United Party of Canada (2009)

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United Party of Canada
Parti Uni du Canada
Former federal party
Leader Robert 'Bob' Kesic
PresidentRobert Cameron
FoundedNovember 2009 (2009-11)
DissolvedAugust 31, 2016 (2016-08-31)
Headquarters Keswick, Ontario
Ideology Centrism
Colours Red and blue
Website
unitedpartyofcanada.com (archived) [1]

The United Party of Canada was a federally registered political party in Canada founded in November 2009. Its key principles were fiscal responsibility, social progressivism, and environmental sustainability. The party was formed by former members of various other political parties. The party was deregistered by Elections Canada on August 31, 2016. [2]

Contents

Policies

The three key principles as stated above were divided further into six unifying themes that represented the party core platform that included:

Ideology

The party described itself on its website as centrist without any direct specific ideological affiliation other than occupying the centre of the political spectrum.

Election results

Results by election
ElectionCandidates# of votes % vote % vote in contested ridings
2011 general election 32930.020.17
2015 general election 1570.000.01 [4]
Results by riding
ElectionRiding
Candidate's NameGenderVotes%Rank
2010 by-election Vaughan Brian JedanMale550.148/8
2012 by-election Toronto—Danforth Brian JedanMale550.1710/11
2011 Canadian federal election Ajax—Pickering Bob KesicMale710.135/5
2011 Canadian federal election London West Rod MorleyMale650.105/5
2011 Canadian federal election York—Simcoe Paul PisaniMale1570.306/6
2015 Canadian federal election Ajax Bob KesicMale570.015/5 [5]

Leaders

Charges by the Commissioner of Canada Elections

On April 23, 2018, former party president Robert Cameron pleaded guilty to a charge of having on behalf of the United Party provided the chief electoral officer with "misleading or false information" between June 21 and 27, 2016, in regard to the parties submission of the required list of 250 electors as being party members. [6] [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 Archived version from July 13, 2016 at web.archive.org. This is apparently the last archived snapshot of this party's real website. After that, the URL was reassigned and later snapshots show a fake version of the website.
  2. Canada, Elections. "Registered Political Parties and Parties Eligible for Registration". www.elections.ca.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The United Party of Canada".
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20151121200505/https://enr.elections.ca/National.aspx?lang=e Elections Canada General Election National Results 2015
  5. https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&document=index&dir=pas/42ge&lang=e Elections Canada General Election 2015
  6. https://www.cef-cce.ca/content.asp?section=charg&document=apr2318&lang=e Final Disposition at Trial – April 23, 2018
  7. https://www.cef-cce.ca/content.asp?section=nwsrm&dir=pre-com&document=dec2117&lang=e Commissioner of Canada Elections Announces the Laying of Canada Elections Act Charges
  8. https://www.cef-cce.ca/content.asp?section=charg&document=charg22&lang=e Charges – December 21, 2017
  9. https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/e-2.01/fulltext.html Canada Elections Act