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Manitoba First Manitoba D'abord | |
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| Defunct provincial party | |
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| Founded | March 24, 2016 |
| Dissolved | March 3, 2022 |
| Ideology | Right-libertarianism |
| Political position | Right-wing[1] |
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| Seats in Legislature | 0 / 57
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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]
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ "2022 Annual Report" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Retrieved July 11, 2023.