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Nova Scotia Party

Nova Scotia Party
Former provincial party
Founded1999
Dissolved2005
IdeologyPopulist
ColoursPurple

The Nova Scotia Party was a populist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada, led by Jack Fris of Lawrencetown Beach, Brian Hurlburt of Yarmouth County, and finally Gerry Rodgers of Halifax.

In the 1999 provincial election, the party nominated 17 candidates in the province’s 52 ridings, and won 3,153 votes, or 0.73% of the popular vote. The party campaigned on cutting government spending to pay down the province's nine billion dollar debt.[1] Brian Hurlburt and Jack Fris each took the largest number of votes.

In the 2003 provincial election, under leadership of Gerry Rodgers of Halifax, the party nominated 16 candidates in the province’s 52 ridings, and won 1,637 votes, or 0.4% of the popular vote.

It ceased operations in 2005.

References

  1. ^ Rookie party, rookie leader live on hope CBC

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