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John C. Turmel
John C. Turmel (born February 22, 1951) is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the ''Guinness World Records'' holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost, having contested 112 elections and lost 111. The other contest was a by-election that was pre-empted by a general election call. Background Turmel, who describes himself as a "Libertarianism, Libertarian Socred", believes in Louis Even's Quebec social credit theory of monetary reform and has also campaigned for the legalization of gambling, the adoption of "Local Exchange Trading System, Local Employment Trading Systems" (LETS) which are interest-free barter arrangements, and for the legalization of Medical marijuana, marijuana. He describes his platform as "I want no cops in gambling, sex or drugs or rock and roll, I want no usury on loans, pay cash or time, no dole." He has participated in several protests outside of Canada's major banking institutions, sayin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauper Party Of Ontario
The Pauper Party of Ontario () is a former libertarian-populist political party in the Canada, Canadian province of Ontario based on the principles of social credit. Registered in 2011, the party was led by perennial candidate John Turmel. History Turmel founded the party in 2011, opting to run in 2011 Ontario general election, Ontario's provincial election that year under the slogan "we want no cops in gambling, sex or drugs or rock and roll, we want no usury on loans, pay cash or time, no dole". During the campaign, Turmel characterized the policies of the party as "social credit libertarian". Turmel's economic policies focused on what he called the "Argentine solution", based on the December 2001 riots in Argentina, policies of the Fernando de la Rúa, de la Rúa administration in Argentina, which involved the issuing of government bonds to civil employees. In the 2011 election, Turmel stood in the constituency of Brant (provincial electoral district), Brant while another party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |