Abolitionist Party of Canada

Abolitionist Party of Canada
Former federal party
Leader	John Turmel Only leader
Founded	1993 (1993)
Dissolved	1996 (1996)
Ideology	Social credit Monetary reform
Colours	Light Yellow
Website
www.cyberclass.net/turmel/abprogs.htm
Politics of Canada Political parties Elections

The Abolitionist Party of Canada was a Canadian

being paid out to each Canadian.

Unlike many Canadian social credit parties, the Abolitionists were not social conservatives, advocating, for instance, the legalization of marijuana and gambling.

Turmel attempted to run for the leadership of the national Social Credit party after the resignation of Fabien Roy in 1981, but the party chose to appoint Martin Hattersley instead. In 1982, Turmel founded the Christian Credit Party, which he disbanded in 1983.

Turmel founded the Abolitionist Party in 1993 with a similar program to that of the Christian Credit Party. The Abolitionist Party nominated 80 candidates in the

.) The Abolitionist Party subsequently reverted to being a personal vehicle for Turmel.

In 2003, Turmel attempted to organize a new party using the name of the defunct Libertarian Party of Canada, but was prevented from doing so by old members of the Libertarian Party who registered the name.

References

External links

• Turmel's Abolitionist Party of Canada Programs

See also

• List of political parties in Canada