Free Party Canada Parti Libre Canada | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Michel Leclerc |
| Registered | 2016 (provincial) September 30, 2020 (federal) |
| Headquarters | 27A Hochar Avenue Saint-Sauveur, Quebec J0R 1R4 [1] |
| Ideology | Direct democracy Vaccine hesitancy |
| Colours | Gold |
| Website | |
| partilibrecanada | |
Free Party Canada (French : Parti Libre Canada) is a minor federal political party in Canada. It is led by Michel Leclerc, advocates for direct democracy and lower taxes, and promotes vaccine hesitancy.
In 2016, the party registered provincially in Quebec as Parti libre Saint-Sauveur ("Free Party Saint-Sauveur") and ran in local elections in Saint-Sauveur, as well as in the 2017 by-election for Gouin. [2] [3] [4] [5] Its eight candidates in the 2018 Quebec general election received a total of 1,618 votes. [6] Registered federally on September 30, 2020, [7] its first federal campaign was for the 2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election. [8]
The party ran 59 candidates in the 2021 Canadian federal election, most of them in Quebec or in Francophone areas of New Brunswick and Ontario, [9] garnering over 47,000 votes. [10] Its platform attracted notice for its opposition to mandated COVID vaccination [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] and vaccination passports, [17] and some candidates had been active in organising events opposed to the pandemic health measures. [18] [19] The party also called for the introduction of a direct democracy and lower taxes. [20] [21] [22] [23] Other candidates raised issues of housing affordability, transport and local accountability to electors. [9] [24] [25] Party leader Michel Leclerc ran in Laurentides—Labelle, where he had been an independent candidate in the 2019 Canadian federal election. [26] In an interview with a TVA comedian at an anti-vaccination rally, Leclerc claimed that viruses were humans, that vaccinations decreased life expectancy, and (claiming to be trained as an astronaut) denied the Moon landing. [27]
| Election | Leader | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats won | +/− | Rank | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Michel Leclerc | 59 / 338 | 47,254 | 0.28% | 0 / 338 | 7th | No seats |
| Election | Leader | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats won | +/− | Rank | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Michel Leclerc | 8 / 125 | 1,678 | 0.04% | 0 / 125 | 12th | No seats |
| Election | Leader | Candidates | Votes [28] (Mayor) | % | Seats won | +/− | Rank | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Michel Leclerc | 7 / 7 | 88 | 2.39% | 0 / 7 | 4th | No seats | |
| 2021 | Michel Leclerc | 5 / 7 | 36 | 0.95% | 0 / 7 |  | 4th | No seats |
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