Manitoba Party (2016)

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Manitoba Party
Active provincial party
LeaderDavid Sutherland
Founded2016 (2016)
Ideology Right-wing libertarianism
Free trade
Political position Right-wing
National affiliation00
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The Manitoba Party (French : Parti manitobain) is a provincial political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was registered by Elections Manitoba on March 24, 2016. [1] It ran 16 candidates in the 2016 general election, garnering 4,887 votes, or 1.12%, of the total vote.

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Manitoba Province of Canada

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada. It is often considered one of the three prairie provinces and is Canada's fifth-most populous province with its estimated 1.3 million people. Manitoba covers 649,950 square kilometres (250,900 sq mi) with a widely varied landscape, stretching from the northern oceanic coastline to the southern border with the United States. The province is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territories of Nunavut to the north, and Northwest Territories to the northwest, and the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south.

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Its current leader is David Sutherland and its only Member of the Legislative Assembly is Steven Fletcher, [2] a former Progressive Conservative MLA first elected in 2016.

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba form the Legislature of Manitoba, Canada

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Steven John Fletcher, is a Canadian politician. Flecher is currently the leader of the Manitoba Party and an MLA in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is a centre-right political party in Manitoba, Canada and the only right-leaning party in the province. It is currently the governing party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, after winning a substantial majority in the 2016 provincial election.

It is unaffiliated with a previous Manitoba Party, which nominated candidates in the 1999 provincial election.

The Manitoba Party was a political party in Manitoba, Canada. It was formed in 1998, and fielded twelve candidates in the 1999 provincial election, none of whom came close to being elected. It attempted to contest the 2003 election as well, but was not able to find the five candidates needed for official ballot status. It is possible that some independent candidates in 2003 were actually representatives of the Manitoba Party.

1999 Manitoba general election

The Manitoba general election of September 21, 1999 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.

Leadership controversy

In September 2018, then-Independent MLA Steven Fletcher became leader of the Manitoba Party, despite the protestations of previous board members who claimed they were unaware of Fletcher's plans. [3] Two of these former board members filed court documents in December 2018, seeking Fletcher's ouster after claiming that the previous leader, Gary Marshall, 'gave' Fletcher the leadership without authority, as Marshall had been removed as party leader following a unanimous vote during a board meeting in July 2018. Marshall claimed the board meeting never occurred, while Fletcher maintains he knew nothing about any internal disputes, and that the leadership change was done in accordance with the law. [4]

On May 22nd, Fletcher announced he would be running in the 2019 Canadian federal election as a candidate for the People's Party of Canada. [5] Subsequently, Fletcher resigned as leader of the party and David Sutherland, 2016 candidate in the riding of Dawson Trail, was listed as leader. [6]

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Peoples Party of Canada Canadian right wing federal political party, founded 2018

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Dawson Trail (electoral district) electoral district in Manitoba, Canada

Dawson Trail is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 2008, out of parts of Morris and La Verendrye.

2016 platform

In an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in January 2016, then-leader Gary Marshall stated the new party is "...a party of tax cuts", [7] and its platform included a pledge to lower the provincial sales tax rate to 5% from 8%, removal of PST charges on all food purchases, and changing the personal and business income tax rates to a flat 10%, among other proposals. [8]

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An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) that varies with respective income or profits. Income tax generally is computed as the product of a tax rate times taxable income. Taxation rates may vary by type or characteristics of the taxpayer.

The party also proposed to remove all red light and speed cameras from intersections and mobile units, eradicate government regulations "...that impede trade and commerce", and changing how tax revenues are allocated among education, municipalities, and so on.

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References

  1. ↑ "Manitoba Party joins election fray". Winnipeg Sun . March 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "ABOUT Manitoba Party". themanitobaparty.ca.
  3. ↑ "Ousted Tory MLA Steven Fletcher takes reins as leader of Manitoba Party". CBC News . September 11, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Two Manitoba Party activists want judge to oust Steven Fletcher as leader". CBC News . September 14, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Manitoba MLA Steven Fletcher to run for People's Party of Canada". CBC News . May 22, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Registered Parties in Manitoba". Elections Manitoba . Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  7. ↑ "More tax cuts the 'answer to all' Manitoba's problems, new party says". CBC News . January 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Our Platform". The Manitoba Party. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
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