Newfoundland and Labrador First Party explained

Newfoundland and Labrador First Party
Subheader:Former federal party
Foundation: (provincial)
(federal)
Dissolution:[1]
Headquarters:10 Cole Place
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Ideology:Newfoundland and Labrador regionalism
Colours:Green, white, pink
Colorcode:pink
Blank1 Title:Fiscal policy
Blank2 Title:Social policy
Seats1 Title:Seats in the House of Commons
Seats2 Title:Seats in the Senate
Seats3 Title:Seats in Legislature
Country:Canada
State:Canada
Parties Dab1:List of federal political parties in Canada
Elections Dab1:List of Canadian federal general elections

The Newfoundland and Labrador First Party was a Canadian political party registered at both the federal[2] and provincial[3] levels of government in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The party advocated for Newfoundland and Labrador interests.

Election results

Federal results

RidingProvinceCandidateVotes%Placement
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie VerteNewfoundland and LabradorWayne Ronald Bennett9673.7%4/4
St. John's EastNewfoundland and LabradorLes Coultas3470.84%6/6
St. John's South—Mount PearlNewfoundland and LabradorGreg Byrne4021.16%5/6

Provincial results

History

The provincial party was publicly launched on November 5, 2004, and officially registered in February 2006. It ran in its first election in a February 21, 2006 by-election in the Placentia and St. Mary's electoral district where the party's president Tom Hickey won 31 of 4,862 votes. After the provincial election, the party dissolved itself at the provincial level to focus on the federal platform which it felt was the most productive arena in which to advocate for fairness and equality for the province within Canada.

The federal party, also led by Hickey, became eligible for registration by Elections Canada on November 15, 2007. It gained registered status in September 2008 as it entered three candidates in the 2008 federal election, where it attained 1.75% of the votes in those three districts.

Hickey was the founder of the First Party,[4] which was established as a party in November 2004.[5] Hickey (who ran unsuccessfully for the party in a Placentia—St. Mary's by-election held in 2006, winning only 31 votes[6]) led the party from 2004 until 2008, when he was succeeded as party leader by Wayne Bennett.[4] [5]

Deregistration

The Party Executive was given official notification by registered letter to the Chief Agent of the party that as of January 31, 2011, the party would cease to exist and would be deregistered by Elections Canada. This deregistration was for failure to comply with the required submission of a minimum of 250 signed Declarations of Membership Forms in the allotted time period given.[7] [8]

Wayne Bennett contested the riding of Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte in the 2011 federal election, as an Independent. He received 332 votes, 1.106% of the votes in the riding.[9] Bennett would also go on to unsuccessfully seek the leadership of both the provincial Progressive Conservative and New Democratic parties.[10] [11] [12] [13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Registered Political Parties and Parties Eligible for Registration . Elections Canada . April 22, 2011.
  2. Web site: Elections Canada, Registered Political Parties and Parties Eligible for Registration. June 13, 2022.
  3. Web site: News Release from Chief Electoral Officer regarding Placentia-and-St-Mary by-election.
  4. Dave Bartlett, Wayne Bennett takes over as NL First party leader, The Western Star (October 23, 2008).
  5. http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Party.aspx?Item=ca58704d-d4d3-4ec5-8408-8a1a945ce757&Language=E Newfoundland and Labrador First Party
  6. Web site: Results of February 21 by election in Electoral District of Placentia & St. Mary's . Government of Newfoundland and Labrador . February 24, 2006.
  7. News: Newfoundland First party facing uncertain future after losing Elections Canada registration . The Western Star . January 12, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110115070007/http://www.thewesternstar.com/News/Local/2011-01-12/article-2109208/Newfoundland-First-party-facing-uncertain-future-after-losing-Elections-Canada-registration/1 . 15 January 2011 . dead.
  8. http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=med&document=jan1011&dir=pre&lang=e Deregistration of Newfoundland and Labrador First Party
  9. Web site: Byrne baby Byrne; Liberal incumbent Gerry Byrne glides to seventh straight election victory . . May 3, 2011 . October 31, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110504232055/http://www.thewesternstar.com/News/Local/2011-05-03/article-2472352/Byrne-baby-Byrne%3B-Liberal-incumbent-Gerry-Byrne-glides-to-seventh-straight-election-victory/1 . 4 May 2011 . dead.
  10. Web site: Wayne Bennett says he's ready to lead Conservatives . March 14, 2014 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314175954/http://www.thewesternstar.com/News/Local/2014-03-13/article-3647051/Wayne-Bennett-says-he%26rsquo%3Bs-ready-to-lead-Conservatives/1 . 14 March 2014 . dead.
  11. News: Wayne Bennett's tweets about Muslims threaten leadership bid. March 29, 2014. CBC News.
  12. News: Wayne Bennett bounced from PC leadership race. April 3, 2014. CBC News.
  13. News: Rejected by NDP, Howley mayor threatens legal action. March 5, 2018. CBC News.