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independentAn independent candidate or member of parliament is one who is
not a member of a political
party
. Independents have
been elected to the
Legislative Assembly
of British
Columbia, the last being in 1949. A member elected to
the legislative assembly as a member of a party may subsequently
decide to leave the party and sit as an independent.
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