Reform Party
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The Reform Party can refer to a number of current and disbanded political parties of various ideologies.
Canada
- Reform Party of AlbertaReform Party of AlbertaThe Reform Party of Alberta is a defunct provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was registered with Elections Alberta. Its leader was David Salmon.-Early history:...
- Reform Party of OntarioReform Party of OntarioThe Reform Party of Ontario is a political party in Ontario, Canada. Until the 1999 provincial election, the party ran one candidate each election merely to keep the party's name in the possession of the Reform Party of Canada....
- Reform Party of British ColumbiaReform Party of British ColumbiaThe Reform Party of British Columbia is a populist right wing political party in British Columbia, Canada. Although its name is similar to the defunct Reform Party of Canada, the provincial party was founded before the federal party was and it did not have any formal association with...
- Reform Party of CanadaReform Party of CanadaThe Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party....
, a political party in Canada from 1987 until 2000 when it became the Canadian AllianceCanadian AllianceThe Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held... - Pre-Confederation Reform PartyReform Party (pre-Confederation)The Reform movement, sometimes referred to as the Reform Party, began in the 1830s as the movement in the English speaking parts of British North America . It agitated for responsible government....
, Canadian political movement agitating for responsible governmentResponsible governmentResponsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability which is the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy... - Manitoba Reform PartyManitoba Reform PartyThe Manitoba Reform Party was a right-wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It was previously known as the Confederation of Regions Party of Manitoba and had competed under that name in the provincial elections of 1986, 1988 and 1990....
(defunct)
United States
- Reform Party of the United States of AmericaReform Party of the United States of AmericaThe Reform Party of the United States of America is a political party in the United States, founded in 1995 by Ross Perot...
, founded in 1995 by Ross PerotRoss PerotHenry Ross Perot is a U.S. businessman best known for running for President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems in 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in 1988... - American Reform PartyAmerican Reform PartyThe American Reform Party is a minor political party in the United States that was formed in a factional split from the larger Reform Party of the United States in October 1997...
, factional offshoot from the Reform Party of the United States, which only endorsed other party candidates - American Toleration and Reform PartyToleration PartyThe Toleration Party was a political party active in Connecticut in the early 19th century...
, founded in ConnecticutConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
in the 1810s - Reform Party of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Europe
- Reform Party (Northern Cyprus)
- Estonian Reform PartyEstonian Reform PartyThe Estonian Reform Party is a centre-right, free market liberal party in Estonia. It is led by Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, and has 33 members in the 101-member Riigikogu, making it the largest party in the legislature...
- Reform Party (Greece) (defunct)
- Gibraltar Reform Party
- Norwegian Reform Party (defunct)
- Patriotic PartyPatriotic PartyThe Patriotic Party , also known as the Patriot Party or, in English, as the Reform Party, was a political movement in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the period of the Four-Year Sejm of 1788–92, whose chief achievement was the Constitution of 3 May 1791...
(defunct) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, active in the late 18th century - Reform Party (Hungary) (defunct), active in the 19th century
- Reform Party (Iceland)Reform Party (Iceland)The Reform Party is a newly formed Icelandic political party.The chairman of the party is Sturla Jónsson, teamster and protester. The political ideology of the party is unknown but democracy will be one of the main policies....
(2008– ) - Party of Reform (Moldova), now called Liberal Party
- Reform Party (United Kingdom) (defunct), active in the 19th century
- Reform Party (Norway)Reform Party (Norway)The Reform Party was a Norwegian political party. It was founded on 12 October 2004 and was a candidate for the 2005 Storting election in six counties: Akershus, Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Rogaland, Vestfold and Østfold...
- Zatlers' Reform Party (Latvia)Zatlers' Reform PartyThe Zatlers' Reform Party is a centre-right political party in Latvia founded by the former President Valdis Zatlers on 23 July 2011. It has 22 seats in the Saeima, making it the second-largest party in the legislature....
(2011– )
Africa
- Reform Party (Ghana)
- Reform Party (Rhodesia)
- Reform Party (South Africa)Reform Party (South Africa)The Reform Party was an anti-apartheid political party that existed for just five months in 1975 and is one of the predecessor parties to the Democratic Alliance...
- Reform Party (Zambia)
Asia and Oceania
- New Zealand Reform PartyNew Zealand Reform PartyThe Reform Party, formally the New Zealand Political Reform League, was New Zealand's second major political party, having been founded as a conservative response to the original Liberal Party...
(defunct) - Reform Party (Palestine)Reform Party (Palestine)The Reform Party was established by Husayin al-Khalidi in Palestine on 23 June 1935....
- Reform Party (Singapore)Reform Party (Singapore)The Reform Party is a political party in Singapore. It was founded in 2008 by the late Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, and is currently headed by his son Kenneth Jeyaretnam, who succeeded him as party secretary-general after the elder Jeyaretnam died in 2008...
- ShinuiShinuiShinui is a Zionist, secular and anti-clerical free market liberal party and political movement in Israel. The party twice became the third largest in the Knesset, but both occasions were followed by a split and collapse; in 1977 the party won 15 seats as part of the Democratic Movement for...
, which means reform in Hebrew, an Israeli party.