Manitoba First
This article needs to be updated.(August 2019) |
Manitoba First Manitoba D'abord | |
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Defunct provincial party | |
Founded | March 24, 2016 |
Dissolved | March 3, 2022 |
Ideology | Right-libertarianism |
Political position | Right-wing[1] |
Colours |
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Seats in Legislature | 0 / 57
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Website | |
manitobafirst | |
Manitoba First (French: Manitoba D'abord) was a provincial political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was registered by Elections Manitoba on March 24, 2016 and originally called the Manitoba Party.[2]
It ran 16 candidates in the 2016 general election, garnering 4,887 votes, or 1.1 per cent of the total vote. The party placed second in Arthur-Virden and Spruce Woods.
Steven Fletcher,[3] who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in 2016 as a Progressive Conservative, joined the party in August 2018 and became the party leader in September 2018, but did not seek re-election in the September 2019 general election.
On August 6, 2019, the party changed its name to Manitoba First and Douglas Petrick was listed as the new leader.[4][5] In the 2019 election, the party won no seats.
The party deregistered on March 3, 2022.[6]
Leadership controversy
On August 13, 2018, then-
On May 22, 2019, Fletcher announced he would be running in the 2019 Canadian federal election as a candidate for the People's Party of Canada. He ran in the federal riding of Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, which he had previously represented from 2004 to 2015 as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.[10] Subsequently, Fletcher resigned as leader of the party and David Sutherland, 2016 candidate in the riding of Dawson Trail, was listed as leader.[11]
2016 platform
In an interview with the
The party also proposed to remove all
Election results
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | % Seats | +/– | Rank | Status |
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2016[14]
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Gary Marshall | 4,887 | 1.1 | New party | 0 / 57
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0 | 5th | Extra-parliamentary | |
2019[15] | Douglas Petrick | 647 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0 / 57
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0 | 6th | Extra-parliamentary |
References
- ^ Annable, Kristin (April 26, 2016). "So-called fringe party garners game-changing votes". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
- ^ "Manitoba Party joins election fray". Winnipeg Sun. March 24, 2016.
- ^ "About – Manitoba Party". themanitobaparty.ca.
- ^ "Political Parties – 2019 Annual Report" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Political Parties". Internet Archive - Elections Manitoba. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ "2022 Annual Report" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Government of Manitoba. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ^ "Ousted Tory MLA Steven Fletcher takes reins as leader of Manitoba Party". CBC News. September 11, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- ^ "Two Manitoba Party activists want judge to oust Steven Fletcher as leader". CBC News. September 14, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- ^ "Manitoba MLA Steven Fletcher to run for People's Party of Canada". CBC News. May 22, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ "Registered Parties in Manitoba". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ "More tax cuts the 'answer to all' Manitoba's problems, new party says". CBC News. January 23, 2016.
- ^ "Our Platform". The Manitoba Party. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Election Summary". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Election Summary" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved May 29, 2020.