Manitoba Party

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]

Manitoba Party
Leader	Wayne Sturby
Founder	Wayne Sturby
Founded	August 27, 2019
Dissolved	October 10, 2023
Split from	Manitoba First
Headquarters	5 Pioneers Trail Unit 5 Lorette, MB R5K 0Y7
Ideology	Right-wing populism
Colours	Yellow and green
Seats in Legislature	0 / 57
Website
www.manitobaparty.ca
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For other political parties of the same name, see Manitoba Party (disambiguation).

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]

History

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]

Party principles

The party has a 9-point list of party principles as follows:^[12]

• Protection of individual freedoms
• Respect the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Smaller, less intrusive, more efficient government
• Steady, gradual reduction in government spending and commitment to balanced budgets
• High-quality and efficient health care system
• Reducing regulation, taxation, and red tape
• Reform the education system
• Reform the justice system
• Democratic reform

Election results

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	% Seats	+/–	Rank	Status
2019[13] (as Manitoba Forward Party)	Wayne Sturby	1,339	0.28	New Party	0 / 57	0	-	5th	Extra-parliamentary