Libertarian Party of Canada Parti libertarien du Canada | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Jacques Boudreau |
| President | Coreen Corcoran |
| Founder | Marshall Bruce Evoy |
| Founded | 7 July 1973; 52 years ago (1973-07-07)[1] |
| Headquarters | 409–207 Bank St.Ottawa,Ontario[2] |
| Ideology | |
| International affiliation | Interlibertarians International Alliance of Libertarian Parties |
| Colours | Yellow |
| Senate | 0 / 105 |
| House of Commons | 0 / 343 |
| Website | |
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TheLibertarian Party of Canada (French:Parti libertarien du Canada) is a federalpolitical party in Canada founded in 1973.
The party was founded in July 1973 by Marshall Bruce Evoy. The party's founding convention, attended by 64 delegates and modeled on the1972 Founding Convention of the United StatesLibertarian Party and the Libertarian Alternative of Alberta's September 1973 rally inEdmonton, took place inToronto in October 1973; Sieg Pedde was elected leader.[3][4] Evoy ran unsuccessfully for election toParliament in the1974 federal election in a Torontoriding.[5][6]
The party achieved registered status in the1979 federal election by running more than fifty candidates.[7] The party spent $45,818 on the1984 Canadian federal election running 72 candidates and received 0.2% of the vote.[8]
Stanisław Tymiński, who was briefly the party's leader from 1990 to 1991, ran forPresident of Poland in the1990 and1995 elections.[9][relevant?]
Tim Moen (/ˈmoʊən/) became the party's leader in May 2014, succeeding Katrina Chowne.[10]
In the2015 Canadian federal election,Lauren Southern was the Libertarian candidate in thedistrict ofLangley–Aldergrove.[11] She was briefly removed by the party as a candidate but was reinstated with support fromBreitbart News andRebel Media. She received 535 votes, or 0.9% of the total.[12]
In September 2018, Moen, who had previously offered the leadership of the Libertarian Party toMaxime Bernier, stated that he was open to the idea of a merger with Bernier'sPeople's Party of Canada.[13] When asked byGlobal News, Bernier indicated he had no interest in a merger.[14]
Jacques Boudreau succeeded Moen as the party's leader in August 2021.[15]
The party subscribes tolibertarian andclassical liberal tenets; its stated mission is to reduce the size, scope, and cost of government.[16] Having stated that the party "wouldn't criminalize much except murder and theft",[17] policies include endingdrug prohibition, ending governmentcensorship,open borders,[18] lowering taxes, protectinggun rights, legalisingsex work,[19]free trade andnon-interventionism.[20]
The statement of principles adopted by the founding convention in 1973 called for a newCanadian Constitution to supersede theBritish North America Act and forprivatization of theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation and theRoyal Mail Canada through their sale. No consensus could be reached at the time onage of majority,capital punishment andabortion.[4]
| Election | Leader | Candidates | Votes | Share of popular vote | Share in ridings contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Alex Eaglesham | 60 / 282 | 16,042 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| 1980 | Vacant | 58 / 282 | 14,656 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| 1984 | Victor Levis | 72 / 282 | 23,514 | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| 1988 | Dennis Corrigan | 88 / 295 | 33,185 | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| 1993 | Hilliard Cox | 52 / 295 | 14,630 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| 1997 | did not contest | ||||
| 2000 | |||||
| 2004 | Jean-Serge Brisson | 8 / 308 | 1,949 | nil% | 0.5% |
| 2006 | 10 / 308 | 3,002 | nil% | 0.6% | |
| 2008 | Dennis Young | 26 / 308 | 7,300 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| 2011 | 23 / 308 | 6,002 | nil% | 0.5% | |
| 2015 | Tim Moen | 72 / 338 | 37,407 | 0.2% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 24 / 338 | 8,281 | 0.1% | 0.6% | |
| 2021 | Jacques Boudreau | 13 / 338 | 4,765 | nil% | 0.7% |
| 2025 | 16 / 338 | 5,561 | nil% | 0.6 | |
| No. | Leader | Years in office |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sieg Pedde | 1973–1974 |
| 2 | Charles "Chuck" Lyall | 1974–1976 |
| 3 | Ron Bailey | 1976–1978 |
| 4 | Alex Eaglesham | 1978–1979 |
| 5 | Linda Cain | 1980–1982 |
| 6 | Neil Reynolds | May 1982 – 1983 |
| 7 | Victor Levis | 1983–1987 |
| 8 | Dennis Corrigan | 1987–1990 |
| 9 | Stanisław Tymiński | 1990–1991 |
| 10 | George Dance | 1991–1993 |
| 11 | Hilliard Cox | May 1993 – 1995 |
| (10) | George Dance | 1995–1996 |
| 12 | Vincent Pouliot | 12 May 1996 – 5 April 1997 |
| 13 | Robert Morse | 1997–1999 |
| 14 | Jean-Serge Brisson | 1999 – 18 May 2008 |
| 15 | Dennis Young | 18 May 2008 – May 2011 |
| 16 | Katrina Chowne | May 2011 – May 2014 |
| 17 | Tim Moen | May 2014 – 2021 |
| 18 | Jacques Boudreau | 15 August 2021 – present |
| Source[21] | ||
Libertarian leader Tim Moen had offered to step aside for Bernier following the results of the 2017 Conservative leadership race and adopted Bernier's platform.
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