Abolitionist Party of Canada

Political party in Canada

Abolitionist Party of Canada

Former federal party
Leader| John Turmel
Only leader
Founded| 1993 (1993)
Dissolved| 1996 (1996)
Ideology|

* Social credit
* Monetary reform

Colours| Light Yellow
Website
www.cyberclass.net/turmel/abprogs.htm

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The Abolitionist Party of Canada was a Canadian political party founded by perennial candidate John Turmel.[1][2] The party ran on a platform of monetary reform, including the abolition of interest rates and the income tax; the use of the local employment trading system of banking; and introducing a form of Social Credit with monthly dividends being paid out to each Canadian.

Unlike many Canadian social credit parties, the Abolitionists were not social conservatives, advocating, for instance, the legalization of marijuana and gambling.

Turmel attempted to run for the leadership of the national Social Credit party after the resignation of Fabien Roy in 1981, but the party chose to appoint Martin Hattersley instead. In 1982, Turmel founded the Christian Credit Party, which he disbanded in 1983.

Turmel founded the Abolitionist Party in 1993 with a similar program to that of the Christian Credit Party. The Abolitionist Party nominated 80 candidates in the 1993 federal election, who collected only 9,141 votes between them. (See also: Abolitionist Party candidates, 1993 Canadian federal election.) The Abolitionist Party subsequently reverted to being a personal vehicle for Turmel.

In 2003, Turmel attempted to organize a new party using the name of the defunct Libertarian Party of Canada, but was prevented from doing so by old members of the Libertarian Party who registered the name.

## References

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1. ^ "Meet the candidate: Independent John Turmel has run (and lost) in nearly 100 byelections". BradfordToday.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
2. ^ Canada, Elections (2018-08-27). "Official Reports". www.elections.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

## External links

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* Turmel's Abolitionist Party of Canada Programs

## See also

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* List of political parties in Canada

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Social Credit

Movements|

| Canada|

* Abolitionist Party of Canada
* British Columbia Social Credit Party
* Canada Party
* Christian Credit Party
* Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform
* Les Démocrates
* Manitoba Social Credit Party
* New Democracy
* Pauper Party of Ontario
* Parti crédit social uni
* Pilgrims of Saint Michael
* Ralliement créditiste
* Ralliement créditiste du Québec
* Social Credit Board
* Alberta Social Credit Party
* Social Credit Party of Canada
* Social Credit Party of New Brunswick
* Social Credit Party of Ontario
* Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan

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Oceania|

* Australian League of Rights
* Country Party (New Zealand)
* Democratic Labour Party (New Zealand)
* Douglas Credit Party
* Social Credit Party (New Zealand)
* Social Credit-NZ
* Solomon Islands Social Credit Party

Europe|

* British People's Party
* Irish Monetary Reform Association
* Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
* Social Credit Party of Ireland

People|

* William Aberhart
* Lavern Ahlstrom
* Bruce Beetham
* W. A. C. Bennett
* John Horne Blackmore
* Eric Butler
* Réal Caouette
* Vernon Cracknell
* C. H. Douglas
* Louis Even
* A. N. Field
* Ron Gostick
* John Hargrave
* Robert A. Heinlein
* Norman Jaques
* Solon Earl Low
* Ernest Manning
* Roly Marks
* Neil Morrison
* Al Overfield
* Ezra Pound
* Manasseh Sogavare
* Ken Sweigard
* John Turmel

History|

* 1937 Social Credit backbenchers' revolt
* Prosperity certificate
* Social Credit Party of Canada split, 1963

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