Centrist Party of Canada

Centrist Party of Canada
Leader	A.Q. Rana
President	Kelly Walters[1]
Founder	A.Q. Rana
Founded	2020
Registered	August 25, 2021 (2021-08-25)
Headquarters	11-2680 Lawrence Avenue East Toronto, ON M1P 4Y4
Ideology	Centrism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Red
Website
centristcanada.ca
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The Centrist Party of Canada is a federal political party in Canada.

History

The party was founded in 2020 by neurologist Dr. Abdul Qayyum Rana.^[2] It was registered with Elections Canada on August 25, 2021, shortly before the 2021 Canadian federal election.^[3]

The party contested four seats in the 2021 election. Three candidates were in Toronto (Scarborough-Guildwood, Scarborough North, and Don Valley West), and one was in Calgary Skyview.^[4]

The party also had a candidate in the 2023 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount federal by-election, earning 2.35% of the vote.^[5]

Party platform

In the 2021 election, the party advocated for government transparency, deployment of LNG in British Columbia, and increasing the age limit for the recreational use of marijuana.^[2]

Election results

Election	# of candidates	# of votes	% of popular vote	% in contested ridings
2021	4	648	0.0%	0.4%

References

1. "Our Team". Centrist Party of Canada. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
2. Ferguson, Dan (August 26, 2021). "Canadidate for newly-formed Centrist party running in Cloverdale – Langley City". Langley Advance Times. Black Press Media. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
3. "Registered Political Parties and Parties Eligible for Registration". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
4. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
5. "Validated Election Results for the June 19, 2023 By-elections". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 25, 2023.