Karin Kirkpatrick

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Karin Kirkpatrick

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| office = Leader of CentreBC

|term_start = April 3, 2025

|predecessor = Office established

| assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative

| constituency_AM1 = West Vancouver-Capilano

| term_start1 = October 24, 2020

| term_end1 = September 21, 2024

| predecessor1 = Ralph Sultan

| successor1 = Lynne Block

| party = CentreBC

| otherparty = Independent
BC United

| birth_date =

| birth_place =

| residence = West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| occupation =

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Karin Kirkpatrick is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election.Ben Bengtson, [https://www.nsnews.com/news/election-night-results-give-liberal-karin-kirkpatrick-the-projected-win-in-west-vancouver-capilano-1.24226661 "Election night results give Liberal Karin Kirkpatrick the projected win in West Vancouver-Capilano"]. North Shore News, October 24, 2020. 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. 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.https://vancouversun.com/news/kirkpatrick-registers-centrebc-party-alternative-bc-voters