The Alliance of the North (french: Alliance du Nord) was a Canadian
social conservative
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and
right-wing populist
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political party, originating from the province of
Quebec
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. In the
2015 federal election, the party nominated its leader François Bélanger in
Lévis—Lotbinière
Lévis—Lotbinière (formerly Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) is a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
It was created in 2003 from parts o ...
. Bélanger did not win a seat. The party was deregistered by Elections Canada on September 15, 2019.
Ideology
On its website, the party created a list of six (6) priorities, developed in September 2013, which form the foundation of its ideology. Among the priorities include
reducing the size of the federal government, reducing the number of immigrants accepted into Canada to 150,000 per year, promoting a
right to bear arms
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, launching a federal investigation into "criminal bankers", and "removing" the
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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.
Election results
The party leader François Bélanger ran as the party's only candidate in the 2015 federal election in the Quebec riding of
Lévis—Lotbinière
Lévis—Lotbinière (formerly Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) is a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
It was created in 2003 from parts o ...
. He received 136 votes or 0.2% of the vote, placing last among the six candidates to contest the riding.
[http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e Elections Canada 2015 riding results]
Electoral performance
References
External links
Alliance du Nord – Canadian Political Parties and Political Interest Groups- Web Archive created by the University of Toronto Libraries
Federal political parties in Canada
Political parties established in 2013
Right-wing populism in Canada
Anti-immigration politics in Canada
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