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Free Party Canada (Шаблон:Lang-fr) 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.

History

In 2016, the party registered provincially in Quebec as Шаблон:Lang ("Free Party Saint-Sauveur") and ran in local elections in Saint-Sauveur, as well as in the 2017 by-election for Gouin.[1][2][3][4] Its eight candidates in the 2018 Quebec general election received a total of 1,618 votes.[5] Registered federally on September 30, 2020,[6] its first federal campaign was for the 2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election.[7]

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,[8] garnering over 47,000 votes.[9] Its platform attracted notice for its opposition to mandated COVID vaccination[10][11][12][13][14][15] and vaccination passports,[16] and some candidates had been active in organising events opposed to the pandemic health measures.[17][18] The party also called for the introduction of a direct democracy and lower taxes.[19][20][21][22] Other candidates raised issues of housing affordability, transport and local accountability to electors.[8][23][24] Party leader Michel Leclerc ran in Laurentides—Labelle, where he had been an independent candidate in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[25] 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.[26]

Election results

Federal

Election Leader Candidates Votes % Seats won +/− Rank Outcome
2021 Michel Leclerc Шаблон:Composition bar 47,254 0.28% Шаблон:Composition bar 7th Шаблон:No

Provincial

Election Leader Candidates Votes % Seats won +/− Rank Outcome
2018 Michel Leclerc Шаблон:Composition bar 1,678 0.04% Шаблон:Composition bar 12th Шаблон:No

Municipal (Saint-Sauveur)

Election Leader Candidates Votes[27]
(Mayor)
% Seats won +/− Rank Outcome
2017 Michel Leclerc Шаблон:Composition bar 88 2.39% Шаблон:Composition bar 4th Шаблон:No
2021 Michel Leclerc Шаблон:Composition bar 36 0.95% Шаблон:Composition bar Шаблон:Steady 4th Шаблон:No

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:Canadian federal political parties