| Manitoba Party | |
| Leader: | Wayne Sturby |
| Founder: | Wayne Sturby |
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| Dissolution: | October 10, 2023 |
| Split: | Manitoba First |
| Headquarters: | 5 Pioneers Trail Unit 5Lorette, MB R5K 0Y7 |
| Ideology: | Right-wing populism |
| Colours: | Yellow and green |
| Seats3 Title: | Seats in Legislature |
| Country: | Canada |
| State: | Manitoba |
| Parties Dab1: | List of political parties in Manitoba |
| Elections Dab1: | List of Manitoba general elections |
The Manitoba Party is a defunct provincial political party. It was registered by Elections Manitoba on August 27, 2019, and originally called the Manitoba Forward Party.[1]
On December 22, 2020, the party changed its name from the Manitoba Forward Party to the Manitoba Party.[2]
The party leader was Wayne Sturby, who was previously part of the former Manitoba Party until it was taken over by Steven Fletcher and later rebranded as Manitoba First.[3] [4] Sturby has also been involved with the People's Party of Canada, unsuccessfully running as their candidate in Provencher in 2019.[5]
The party failed to nominate any candidates in the 2023 election,[6] and was deregistered by Elections Manitoba on October 10, 2023.[7] [8]
The Manitoba Forward Party was founded by Joe Chan and Wayne Sturby, who were former members of the previous Manitoba Party.[9] [10]
The party's platform in the 2019 general election focused on public safety, reducing the PST to five percent, cancelling photo radar, and cutting business taxes.[9] It ran 7 candidates, garnering 1,339 votes, or 0.28 percent of the total vote. The best result for the party was in Burrows, where Edda Pangilinan received 15.88% of the vote.
The party advocated for smaller government, and individual freedoms, and opposed restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]
The party has a 9-point list of party principles as follows:[12]