The Party of the Third Age ( lb, Partei vum 3. Alter, french: Parti du Troisième Âge) was a

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. It contested the 1999 election to the Chamber of Deputies, but has since disbanded. Its party platform was dedicated to

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s' issues, and its name is a reference to its core constituency. In its only legislative election in which it stood candidates, in

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, it contested only the Sud constituency, in which it came eighth and last, with 0.4% of the vote. It folded soon afterwards.

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Third Age In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the history of Arda, also called the history of Middle-earth, began when the Ainur entered Arda, following the creation events in the Ainulindalë and long ages of labour throughout Eä, the fictional un ...

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