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The Party for the Commonwealth of Canada was a Canadian political party formed by Canadians who supported the
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of the late U.S. politician Lyndon LaRouche in the
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and 1993 elections. In the 1988 election, party leader
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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.


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* List of political parties in Canada *
Commonwealth Party candidates, 1993 Canadian federal election The Party for the Commonwealth of Canada fielded several candidates in the 1993 federal election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found here. The PCC was the political wing of Lyndon LaRouche's movement in Can ...
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Commonwealth Party candidates, 1988 Canadian federal election The Party for the Commonwealth Republic fielded several candidates in the 1993 federal election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found here. The PCR was the political wing of Lyndon LaRouche's movement in Can ...
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Commonwealth Party candidates, 1984 Canadian federal election The Party for the Commonwealth of Canada (PCC) ran 66 candidates in the 1984 Canadian federal election, 1984 federal election, none of whom were elected. The PCC was the political wing of Lyndon LaRouche's movement in Canada. Quebec Richelieu (f ...
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