Non-Partisan Association | |
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| Active municipal party | |
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| Abbreviation | NPA |
| President | David Mawhinney |
| Founded | November 13, 1937 |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| Colours | Purple |
| City council | 0 / 11 |
| Park board | 0 / 7 |
| School board | 0 / 9 |
| Website | |
| npavancouver | |
The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) is a municipal political party in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the city's business leaders in 1937 to challenge the democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in that year's municipal election. The party has historically been described as centre-right and drawn its strongest support from Vancouver's business community.
In the years following the 2018 municipal election, seven of the NPA's ten elected officials resigned from the party, claiming that it had become right-wing and undemocratic. Several other prominent members, such as the NPA's 2018 mayoral candidate Ken Sim, also resigned. Most of those departing later joined ABC Vancouver in the run-up to the 2022 municipal election, which saw Sim elected as mayor and the NPA lose all its remaining seats.