{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Karin Kirkpatrick | image = | office = Leader of CentreBC | term_start = March 28, 2025 | predecessor = ''position established'' | office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly for West Vancouver-Capilano | term_start1 = October 24, 2020 | term_end1 = September 21, 2024 | predecessor1 = Ralph Sultan | successor1 = Lynne Block | party = CentreBC | other_party = Independent (2024–2025)<br>BC United (until 2024) | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Politician }}
'''Karin Kirkpatrick''' is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election.<ref>Ben Bengtson, [https://www.nsnews.com/news/election-night-results-give-liberal-karin-kirkpatrick-the-projected-win-in-west-vancouver-capilano-1.24226661 "Election night results give Liberal Karin Kirkpatrick the projected win in West Vancouver-Capilano"]. ''North Shore News'', October 24, 2020.</ref> She represented the electoral district of West Vancouver-Capilano as a member of BC United. She served as the Official Opposition critic for Education, Children, Family Development, and Childcare. She served as the Shadow Minister for Housing, Childcare, Autism & Accessibility, Gender Equity & Inclusion.
After running as an independent in 2024, Kirkpatrick founded the CentreBC provincial political party after Kevin Falcon refused to resign as the leader of BC United.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/kirkpatrick-registers-centrebc-party-alternative-bc-voters|title=New B.C. political party: Why CentreBC was started and who might vote for them | Vancouver Sun|accessdate=September 18, 2025}}</ref> The party was registered with Elections BC on March 28, 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boegman |first1=Anton |title=REGISTRATIONS |url=https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/bcgaz1/bcgaz1/1368083567/search/CIVIX_DOCUMENT_ROOT_STEM:(Centre%20BC)%20AND%20CIVIX_DOCUMENT_ANCESTORS:869450275?1#hit1 |website=The British Columbia Gazette |publisher=Government of British Columbia |access-date=14 June 2025 |date=10 April 2025}}</ref>
== Background == On February 8, 2024, she announced she would stand down at the 2024 British Columbia general election.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Richter |first1=Brent |date=8 February 2024 |title=West Vancouver MLA Karin Kirkpatrick won't seek re-election |url=https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/west-vancouver-mla-karin-kirkpatrick-wont-seek-re-election-8279300 |access-date=8 February 2024 |website=North Shore News |publisher=Glacier Media Group}}</ref>
On September 16, 2024, she announced she would re-enter the campaign as an independent, citing disapproval with Kevin Falcon's decision to suspend the BC United campaign, and endorse the BC Conservatives.<ref>{{cite web |title=B.C. MLA Karin Kirkpatrick re-enters election as an Independent |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/karin-kirkpatrick-independent-1.7324937 |website=CBC News |publisher=The Canadian Press |access-date=16 September 2024 |date=16 September 2024}}</ref> In the 2024 British Columbia general election, she was unseated by Conservative Party of British Columbia candidate Lynne Block.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BC election 2024 results: West Vancouver-Capilano {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10779143/bc-election-2024-results-west-vancouver-capilano/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Electoral record == {{2024 British Columbia general election/West Vancouver-Capilano}}{{British Columbia provincial election, 2020/West Vancouver-Capilano}}
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