time between meetings preparing materials and reading reports;
- Time spent serving on Council sub-committees; and
- Attendance at four in-person meetings per year (including the AGM).
- The ability to effectively communicate and collaborate in a team environment in which much of the work takes place virtually.
- Ideally, you have previous governance experience.
- Through previous volunteer or work experience, you have demonstrated excellent leadership skills.
- A strong belief in the purpose and six core principles of the BC Green Party and a commitment to applying them to the party’s management.
- A familiarity with and support for BC Green Party policy, 2024 platform and governance documents (Constitution and bylaws, Code of representative conduct and Code of ethics).
- Access to the Internet and familiarity with online collaboration tools, web-meeting platforms, word processors, spreadsheets, presentation programs, the ability to view such documents, and the ability to read and understand financial statements.
- A very high standard of personal ethics.
Values and principles
- Always act in good faith and in a manner which they believe is in the best interest of the party and membership as a whole, contribute to discussions as part of decision-making, and respect Provincial Council decisions on all issues.
- Respect the confidentiality of in-camera discussions and privileged information.
- Make certain the party has clear long, medium, and short-term plans that can be developed and measured realistically.
- Work to support and ensure the success of the Party’s Strategic Plan.
- To openly recognize and declare actual or potential conflicts of interest and to recuse themselves from those discussions.
Other skills and qualities
- Basic understanding of financial reports.
- Understanding of legal requirements and implications relevant to political parties, governing boards, and corporations.
- Governance experience – that is, a previous role in a non-profit, corporation, or political party’s board of directors.
- Well-connected in your community.
- An ability to collaborate and build an environment of trust, understanding and openness.