Nova Scotia Party
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.
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] 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.
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