Claire A. Foss is a retired businessperson from British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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, who ran for election to the Canadian House of Commons

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 in the 1993, 1997, and 2004 elections. He was born in Tofield, Alberta

Tofield, Alberta

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.

In the 1993 election

Canadian federal election, 1993

The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...

, Foss ran for the Canada Party

Canada Party

The Canada Party was a short-lived political party in Canada that nominated 56 candidates in the 1993 federal election and one candidate in a 1996 by-election. It was unable to win any seats. The party was populist and ran on a platform of banking and monetary reform...

 in the riding

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 of Okanagan-Shuswap, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. Foss placed last in a field of nine candidates with 78 votes (0.16% of the total). He placed behind the candidate of the Natural Law Party of Canada

Natural Law Party of Canada

The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....

 (amongst others), who won 130 votes. He became leader of the Canada Party in 1994. Just before the 1997 election, the party merged into the Canadian Action Party

Canadian Action Party

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 (CAP).

In the 1997 election

Canadian federal election, 1997

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, Foss ran for CAP in Okanagan-Shuswap. Foss placed fifth in a field of seven candidates with 802 votes (1.7% of the total). Foss trailed only the candidates of the mainstream parties (Reform

Reform Party of Canada

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, Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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, Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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 and New Democratic

New Democratic Party

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 parties).

In the 2004 election

Canadian federal election, 2004

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, Foss ran again for CAP, but was less successful in North Okanagan-Shuswap: he placed seventh in a field of eight candidates, with 235 votes (0.49% of the total).

Foss was president of the Canadian Action Party until his resignation in November 2005.

The Canada Party and the Canadian Action Party base their platforms on monetary reform

Monetary reform

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and nationalism.