Liberia Restoration Party

The Liberia Restoration Party (LRP) is a political party in Liberia.

History
The LRP was certified by the National Elections Commission on June 26, 2017. It is an off-shoot of Liberia Restoration to Christian Heritage, an organization centered around making Liberia into a Christian state. MacDella Cooper was the first standard bearer of the party, and the first presidential candidate. She was the only female presidential candidate in the 2017 election. Her running mate was William R. Slocum. Cooper supported Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) candidate George Weah in the subsequent run-off election.

The LRP ran 37 candidates in the 2017 House of Representatives election, 11 of them being women. The party won no seats in the legislature. The LRP won no seats in the 2020 Senate election. In a 2021 by-election for the Grand Gedeh County #1 District seat, LRP candidate Erol Madison Gwion Sr. defeated ruling party CDC candidate Jeremiah Garwo Sokan.

In March 2023, the LRP convention held in Tubmanburg the convention elected Gabriel H. Salee as National Chairman of LRP, while it elected Allen R. Brown Jr. as standard bearer. By July 2023, LRP Rep. Gwion returned to the CDC. Brown was the LRP presidential candidate in 2023, his running mate being Noosevett J. Weah. In the 2023 House election, the LRP ran 17 candidates. Marie G. Johnson won election in the Grand Gedeh County #2 District. In the 2023 Senate election, the LRP ran 3 candidates. Thomas Yaya Nimely won in Grand Gedeh County.