The Grey Party of Canada was a political party in
Canada
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. The party was a protest movement started by senior citizens who want to make views known on specific issues including tax credits for seniors, saving
Medicare, and free medications for seniors.
The Grey Party was founded in January 2002, by
Jim Webb
James Henry Webb Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is an American politician and author. He has served as a United States senator from Virginia, Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, Counsel for the United States ...
of
New Brunswick
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, who once ran federally for the
Confederation of Regions Party
The Confederation of Regions Party (CoR) was a right-wing federal political party in Canada founded in 1984 by Elmer Knutson. It was founded as a successor to the Western Canada Federation (West-Fed), a non-partisan organization, to fight the Libe ...
in
Saint John,
New Brunswick
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and twice for the
New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party
The New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party was a political party in the provinces and territories of Canada, Province of New Brunswick, Canada. It was the only branch of the Confederation of Regions Party of Canada to win any seats. It hel ...
in the provincial riding of
Saint John Lancaster
Saint John Lancaster is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. The MLA has been Dorothy Shephard since 2010.
The riding name refers to Lancaster, New Brunswick
Lancaster was a small city situa ...
.
In the
2003 New Brunswick general election
The 2003 New Brunswick general election was held on June 9, 2003, to elect 55 members to the 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly. Although polls initially suggested a landslide victory for Premier Bernard Lord's Progressive Conservative Part ...
the party nominated 10 candidates in the province's 55 ridings, including 23-year-old Mark LeBlanc who ran in the riding of
Saint John Kings
Rothesay is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. The riding consists of the Town of Rothesay and its surroundings.
The district was created in 1994 as Saint John-Kings out of parts of Saint Jo ...
. At the time, having a 23-year-old candidate for a senior-focused party was a newsmaker. Grey Party candidates received 1,550 votes (0.4% of the popular vote).
See also
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List of political parties in Canada
This article lists political parties in Canada.
Federal parties
In contrast with the political party systems of many nations, Canadian parties at the federal level are often only loosely connected with parties at the provincial level, despite ha ...
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Manitoba Grey Party {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009
The Manitoba Grey Party was a political party in Manitoba, Canada, focusing on senior's issues. The party appears to have been founded in 2002, at the same time as the Grey Party of Canada and other provincial Gre ...
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British Columbia Grey Party
External links
Grey Party of Canada(archived copy)
Federal political parties in Canada
Political parties established in 2002
2002 establishments in New Brunswick
Pensioners' parties
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