Maverick Party
The Maverick Party, formerly known as Wexit Canada, is a Canadian federal political party. It advocates for constitutional changes to benefit, or the independence of, Western Canada, which includes British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The party has its roots in Alberta separatism and advocates the use of grassroots politics.
Maverick Party | |
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| Leader | Colin Krieger |
| President | Chuck Toney |
| Deputy leader | Allan Kerpan (interim) |
| Founder | Peter Downing |
| Founded | January 10, 2020 |
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Ideology | Provincial autonomy |
| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| Colours | Green |
| Senate | 0 / 105
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| House of Commons | 0 / 338
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| Website | |
| maverickparty | |
The party ran candidates across the aforementioned provinces and three territories in the 2021 Canadian federal election, but did not run candidates in ridings where there was a strong possibility of electing a Liberal or New Democratic candidate.
The party was led by former Conservative Party of Canada House leader Jay Hill since the resignation of the party's first leader, Peter Downing. Hill came out of retirement to act as interim leader of the Maverick Party until the election of a new leader. Hill has said that he wants the party to serve a purpose in Western Canada similar to what the Bloc Québécois has done for Quebec.
On May 14, 2022, Maverick party members elected Colin Krieger as the new leader of the party. Krieger won the leadership race with 52 percent of the vote against the only other candidate who was running, Tariq Elnaga.