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Die Non-Partisan Association (NPA, dt. Nichtparteiliche Vereinigung) ist eine lokale politische Partei in der kanadischen Stadt Vancouver. Sie wurde 1937 gegründet und versteht sich als Mitte-rechts-Bewegung. Die NPA ist vor allem bei Unternehmern stark verankert.
Nonpartisanship, also known as nonpartisanism, is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias towards, a political party. [1]
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Early years
The NPA was established by Vancouver's business leaders on November 13, 1937, to counteract the growing influence of the CCF. Fearful of a CCF victory in the Vancouver municipal election on December 8, 1937, provincial politicians from the then-ruling BC Liberal Party launched an initiative to create a pro-business municipal party to challenge the CCF. The NPA's first chairman was Victor Odlum, a prominent member of Vancouver's business and political elite who had served as a Liberal MLA from...
21st century
Jennifer Clarke was chosen to be the NPA's mayoral candidate for the 2002 municipal election, as opposed to the then-incumbent mayor Philip Owen. Owen had been in disagreement with the rest of the party leadership due to his support for harm reduction programs in the Downtown Eastside, although Clarke stated she was also in favour of such programs. The NPA ultimately lost the mayoral race, as well as its majority on city council that it had maintained since 1986. Long-time city councillor Sam...
The NPA held a majority on Vancouver City Council from 1941 to 1967, 1970 to 1972, 1978 to 1980, 1986 to 2002, and from 2005 to 2008.[citation needed] It held the mayor's office from 1941 to 1958, from 1963 to 1966, from 1986 to 2002, and from 2005 to 2008. However, it has elected only three of the last eight mayors since 1972. Over the years, its ...
Smith, Andrea Barbara (1981). The Origins of the NPA: A Study in Vancouver Politics 1930–1940(MA). University of British Columbia.
- NPA
- David Mawhinney
- November 13, 1937
Nonpartisan democracy (also no-party democracy) is a system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections take place without reference to political parties. Sometimes electioneering and even speaking about candidates may be discouraged, so as not to prejudice others' decisions or create a ...
A nonpartisan organization, in American politics, is a non-profit organization organized United States Internal Revenue Code that qualifies certain non-profit organizations for tax-exempt status because they refrain from engaging in certain political activities prohibited for them.
Nonpartisan or non-partisan may refer to: General political concepts. Nonpartisanism, co-operation without reference to political parties; Non-partisan democracy, an election with no official recognition of political parties; Nonpartisan politician, independent or non-party politician; Specific political parties
Die Non-Partisan Association ist eine lokale politische Partei in der kanadischen Stadt Vancouver. Sie wurde 1937 gegründet und versteht sich als Mitte-rechts-Bewegung. Die NPA ist vor allem bei Unternehmern stark verankert. Ihr Name soll verdeutlichen, dass Parteipolitik zur Lösung von Problemen auf lokaler Ebene ungeeignet sei ...
