Natural Law Party of Canada

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Natural Law Party of Canada
Parti de la loi naturelle du Canada
Leader Neil Paterson
Only leader
President n/a
Founded 1992
Dissolved January 23, 2003
Headquarters n/a
Ideology Natural law, pro-transcendental meditation
International affiliation n/a
Official colours Light blue
Seats in the House of Commons n/a
Website
n/a
Politics of Canada
Political parties
Elections

The Natural Law Party of Canada (NLPC) was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation.[1]

The magician Doug Henning was Senior Vice President of NLPC, and ran as the party's candidate for the former Toronto riding of Rosedale in the 1993 federal election, finishing sixth out of ten candidates.[2][3][4] The party was led by Dr. Neil Paterson.

The NLPC supported federal funding for further research in the technique of yogic flying, a part of the TM-Sidhi program, as a tool for achieving world peace. The NLPC platform maintained that once it took over the government, Canada’s crime, unemployment, and deficit would disappear.[2]

The NLPC was primarily active in the provinces of Ontario (Natural Law Party of Ontario), Quebec (Parti de la loi naturelle du Québec) and British Columbia. The provincial wings had candidates and are now defunct.[citation needed]

The party was de-registered by Elections Canada, the Canadian government's election agency, on January 23, 2003.[citation needed]

[edit] Election results

The Party never won a seat in Parliament.[citation needed]

Election # of candidates nominated # of seats won # of total votes  % of popular vote  % of pop vote NLP ridings
1993
231
0
85,450
0.63%
0.77%
1997
136
0
37,085
0.29%
0.61%
2000
69
0
16,573
0.13%
0.53%

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ R. Roth, The Natural Law Party: A Reason to Vote, page 285. St. Martin's Press, 1998
  2. ^ a b Gardner, Martin, "Doug Henning and the Giggling Guru", Skeptical Inquirer Vol 19.3 (May/June 1995)
  3. ^ "'Have rabbit, will travel': Yogic flyer's Natural Law Party failed to capture the imagination", National Post (UK) (February 20, 2000)
  4. ^ "Rosedale, Ontario (1933-1996)", History of Federal Ridings Since 1867
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