Yukon Freedom Party

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Yukon Freedom Party
Leader Joseph Zelezny
PresidentJoseph Zelezny
FounderJoseph Zelezny
FoundedNovember 15, 2021
DissolvedOctober 2, 2025
HeadquartersBox 61 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5X9 [1]
Ideology Right-wing populism
Seats in Legislature
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Website
www.yukonfreedomparty.com

The Yukon Freedom Party is a defunct territorial political party in Yukon, Canada. Its founder and leader is Joseph Zelezny who was previously the People's Party of Canada candidate for Yukon in the 2019 Canadian federal election. [2] [3]

The party formed and registered with Elections Yukon on November 15, 2021. [2] [4] In the remaining weeks of 2021, the party raised $8,149. [5]

Yukon premier Sandy Silver suggested that the party's existence has exerted considerable pressure on the Yukon Party. [6]

In 2022, Zelezny attended some convoy protests in the territory organized by a citizens group called "Yukon Freedom". [7] The party denied any connection between the party and the protest organizers, saying that Zelezny was not an organizer, and that the similarity to the party's name was coincidental. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Political Parties". Elections Yukon . Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Ritchie, Haley (November 20, 2021). "Former PPC candidate launches Yukon Freedom Party". Yukon News . Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ De Flaviis, Sissi (November 22, 2021). "Former PPC candidate launches Yukon Freedom Party as 'voice for the people'". CBC News . Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  4. ↑ Madore, Colleen (November 15, 2021). "Media Advisory: Elections Yukon Registers the Yukon Freedom Party" (PDF). Elections Yukon . Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  5. ↑ Desmarais, Anna (September 20, 2022). "Political fundraising more than doubles for Yukon parties in 2021". CBC News . Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Premier fires back at 'desperate' Yukon Party, after surviving confidence vote". CBC News . November 25, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  7. 1 2 Tukker, Paul (February 17, 2022). "Why you won't hear from organizers of Whitehorse's 'convoy' demonstrations". CBC News . Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  8. ↑ De Flaviis, Sissi (January 23, 2022). "Hundreds in Whitehorse attend protests against COVID-19 health restrictions". CBC News . Retrieved March 6, 2023.
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