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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Progressive_Democratic_Alliance > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Progressive_Democratic_Alliance.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Democratic_Alliance > Source revision: 1317229130 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Political party in British Columbia (1993–1999)}} {{For|the party in Equatorial Guinea|Progressive Democratic Alliance (Equatorial Guinea)}} {{Infobox political party | name = Progressive Democratic Alliance | logo = | colorcode = {{Canadian party colour|BC|PDA}} | leader = [Gordon Wilson](/source/Gordon_Wilson_(British_Columbia_politician)) | founder = Gordon Wilson | founded = {{start date|1993}} | dissolved = {{end date|1999}} | successor = British Columbia Democratic Alliance | ideology = [Centrism](/source/Centrism) | position = | headquarters = | country = Canada | state = British Columbia | parties_dab1 = List of political parties in British Columbia | elections_dab1 = List of British Columbia general elections }} The '''Progressive Democratic Alliance''' ('''PDA''') was a [centrist](/source/Centrism) political party in [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada. It was founded by [Gordon Wilson](/source/Gordon_Wilson_(British_Columbia_politician)), who at the time of the party's founding in 1993 represented [Powell River–Sunshine Coast](/source/Powell_River-Sunshine_Coast) in the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_British_Columbia).{{Cite web |title=canadian content- Gordon Wilson: The Next Leader of British Columbia's NDP? |url=https://www.canadiancontent.ca/issues/0399wilson.html |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=www.canadiancontent.ca}} Wilson, previously the leader of the [British Columbia Liberal Party](/source/British_Columbia_Liberal_Party), led that party through a breakthrough in the [provincial election of 1991](/source/1991_British_Columbia_general_election), in which they rose from no parliamentary representation to [official opposition](/source/official_opposition) status.{{Cite web |title=Gordon Wilson urges British Columbians to ‘come home’ and support the BC Liberals {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/537215/gordon-wilson-urges-british-columbians-to-come-home-and-support-the-bc-liberals/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Global News |language=en-US}} He was unable to hold his caucus together, however, and was forced to call a leadership convention following revelations about his personal relationship with another member of the small Liberal caucus, [Judi Tyabji](/source/Judi_Tyabji), MLA for Okanagan East. Tyabji and Wilson were both married to others at the time; they subsequently divorced and married each other. Many in the Liberal Party believed that their relationship created at least the potential for a serious [conflict of interest](/source/conflict_of_interest). After losing the leadership challenge to [Gordon Campbell](/source/Gordon_Campbell_(Canadian_politician)), who in turn would lead the party to victory in the [2001 provincial election](/source/2001_British_Columbia_general_election), Wilson and Tyabji left the party to establish the Progressive Democratic Alliance on December 5, 1993. In the subsequent June 26, [1996 general election](/source/1996_British_Columbia_general_election), Wilson retained his seat, while all 65 other PDA candidates, including Tyabji, were defeated. The party won a total of 90,797 votes, or 5.74% of the popular vote. The PDA was disbanded by Wilson in 1999 when he joined the ruling [New Democratic Party of British Columbia](/source/New_Democratic_Party_of_British_Columbia) to become a member of Cabinet. He later ran for the provincial NDP leadership, but lost to [Ujjal Dosanjh](/source/Ujjal_Dosanjh). He lost his legislative seat in the 2001 provincial election.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-24 |title=How the North Island voted in former elections from 1991 to 2020 |url=https://www.northislandgazette.com/home/how-the-north-island-voted-in-former-elections-from-1991-to-2020-7605919 |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=North Island Gazette |language=en}} In 2004, former party activists attempted to resuscitate the PDA. Finding financial obstacles, they instead formed the British Columbia Democratic Alliance, billing it as a successor organization. == Electoral results == {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" |Election ! rowspan="2" |Leader ! rowspan="2" |Candidates ! colspan="2" |Seats ! colspan="4" |Votes |- !Seats won !+/− !Place !Votes ! % !Change |- ![1996](/source/1996_British_Columbia_general_election) |[Gordon Wilson](/source/Gordon_Wilson_(British_Columbia_politician)) |{{Composition bar|66|75|hex={{Canadian party colour|BC|PDA}}}} |{{Composition bar|1|75|hex={{Canadian party colour|BC|PDA}}}} |{{increase}} 1 |{{increase}} 4th |90,797 |5.74% |{{increase}} 5.74% |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{Cite book|title=Politics, Policy, and Government in British Columbia|author=R. Kenneth Carty|pages=355|publisher=UBC Press|date=1996|isbn=9780774805834}} * {{Cite book|title=Challenging the Public/private Divide|author=Susan B. Boyd|pages=253|publisher=University of Toronto Press|date=1997|isbn=9780802076526}} * {{Cite encyclopedia|article=Progressive Democratic Alliance|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of British Columbia|author=Daniel Francis|publisher=Harbour Publishing|date=2000|isbn=9781550172003|pages=579}} ==See also== * [List of Canadian political parties](/source/List_of_Canadian_political_parties) {{British Columbia provincial political parties}} {{Authority control}} Category:Defunct political parties in Canada Category:Political parties disestablished in 1997 Category:Political parties established in 1993 Category:Provincial political parties in British Columbia Category:1993 establishments in British Columbia Category:1997 disestablishments in British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-poli-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Progressive Democratic Alliance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Democratic_Alliance) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Democratic_Alliance?action=history)). 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