Nova Scotia Party | |
Subheader: | Former provincial party |
Ideology: | Populist |
Colours: | Purple |
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Blank1 Title: | Fiscal policy |
Blank2 Title: | Social policy |
Seats1 Title: | Seats in the House of Commons |
Seats2 Title: | Seats in the Senate |
Seats3 Title: | Seats in House of Assembly |
Country: | Canada |
State: | Nova Scotia |
Parties Dab1: | List of political parties in Nova Scotia |
Elections Dab1: | List of post-confederation Nova Scotia general elections |
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.
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.