by the executive without any consultation with the party's membership. On November 26, 2020, Mr. Dean gave his first interview in nearly three years on The Rick Howe Show. Dean blamed his dismissal from the party on a former executive that had deviated, in Dean's words, from the party's original "big ideas". He also touted the party's "highest polling numbers ever" in the 2017 election; the only general election that the party has ever run in. Mr. Howe correctly noted that the party finished in last place in all fifteen electoral districts in which it ran in that election. When questioned about his appointment as leader, Dean falsely affirmed that he was "elected" by a "unanimous party vote", offering no evidence to substantiate this unfounded claim. The party did not win any seats in the 2021 provincial election. Party leaders Jonathan Geoffrey Dean (June 26, 2016 – January 7, 2018) Jeffrey Ryan Smyth (interim) (January 7, 2018 – April 18, 2019) Thomas James Bethell (interim) (April 23, 2019 – March 26, 2020) Jeffrey Ryan Smyth (interim) (March 29, 2020 – August 31, 2020) Jonathan Geoffrey Dean ( August 31, 2020 – present) Election results References External links Atlantica Party official site Political parties established in 2016 Provincial political parties in Nova Scotia