32-473: Christian Heritage Party may refer to: Christian Heritage Party of Canada (1987–present) Christian Heritage Party of British Columbia Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand (defunct) (1989–2006) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Christian Heritage Party . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
64-774: A Vancouver convention, in a race with two other contenders. Blaquière stepped down at the next convention in November 1995 in London, Ontario . Gray was the leader of the CHP from 1995 to 2008. Born and educated in British Columbia , Gray has worked in journalism, public relations, and the federal public service. He began his career at The Vancouver Sun newspaper, and has also worked at community newspapers in BC and in Suva, Fiji; and
96-411: A busy gold mine, attracting miners and merchants, and boasting a public transportation system. Fairview (just west of Oliver) miners found gold and fueled the growth of a boomtown but it lasted just a few years and no remnants of the town survive today, other than a heritage marker. Oliver has been characterized by waves of migrants from different parts of the world. The first non-Indigenous settlers in
128-481: A similar capacity at Trinity Western University . In the 1988 federal election , Gray ran in his first election under the Christian Heritage Party banner in the electoral district of Fraser Valley East . On election night, he placed fourth out of six candidates with over eight percent of the popular vote, finishing well behind Progressive Conservative incumbent Ross Belsher . Gray ran for
160-520: Is a minor social conservative and Christian right federal political party in Canada; it was founded in 1987, the brainchild of two couples in British Columbia, namely Bill and Heather Stilwell who were Roman Catholics and Ed Vanwoudenberg and his wife, Reformed Protestants. CHP advocates for Canada to be governed according to Christian principles and ethics. The party's stated principle
192-789: Is made up of land governed by three different bodies: the Town of Oliver, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and the Osoyoos Indian Band . Local industries include grape and fruit production, agritourism , wine production , ranching , golfing and recreation, retail and service trades. Some of the largest employers include Osoyoos Indian Band, School District #53, Interior Health and Okanagan Tree Fruit Cooperative. Named after John Oliver (1856–1927), Premier of British Columbia . "Honest John" and his government brought irrigation water and settlement lots to
224-521: Is that "the purpose of civil government is to ensure security, freedom, and justice for all its citizens from conception till natural death, by upholding just laws". CHP states that, if the party forms government, it hopes to "apply proven Judeo-Christian principles of justice and compassion to Canada's contemporary public policy needs". Ed Vanwoudenberg was elected its first leader at the 1987 founding convention in Hamilton, Ontario . Jim Hnatiuk led
256-784: The BC Report magazine. He was a public information officer for a major public utility in BC, and for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . He was a Trade and Commerce Officer attached to the Canadian Consulate in Cleveland, Ohio . He later managed store-front Federal government public information services in Winnipeg and Vancouver . He became Public Information Officer for one of BC's first community colleges, and later served 10 years in
288-488: The 2004 election . and has run candidates in every subsequent election to that. Many of its founders had been members of the Social Credit movement. The majority of its members are Dutch Canadians who attend Dutch Reformed Churches. † The party did not have official status for the 2000 election, but 46 candidates were nominated, listed on the ballot without any affiliation information. These figures represent
320-531: The British Isles , Central Europe , Southern Europe , and Southern Asia since non-Indigenous settlement began approximately 100 years ago. With the construction of an irrigation canal to encourage settlement at the behest of former premier John Oliver , the community was originally built for British immigrants and veterans returning from the First World War during the 1920s. Following
352-523: The November 9, 2009 by-election in the riding of Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley , to replace independent Member of Parliament Bill Casey . He came in fifth, losing to Scott Armstrong of the Conservative Party of Canada . Because of a difference in understanding on the leader's mandate to innovate in membership qualifications, and a motion by the national board to ask that
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#1732772928552384-745: The Okanagan Valley in the southern Interior of British Columbia , Canada, with a population of nearly 5,000 people. It is located along the Okanagan River by Tuc-el-nuit Lake between Osoyoos and Okanagan Falls , and is labelled as the Wine Capital of Canada by Tourism British Columbia . It was once "The Home of the Cantaloupe " as well as the "Home of the International Horseshow." The community of Oliver
416-715: The 1960s and various other social justice issues. He graduated from high school in California and moved with his parents and siblings to British Columbia (BC) in 1968. Taylor has worked maintaining track and roadbed for the Canadian National Railway, on farms, in the oil and gas fields in Alberta, and in sawmills and forestry work in BC. From 1987 until 2009, Taylor was involved in lumber grading and lumber quality control in Smithers, BC. In 2000 Taylor won
448-452: The 2011 Census, 79.57% of Oliver's population have English as mother tongue ; Punjabi is the mother tongue of 5.21% of the population, followed by German (2.87%), Portuguese (2.55%), French (2.45%), Spanish (0.96%), Dutch (0.74%), Hungarian (0.74%), Russian (0.53%), and Ukrainian (0.53%). According to the 2021 census , religious groups in Oliver included: Oliver has
480-559: The 46 "non-affiliated" candidates known to be nominees of the CHP. Vanwoudenberg was head of the CHP from the party's founding convention in 1987 until 1991. From 1991 to 1994, he served as the Executive Director, and from 1994 to 1998, he served as the party's vice-president. A resident of Oliver, British Columbia , he ran in the Canadian federal elections of 1988 , 1993 and 2000 . Cavilla, of Lethbridge , Alberta ,
512-599: The BC Interior Lumber Grading Championship. In 2001, Taylor ran as a provincial candidate for the British Columbia Unity Party , and in 2004, 2006 and 2008 he represented the CHP in the federal riding of Skeena-Bulkley Valley. Taylor has served the CHP nationally as Interim President for CHP BC, BC Provincial President, Deputy Leader, Western Regional Development Director and National Development Director. He
544-623: The CHP in November 2008. As a youth, he attended a boarding school run by Oblate priests. He joined the Canadian Forces . Hnatiuk has served with them for 25 years in the Combat Systems Engineering Department in the Canadian Forces, attaining the rank of Chief Petty Officer 1st Class . He has been involved with various churches and is a deacon at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Hnatiuk joined
576-586: The CHP in every general election until stepping down as leader in 2008, with the exception of 1993. He has also contested four byelections, including one in Calgary Southwest against Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper . In a 1999 byelection, he finished one vote ahead of the Reform Party candidate in the Quebec riding of Hull—Aylmer . Gray became the party leader in 1995. His leadership
608-467: The Christian Heritage Party in 2002 and has run as a candidate for the party in Nova Scotia in the 2004 , 2006 and 2008 federal elections . He became deputy leader of the party in 2005 and was elected leader at the party's November 2008 convention in London, Ontario defeating Harold Ludwig and Rod Taylor on the first ballot of the party's leadership convention . Hnatiuk was a candidate in
640-433: The area orchards and wineries. Coordinates: In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Oliver had a population of 5,094 living in 2,312 of its 2,445 total private dwellings, a change of 3.4% from its 2016 population of 4,928. With a land area of 5.49 km (2.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 927.9/km (2,403.2/sq mi) in 2021. Oliver has seen waves of immigration from
672-628: The area with the South Okanagan Lands Project. The name of the area of this locality in the native Okanagan language is N̓k̓mip . The people of the Syilx Okanagan Nation have lived in the South Okanagan for hundreds if not thousands of years and traditionally moved throughout their large territory to follow seasonal food resources. Many of their camps and village sites were on the shores of
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#1732772928552704-597: The area, mostly war veterans and their families, came from the United Kingdom in the 1920s. This was followed by migration from Germany in the 1930s, and Hungarians in the 1940s and 1950s. Immigrants from Portugal arrived in Oliver starting in the 1950s, and soon owned most of the area wineries and orchards. The most recent migration has been of Sikh Canadians , many coming from the Lower Mainland and Calgary. As of 2017, Punjabi Sikhs own about 70 per cent of
736-503: The initial British migration wave were Germans and Hungarians who first migrated to Oliver between the 1930s and 1950s, followed by Portuguese immigrants between the 1950s and the 1970s, and finally Punjabi Sikhs from the 1980s into the contemporary era. Today, Oliver's major communities – Indigenous, Portuguese, Caucasian, and Sikhs live in cultural and social silos, with little or no informal social interaction other than in schools, shopping centres and work places. According to
768-570: The lakes and glacial benches throughout the area. They relied on the river , creeks and valley lakes of the Southern Okanagan for their daily lives. The first encroachment from European immigrants came circa 1811, when fur traders came to the area with the establishment of Fort Okanagan (now in the US) and first explored the area for trade. In the 1880s, free gold-bearing quartz was found at Camp McKinney (east of Oliver) which became
800-603: The leader put promotion of his vision on hold until a full board meeting could discuss the vision, Hnatiuk submitted his resignation as leader effective February 1, 2014, though choosing to continue as a party member. In his professional life, he operates the largest hunting, fishing and taxidermy business in Nova Scotia. David J. Reimer became a member of the CHP in 1987 while serving as a Pastor in Wetaskiwin, AB. He became active in his riding association and has served
832-605: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_Heritage_Party&oldid=1244471312 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Christian Heritage Party of Canada Provincial Provincial The Christian Heritage Party of Canada ( French : Parti de l'héritage chrétien du Canada ), also referred to as CHP Canada ,
864-558: The parties were not formally connected, the membership of the deregistered provincial New Reform Party of Ontario (formerly the Family Coalition Party of Ontario) overlapped significantly with CHP as the parties shared many socially conservative policies. The same applied to the Family Coalition Party of British Columbia . Oliver, British Columbia Oliver is a town near the south end of
896-585: The party as candidate in each election since 1988. He served as candidate in the 2014 by-election in Macleod, Alberta. Until early 2014, Reimer served as interim provincial president for Manitoba, and was appointed as interim national leader to succeed Hnatiuk until the fall 2014 national convention. Rod Taylor was born in 1951 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His family was involved in the US civil rights movement in
928-427: The party from 2008 to early 2014, and Rod Taylor is the leader as of November 7, 2014. The party nominated candidates for the first time in the 1988 federal election , and ran numerous candidates in the 1993 and 1997 elections . It was unable to field 50 candidates in the 2000 election and was consequently de-registered by Elections Canada , the government elections agency. The party was re-registered in time for
960-549: Was confirmed at three subsequent CHP conventions. He stepped down in November 2008. Near the end of 2006, a human rights complaint was filed against Ron Gray alleging communication via the Internet messages likely to expose homosexuals to hatred or contempt. By October 24, 2008, the complaint had been dropped and the file closed by the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Hnatiuk was elected leader of
992-561: Was leader of the CHP from the convention at Ottawa in October 1991 until March 1993. A difference of vision on leadership between Cavilla and the party board resulted in the transfer of leadership on an interim basis to Heather Stilwell . Blaquière, a Pentecostal pastor, was a candidate for the CHP in the Canadian federal election of 1993 , and won the party leadership in March 1994 at
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1024-639: Was named party leader at the 2014 convention in Hamilton, Ontario. The British Columbia Heritage Party voted to become the BC provincial wing of CHP in 2011, and was renamed as the Christian Heritage Party of British Columbia (CHP-BC) after signing a formal affiliation agreement in 2012. Members of the CHP in Manitoba began efforts around the same time to form a branch in their province, but as of 2015 little progress has been made. While
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