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Marijuana Party
Party Leader: Blair Longley
Founded: 2000
Current Number of Seats: Zero
Website: http://www.marijuanaparty.ca
Profile
Marc-Boris St-Maurice founded the Marijuana Party in 2000 and ran 73 candidates in the federal election that year. The party’s main focus was ending prohibition of cannabis with candidates allowed to freely express any views on other political issues.
In 2004, the party ran 71 candidates, but the numbers have dropped significantly in the elections since, partly due to funding.
In 2005, Blair Longley became the new leader after St-Maurice left to join the Liberals in order to fight for marijuana legalization from within a mainstream political party.
The Marijuana Party has never won a seat in the House of Commons.
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