Christian Heritage Party of Canada

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Christian Heritage Party of Canada
image:CHPlogo.png
Active Federal Party
Founded 1987
Leader Ron Gray
President Larry Spencer (Interim)
Headquarters PO Box 4958,
Station E
Ottawa, Ontario
K1S 5J1
Political ideology Social conservatism, Dominionism
International alignment None
Colours Puce
Seats 0 House, 0 Senate
Website http://www.chp.ca/

The Christian Heritage Party of Canada is a federal political party that advocates the governance of Canada according to biblical teaching, which it describes as "the inspired, inerrant written Word of God". [1]

This socially and fiscally conservative party held its founding convention in Hamilton, Ontario in November 1987, where Ed Vanwoudenberg was elected its first leader. Ron Gray has been the party's leader since 1995.

The party nominated candidates for the first time in the 1988 federal election, and ran numerous candidates in the 1993 and 1997 elections. It was unable to field 50 candidates in the 2000 election and was consequently deregistered by Elections Canada, the government elections agency. The party was re-registered in time for the 2004 election.

Many of its founders had been members of the Social Credit movement. The party's explicit goal is to "apply proven Judeo-Christian principles of justice and compassion to Canada's contemporary public policy needs".[2] The party claims that it seeks to represent all Christians in Canada, but that they acknowledge many Christians are members of other parties, and they specifically deny any interest in converting Canadians to Christianity. It also claims to be Canada's only pro-life federal political party [3], and emphasizes that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms acknowledges "God" (in its members' interpretation meaning the Judeo-Christian God) in its preamble. Other policies include staunch opposition to same sex marriage, staunch support for the US-led war in Iraq, and a subsidy for parents raising children, to encourage one parent to stay at home rather than working.

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[edit] Electoral activity

Election # of candidates # of votes % of popular vote % of popular vote CHP ridings
1988 63 102,533 0.78% 3.56%
1993 58 30,455 0.22% 1.09%
1997 53 29,085 0.22% 1.26%
2000 46* 10,110* 0.08* 0.51%*
2004 62 40,283 0.30% 1.52%
2006 45 28,163 0.19% 1.32%

*The party did not have official status for the 2000 election, but 46 candidates were nominated, listed on the ballot without any affiliation information. These figures represent the 46 "non-affiliated" candidates known to be nominees of the CHP.

[edit] National leaders

  • Ron Gray, national leader
  • Jim Hnatiuk, deputy leader

[edit] National executive committee

  • President - Larry Spencer (Interim)
  • Vice President - Leslie Bartley
  • National Secretary - Marcia Kroesbergen (Interim)
  • National Treasurer - Louis (Luke) Kwantes
  • Prayer, Ethics, Personnel Director - Pastor Eric Pennings

[edit] Provincial presidents

  • British Columbia, Ed Vanwoudenberg
  • Alberta, Sya Strydhorst
  • Saskatchewan, Harold Stephan (Interim)
  • Manitoba, David Reimer
  • Ontario, Dave Bylsma
  • Québec, Laurent Filion
  • Nova Scotia, Vacant
  • Prince Edward Island, Mary Baglole
  • New Brunswick, Vacant
  • Newfoundland and Labrador, Ed Noseworthy (Interim)
  • Yukon, Vacant (is eligible to have an acting representative to BC council)
  • Northwest Territories, Vacant (potential representative within Alberta council)
  • Nunavut, Vacant (potential representative to an undetermined council)

[edit] Party leaders

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Guiding Principles
  2. ^ CHP, Christian Heritage Party of Canada, Federal Politics
  3. ^ CHP, Christian Heritage Party of Canada, Federal Politics

[edit] References

CHP FAQ

[edit] External links

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