 Gogan, who was thirty-eight years old at the time, was able to attract national attention for his movement despite having no prior political experience ("Vancouver Sun", 16 May 1991).In June 1991, he announced that his party had signed up 2,000 members since its founding ("Montreal Gazette", 13 June 1991).The party received a warm reception in numerous anglophone communities, and one party event in Westmount was described in the media as " revival meeting for disfranchised West Island anglophones".