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Reconstruction Party Hist.

• n. a reformist political party organized by the Hon. H. H. Stevens, a disaffected Conservative, in 1935.

  See also: National Reconstruction Party  Stevens' Party  

  • 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."