Karin Kirkpatrick

Karin Kirkpatrick is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election.^[1] 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.

Karin Kirkpatrick
Leader of CentreBC
Incumbent
Assumed office March 28, 2025
Preceded by	Office established
Member of the Legislative Assembly for West Vancouver-Capilano
In office October 24, 2020 – September 21, 2024
Preceded by	Ralph Sultan
Succeeded by	Lynne Block
Personal details
Political party	CentreBC
Other political affiliations	Independent (2024–2025) BC United (until 2024)
Residence(s)	West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Politician

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.^[2] The party was registered with Elections BC on March 28, 2025.^[3]

Background

On February 8, 2024, she announced she would stand down at the 2024 British Columbia general election.^[4]

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.^[5] In the 2024 British Columbia general election, she was unseated by Conservative Party of British Columbia candidate Lynne Block.^[6]

Electoral record

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Capilano
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lynne Block	12,050	46.7%
	New Democratic	Sara Eftekhar	7,005	27.1%	-3.15
	Independent	Karin Kirkpatrick	5,326	20.6%	-32.95
	Green	Archie Kaario	1,435	5.6%	-9.81
Total valid votes			25,816	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
	Conservative gain from BC United		Swing		–
Source: Elections BC

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election: West Vancouver-Capilano
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Karin Kirkpatrick	12,734	53.55	−3.61	$31,268.43
	New Democratic	Amelia Hill	7,194	30.25	+6.62	$4,548.12
	Green	Rasoul Narimani	3,664	15.41	−3.80	$9,137.14
	Independent	Anton Shendryk	186	0.78	–	$0.00
Total valid votes			23,778	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			228	0.95	+0.24
Turnout			24,006	58.10	–4.46
Registered voters			41,315
	Liberal hold		Swing		–5.12
Source: Elections BC[7][8]