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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a reformist political party organized by the Hon. H. H. Stevens, a disaffected Conservative, in 1935.
Quotations
1935
The Reconstruction Party nominated in today's eight seats but stayed out of Kootenay West, Yale and Skeena last Monday.
1946
It was much more surprising when people all over the country began to display interest in a movement known as the "Reconstruction Party" sponsored by Mr. Stevens, on the basis of the revelations of the Price Spreads Inquiry.
1959
The Reconstruction Party under H. H. Stevens took a brief canter in Canadian politics at this time, and there was a move towards a "League for National Government."