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Red, white and blue cockade – Democratic-Republican Party; Star – Democratic Party (used on ballots in New York State) Statue of Liberty – Libertarian Party. Also a national symbol; Sunflower – Green Party; also, Republican presidential candidate Alfred Landon of Kansas in 1936
For a list of all single-candidate parties, see List of federal political parties in Canada. Bridge Party of Canada; Canada Party (2015) Christian Democrat Party of Canada; Democratic Representative Caucus; Equal Rights Party (Canada) League for Socialist Action (Canada) McCarthyites (Canada) National Credit Control; Nationalist Party of Canada
Purple is also used to describe populations with a near-equal mix of Democrat (blue) and Republican (red) voters, particularly in the context of Presidential elections. 21st-century election reporting commonly refers to "Purple states" or "Purple counties" for regions where neither party appears to have a clear majority among likely voters (i.e ...
Prior to 2000, red and blue did not always respectively denote Republicans and Democrats.
The idea of “red states” and “blue states” may feel deeply embedded in the symbolism of US politics, but before 2000 the colors were often the other way around.
The Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada unofficially uses the name "Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)", but Elections Canada does not allow it to be registered by that name because of potential confusion with the Communist Party of Canada. Labour Party. Labour Party candidates ran under numerous different designations:
This template produces the name and standardized colour for Canadian political parties. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Jurisdiction 1 Which province, territory, city, or the federal level Suggested values CA AB BC MB NS NL NT NU ON PE QC SK YT EDM MTL VAN Line required Party 2 Name of the political party, based on the list at Wikipedia:WikiProject ...
Prior to 1903, there was no strong party discipline in the province, and governments rarely lasted more than two years as independent-minded members changed allegiances. MLAs were elected under a myriad of party labels many as Independents, and no one party held strong majorities. The first party government, in 1903, was Conservative.