Reform Party Explained

The Reform Party can refer to a number of current and disbanded political parties of various ideologies.

North America

Canada

• Reform Party of Canada, a major political party in Canada from 1987 until 2000 when it became the Canadian Alliance
  • Reform Party of Alberta (1989–2004)
  • Reform Party of Alberta (2016–present)
  • Reform Party of Ontario
  • Reform Party of British Columbia
  • Manitoba Reform Party (defunct)
• Reform movement (pre-Confederation Canada), Canadian political movement agitating for responsible government

United States

• Toleration Party (American Toleration and Reform Party), founded in Connecticut in the 1810s
• Reform Party (19th-century Wisconsin), a short-lived coalition of the 1870s
• Reform Party of the Hawaiian Kingdom
• Reform Party of New York State
• Reform Party of the United States of America, founded in 1995 by Ross Perot
  • Reform Party of Minnesota, supporters of the above, now the Independence Party
  • American Reform Party, factional offshoot from the Reform Party of the United States, which only endorsed other party candidates
• Reform Party of Syria, a United States lobbying organization
• Reform Party (Mormon), founded by Joseph Smith in 1844; went defunct that same year

Europe

Baltic States

• Estonian Reform Party
• Patriotic Party (defunct) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, active in the late 18th century
• Reform Party (Latvia) (2011–2016)

British Territories and Dependencies

• Gibraltar Reform Party
• Reform Jersey

United Kingdom

• English Democrats (Reform UK), a small UKIP splinter group active during 2000–2004
• Reform UK, the new name for the Brexit Party following the exit of the UK from the European Union

Others

• Reform Party (Northern Cyprus)
• Reform Party (Iceland) (2016)
• Party of Reform (Moldova), now called Liberal Party
• Reform Party (Norway) (2004–2009), founded to oppose user-financing of highway construction
• Reform Party (Norway, 1974) (defunct), active in 1974–75, split from Anders Lange's Party

Africa

• Reform Party (Ghana)
• Reform Party (Rhodesia)
• Reform Party (Kenya)
• Reform Party (South Africa)
• Reform and Renaissance Party (Egypt)
• Egyptian Reform Party
• Reform and Development Misruna Party (Egypt)

Asia and Oceania

• New Zealand Reform Party (defunct)
• Reform Party (Palestine)
• Reform Party (Singapore)
• Shinui, which means reform in Hebrew, an Israeli party.
• Al-Islah (Yemen), which means reform in Arabic, a Yemeni party
• Reformers' Party, active in Iran during late Qajar and early Pahlavi dynasty
• Reform Party (Northern Mariana Islands)
• Reform Party (South Korea)

See also

• Reform and Development Party (disambiguation)
• Reformist Party (disambiguation)