Nova Scotia Party
The Nova Scotia Party was a populist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada, led by Jack Friis of Lawrencetown Beach, Brian Hurlburt of Yarmouth County, and finally Gerry Rodgers of Halifax.
Nova Scotia Party | |
|---|---|
| Former provincial party | |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Dissolved | 2005 |
| Ideology | Populist |
| Colours | Purple |
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]
In the 2003 provincial election, under leadership of Gerry Rodgers, 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.
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