United Party of Canada Parti Uni du Canada | |
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Former federal party | |
Leader | Robert 'Bob' Kesic |
President | Robert Cameron |
Founded | November 2009 |
Dissolved | August 31, 2016 |
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]
The three key principles as stated above were divided further into six unifying themes that represented the party core platform that included:
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 | Candidates | # of votes | % vote | % vote in contested ridings |
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2011 general election | 3 | 293 | 0.02 | 0.17 |
2015 general election | 1 | 57 | 0.00 | 0.01 [4] |
Election | Riding | Candidate's Name | Gender | Votes | % | Rank |
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2010 by-election | Vaughan | Brian Jedan | Male | 55 | 0.14 | 8/8 |
2012 by-election | Toronto—Danforth | Brian Jedan | Male | 55 | 0.17 | 10/11 |
2011 Canadian federal election | Ajax—Pickering | Bob Kesic | Male | 71 | 0.13 | 5/5 |
2011 Canadian federal election | London West | Rod Morley | Male | 65 | 0.10 | 5/5 |
2011 Canadian federal election | York—Simcoe | Paul Pisani | Male | 157 | 0.30 | 6/6 |
2015 Canadian federal election | Ajax | Bob Kesic | Male | 57 | 0.01 | 5/5 [5] |
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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