title: British Columbia Youth Coalition
text: # British Columbia Youth Coalition
  
  BC Youth Coalition is a non-partisan youth organization in British Columbia, Canada, initiated by a group of high school students. It aims to enhance the engagement of youth in the society, especially high-school students who, despite having passion and creative ideas, often lack direct means to influence the political process.
  
  ## Executive members
  
  The executive member of the organization are:
  
  President: Gary Sipeng Xie VP Finance: Peter Zhang VP Outreach: Spencer Lamirand VP Membership: Daryl Tang VP Sponsorship: Ison Cheng VP Organization: Raaj Chatterjee Chief Photographer: Zara Che Other members: Cameron McLeod, Edward Qi, Sandy Song, Eva Liang, Johnson Han
  
  ## Political party
  
  From July 2000 to March 2009, there was a registered political party called the British Columbia Youth Coalition.
  
  In the 2005 BC provincial election, it nominated two candidates:
  
  * Augustine Lee won 260 votes (1.29% of the total) in the riding of Chilliwack-Suma, and
  * Colin Wormworth won 100 votes (0.51%) in Chilliwack-Kent.
  