The Heritage Party of Alberta
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The Heritage Party of Alberta was a right-wing political party active in Politics of Canada
during the 1980s. Throughout its existence, it was led by Mike Pawlus
.
The party was founded in 1984 (and officially recognized in January 1985), and in that same year it began negotiations with other small right-wing parties in Alberta
. The next year, they joined with Western Canada Concept
and Alberta Social Credit Party to create the Alberta Political Alliance
(later called Alberta Party), but left the coalition a year later to run independently once more, in a local 1986 election. The party ceased to exist in 1987.
Politics of Canada
The politics of Canada function within a framework of parliamentary democracy and a federal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, in which the Monarch is head of state...
during the 1980s. Throughout its existence, it was led by Mike Pawlus
Mike Pawlus
Mike Pawlus was a minor provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He led the fringe right wing The Heritage Party of Alberta during the entire existence of the party.-Political career:...
.
The party was founded in 1984 (and officially recognized in January 1985), and in that same year it began negotiations with other small right-wing parties in Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
. The next year, they joined with Western Canada Concept
Western Canada Concept
The Western Canada Concept was a Western Canadian political party founded in 1980 to promote the separation of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia and the Yukon and Northwest Territories from Canada in order to create a new nation.The party argued that Western...
and Alberta Social Credit Party to create the Alberta Political Alliance
Alberta Party
The Alberta Party Political Association, more commonly known as the Alberta Party, is a political party in the province of Alberta, Canada...
(later called Alberta Party), but left the coalition a year later to run independently once more, in a local 1986 election. The party ceased to exist in 1987.
Elections contested
- Spirit River-FairviewSpirit River-FairviewSpirit River-Fairview was a provincial electoral district in Northwestern Alberta. In 1971 the district created by a merger of the Spirit River and Dunvegan electoral districts. The district was abolished in 1986 and recreated into Dunvegan....
by-election, February 21, 1985. Pawlus and The Heritage Party won 18 votes, finishing last out of 17 candidates - Edmonton-WhitemudEdmonton-WhitemudEdmonton-Whitemud is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. In 1989, its constituents unseated the Premier of the day, Donald Getty, by voting for Liberal candidate, Percy Wickman....
by-election, December 11, 1985. Again finished last, winning 53 votes for a vote share of 0.54%. The party claimed expenditures of C$4103. - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 1986. Finished last in the field of five candidates, with 132 votes.
- In the same election, the party fielded five other candidates earning 601 votes in total across the province.