List of Liberty-minded Candidates for European Parliament (2014)

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Click here for the US edition by Smart3

Primary Election Candidates
Exact dates of primary TBA in most cases.

Speculative/Draft candidates are in italics until they start a formal campaign.

European Parliament
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Czech Republic
Vaclav Klaus (ODS/AECR) Czech Republic - (purity: ★★★★★)
Jan Zahradil (ODS/AECR-incumbent) Czech Republic - (purity: ★★★☆☆)

United Kingdom
Daniel Hannan (Con/AECR-incumbent) South East England - (purity: ★★★★★)
Nirj Deva (Con/AECR-incumbent) South East England - (purity: ★★☆☆☆)
Richard Robinson (Con/AECR) South East England - (purity: ★★★☆☆)
Annesley Abercorn (Con/AECR) London - (purity: ★★★☆☆)
Syed Kamall (Con/AECR-incumbent) London - (purity: ★★★☆☆)
Nigel Farage (UKIP/Independent-incumbent) South East England - (purity: ★★★★★)
Alexandra Swann (UKIP/Independent) London - (purity: ★★★★★)
Godfrey Bloom (UKIP/Independent-incumbent) Yorkshire and the Humber - (purity: ★★★★★)
Roger Helmer (UKIP/Independent-incumbent) East Midlands - (purity: ★★★☆☆)
Bill Etheridge (UKIP/Independent) West Midlands - (purity: ★★★☆☆)

 

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Abercorn and Robinson won their primaries.

 

[Smart3]

I hadn't noticed you created this. Thanks.

 

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I hadn't noticed you created this. Thanks.

I can do Canadian and Australian versions too, but those lists will be even shorter.

 

[Smart3]

I can do Canadian and Australian versions too, but those lists will be even shorter.

No elected libertarians in Australia. Nothing close either. Malcolm Turnbull is probably the most libertarian.

for Canada, Danielle Smith and those in the Wildrose who agree with her are the closest we have there.

 

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No elected libertarians in Australia. Nothing close either. Malcolm Turnbull is probably the most libertarian.

for Canada, Danielle Smith and those in the Wildrose who agree with her are the closest we have there.

Scott Reid MP is the best guy on the federal level in Canada. He used to write for Rothbard's Liberty magazine. He moderated out a little after entering politics though, kinda like Rohrabacher, but he's still good on the drug war and civil liberties.

One problem for libertarian-leaning people in the Canadian Tories is the lack of a youth wing, generally these are more libertarian than the mainstream of the party. Liberty people control the UK Tories youth wing (although that's somewhat small) and many liberty people hold high positions within the College Republicans.

 

[eduardo89]

for Canada, Danielle Smith and those in the Wildrose who agree with her are the closest we have there.

Wildrose Party is great. Alberta is the only place in Canada worth a damn. Vancouver and BC might be nice but it's a liberty hellhole which is only getting worse with 3rd world immigration.

I can't remember his name, I'll have to ask my brother, but there is/was an MP, I believe he's French-Canadian, who was very much against central banking. I'll find his name out tomorrow.

There was also a candidate for the BC Legislature who was going to run under the BC Conservative banner this recent election (which thank God the NDP didn't win!) who was kicked out of the party for praising Ron Paul and stating he was against the war on drugs. I believe he ran in Vancouver-False Creek riding.

Edit: found him

In January, Ian Tootill wrote on his Twitter account: "Call me simplistic but I agree with Ron Paul. Drugs should be legalized. All drugs, not just pot. No slope"

 

[carbourator]

Primary Election Candidates
Exact dates of primary TBA in most cases.

Speculative/Draft candidates are in italics until they start a formal campaign.

European Parliament
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Czech Republic
Vaclav Klaus (ODS/AECR) Czech Republic - (purity: ★★★★★)
Jan Zahradil (ODS/AECR-incumbent) Czech Republic - (purity: ★★★☆☆)

Vaclav Klaus is not in ODS anymore and he's not 5 star purity.
ODS has some other good incubents, like Ivo Strejcek. Not that it matters though, EU is intristically leftist, and libertarians, european style liberals or anglo-american style conservatives will always be in minority.