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(thing) by Hai-Etlik (5.2 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Sun Nov 14 1999 at 9:08:06

The main Federal Parties are: There are also the Canadian Provincial Political Parties which often mimic the federal parties. And some small ones like the Communist Party of Canada, Green Party of Canada, and Canadian Action Party.

(idea) by Lao-Tzu (4.3 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Mon Jun 12 2000 at 18:40:41

Here's why I don't want to vote for any of the political parties in Canada:


(idea) by stewacide (4.7 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Mon Feb 18 2002 at 3:18:44

One of the more peculiar thing about Canadian political parties is their tradition of each having an 'official' colour scheme:

Liberals: Red; for Canada I would presume (they ain't the government fer' nuttin').

Progressive Conservatives: Traditionally Canada's #2 political party (although currently just hanging on at #5), the PC's have gone with a 'conservative' dark blue.

NDP: The New Democratic Party has long gone with a decidedly un-conservative - some would say outlandish - bright orange.

Bloc Quebecois: The Bloc uses a light blue (or should I say bleu); ŕ la the flag of Quebec.

Reform / Canadian Alliance: The Reform Party (when it was still around) went with an agrarian green. Upon morphing into the Canadian Alliance to try and merge with the PC's, the Alliance adopted a dual-colour scheme of green and dark blue (green for Reform, blue for Conservative). When the dual-colour scheme is impractical, the old green is solely used.


(thing) by NiceSocks (1.5 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Tue Jun 29 2004 at 7:08:36

The new main Federal Parties of Canada as of the 2004 election are:

  • Liberal Party of Canada (135 seats, 36.71% pop. vote)
  • Conservative Party Of Canada (99 seats, 29.61% pop. vote)
  • Bloc Quebecois (54 seats, 12.40% pop. vote)
  • New Democratic Party Of Canada (19 seats, 15.69% pop. vote)

    This year the Green Party took over 4% of the popular vote which makes them eligable for federal funding and could mean they will be a larger player in the next election.

    BTW, Paul Martin of the Liberals won position of Prime Minister of Canada with a minority government, the first in 25 years.


    source: http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes

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