Party for the Commonwealth of Canada explained

The Party for the Commonwealth of Canada was a political party which supported the ideology of the far-right U.S. politician Lyndon LaRouche.^[1] The party ran candidates in the 1984, 1988 and 1993 elections.

In the 1988 election, party leader Gilles Gervais led a slate of 58 candidates campaigning against the monarchy, hemispheric free trade, dollarization of Latin American economies, and financial oligarchy.

The party never won any seats. It was also known as the Party for the Commonwealth-Republic, and as the Committee for the Republic of Canada.

+ Electoral results
Year	Type of election	of candidates	of votes	% of popular vote
1984	General	65	7,061	0.06%
1988	General	58	7,467	0.06%
1993	General	59	7,502	0.05%

See also

• List of political parties in Canada
• Commonwealth Party candidates, 1993 Canadian federal election
• Commonwealth Party candidates, 1988 Canadian federal election
• Commonwealth Party candidates, 1984 Canadian federal election
• North American Labour Party

Notes and References

1. Book: Guy, James John . People, Politics, and Government: Political Science : a Canadian Perspective . 1990 . Collier Macmillan Canada . 978-0-02-953927-9 . 319 . en.