Caledonian Republicans

The Caledonian Republicans (French: Les Républicains calédoniens; abbreviated LRC) is a liberal-conservative political party in New Caledonia. The party's founding congress was held on 7 December 2017 at Nouvata Hotel in the capital, Nouméa, but its origins can be traced to a political group in Congress that split from The Rally on 18 July 2017.^[2]

Caledonian Republicans Républicains calédoniens
Abbreviation	LRC
President	Sonia Backès
Honourable President	Isabelle Lafleur
Vice Presidents	Simon Loueckhote Valérie Laroque-Daly Alésio Saliga
Secretaries General	Grégoire Bernut Philippe Blaise Willy Gatuhau
Founded	7 December 2017 (2017-12-07)
Split from	AE, The Rally, RPC
Headquarters	5, Rue Lamartine Orphanage, Noumea
Ideology	Anti-separatism[1] Economic liberalism Republicanism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	La République En Marche! (2022–)
Regional affiliation	Les Loyalistes
Seats in the Congress	7 / 54
Seats in the South Province	7 / 40
Seats in the North Province	1 / 22
Website
republicainscaledoniens.nc
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History

The Caledonian Republicans was formed in the days leading up to the 2017 French legislative election, after disagreements between candidates of The Republicans (represented by The Rally in New Caledonia). Members of the newly founded party criticized other anti-independence parties' economic and labour platforms and rallied under the leadership of trade unionist Sonia Backès.^[3]