Free Party Canada

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Free Party Canada
Parti Libre Canada
Leader Michel Leclerc
Registered2016 (2016) (provincial)
September 30, 2020 (2020-09-30) (federal)
DissolvedDecember 31, 2024 (2024-12-31)
Headquarters27A Hochar Avenue Saint-Sauveur, Quebec J0R 1R4 [1]
Ideology Direct democracy
Vaccine hesitancy
Colours  Gold
Website
partilibrecanada.org

Free Party Canada (French : Parti Libre Canada) was a minor federal political party in Canada that also existed provincially in Quebec as a provincial and municipal party. It was led by Michel Leclerc, advocates for direct democracy and lower taxes, and promotes vaccine hesitancy.

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History

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]

2021 election

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]

Deregistration

After failing to comply with financial reporting obligations in the Canada Elections Act in 2023, Free Party Canada was deregistered by Elections Canada, effective December 31, 2024. [28]

Election results

Federal

ElectionLeaderCandidatesVotes % of votes% where runningSeats won+/−RankOutcome
2021 Michel Leclerc
59 / 338
47,2540.28%1.46
0 / 338
7thNo seats

Provincial

ElectionLeaderCandidatesVotes %Seats won+/−RankOutcome
2018 Michel Leclerc
8 / 125
1,6780.04%
0 / 125
12thNo seats

Municipal (Saint-Sauveur)

ElectionLeaderCandidatesVotes [29]
(Mayor)		 %Seats won+/−RankOutcome
2017 Michel Leclerc
7 / 7
882.39%
0 / 7
4thNo seats
2021 Michel Leclerc
5 / 7
360.95%
0 / 7
Steady2.svg4thNo seats

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