Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta
provincial political party in Canada
The Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta was a right-wing political party in Alberta, Canada. The party was created in 1999 as the Alberta First Party. In 2004, the party changed their name to the Separation Party of Alberta. In 2018, the party was renamed the Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta.[2]
Freedom Conservative Party | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| Dissolved | 2020 |
| Merged into | Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta |
| Ideology | Libertarianism Fiscal conservatism Right-wing populism Alberta Autonomism[1] |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Website | |
| freedomconservativeparty | |
In the 2019 general election, the Freedom Conservative Party received 0.5% of the popular vote.[3]
Derek Fildebrandt resigned as leader of the Freedom Conservative Party on April 30, 2019.[4]
In April 2020, the party agreed to merge with the Wexit Alberta to create the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta. It became official in July 2020.[5][6]
References
change- ↑ "Principles". Freedom Conservative Party. Archived from the original on 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ↑ "Derek Fildebrandt to launch Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ↑ Elections Alberta (April 26, 2019). "Provincial Results". Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Freedom Conservative Party leader resigns". National Post. Canadian Press. May 1, 2019.
- ↑ Naylor, Dave (July 17, 2020). "WIP gets official status from Elections Alberta". Western Standard. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ↑ "Parties". Elections Alberta. 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
Other websites
change- Official website Archived 2021-04-16 at the Wayback Machine