Republican Party (Canada)

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2001:1970:488A:1800:9122:DC8A:3948:AFA0: In 2021, Rob Carbone adopted the name for his own unregistered political party during the 2019 federal election, a group previously known as the Progressive Party.

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The '''Parti républicain/Republican Party''' was a [[Quebec]]-based [[Canada|Canadian]] political party that nominated two candidates in federal by-elections in 1971. None were elected.<ref>The Globe and Mail, June 12, 1971, "Parti Republicain: Quebec groups join to form federal party", p. 2</ref>

The party nominated two candidates in by-elections held on 31 May 1971. In [[Chambly (federal electoral district)|Chambly]] riding, leader Claude Longtin won 396 votes, (1.6% of the total), and in [[Trois-Rivières (electoral district)|Trois-Rivières]], Joseph Thibodeau won 170 votes (0.6%).

In June 1971, the party merged with the Parti de la Démocratisation Économique. Longtin later ran as an independent in the 1972 federal election in the riding of Chambly, receiving 474 votes (0.9%).

In 2021, Rob Carbone adopted the name for his own unregistered political party during the 2019 federal election, a group previously known as the Progressive Party.

==See also==
*[[Parti de la Démocratisation Économique]]
* [[List of political parties in Canada]]

==References==
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==Sources==
*[https://www.parl.ca/ Parliament of Canada History of the Federal Electoral Ridings since 1867]

[[Category:Federal political parties in Canada]]
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Canada]]
[[Category:Republicanism in Canada]]
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