Robin Richardson, a former Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (1979–1980), led the party until November 2019.

[2] The party proposed that Vancouver Island secede from British Columbia and become Canada's 11th province.

On December 31, 2020, the Vancouver Island Party was de-registered with Elections BC.

[3] The party intended to have candidates in each of the 14 ridings on Vancouver Island for the provincial election on May 9, 2017,[4] but only fielded four, all in the Greater Victoria area.

[5] It did not run any candidates in the 2020 British Columbia general election, but remained registered as a political party as of November 2020.