List of political parties in Manitoba
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Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly
- Manitoba Liberal PartyManitoba Liberal PartyThe Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late nineteenth-century, following the province's creation in 1870.-Origins and early development :...
- New Democratic Party of ManitobaNew Democratic Party of ManitobaThe New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...
- Progressive Conservative Party of ManitobaProgressive Conservative Party of ManitobaThe Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...
Other registered parties
- Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba
- Green Party of ManitobaGreen Party of ManitobaThe Green Party of Manitoba is a provincial political party in Manitoba, Canada, founded on November 11, 1998. The party is legally autonomous from the Green Party of Canada, though for several years many of its members also belonged to the Green Party of Canada in Manitoba, a federal...
Unregistered parties
- Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (Manitoba Regional Committee)Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (in Manitoba)The Communist Party of Canada is a political party that espouses revolutionary communism. Its orientation is Anti-Revisionist . Between 1970 and 1997, the party was led by Hardial Bains; since his death, it was led by Sandra L. Smith...
Historical parties
- Canadian PartyCanadian PartyFor the mid-19th century French Canadian party see Parti canadienFor the World War II era party see Parti canadien The Canadian Party was a group founded by John Christian Schultz in 1869, in the Red River Settlement...
1870 - Dominion Labour Party (in Manitoba)Dominion Labour Party (in Manitoba)The Dominion Labour Party was a reformist labour party, formed in Canada in 1918. The party enjoyed itsgreatest success in the province of Manitoba....
1918-1920 - Ex-Soldiers and Ex-Sailors Party of ManitobaEx-Soldiers and Ex-Sailors Party of ManitobaThe Ex-Soldiers and Ex-Sailors Party of Manitoba was a political party aligned with reformist labour groups in Manitoba, Canada. In the provincial election of 1920, the party ran Samuel Cartwright as part of the ten-member labour list in Winnipeg...
1920 - First Peoples PartyFirst Peoples Party-History:The FPP was created following a 1993 resolution by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, endorsing a political party to focus on aboriginal issues. The party was officially founded in November 1994, and fielded three candidates in the 1995 provincial election...
1995 - Freedom Party of ManitobaFreedom Party of ManitobaThe Freedom Party of Manitoba is a provincial political party in Manitoba, Canada. The party was created in the mid-1980s as the Libertarian Party of Manitoba, and formally changed its name to the Manitoba Marijuana Party in early 2005 and in 2007 became the Freedom Party of Manitoba...
2007 - Independent Citizen's PartyIndependent Citizen's PartyThe Independent Citizen's Party was a short-lived political organization in Manitoba, Canada. It held at least one public meeting before the provincial election of 1920, but does not appear to have sponsored any candidates in the election which followed....
1920 - Independent Labour Party (in Manitoba) (I)Independent Labour Party (in Manitoba) (I)Before World War I, there were at least two organizations in Winnipeg calling themselves the Independent Labour Party. The first of these was set up by British trade unionists in 1895, and collapsed soon thereafter....
1890s, 1907 - Independent Labour Party (in Manitoba) (II)Independent Labour Party (in Manitoba) (II)Prior to 1920, there were a number of groups in Winnipeg which called themselves the "Independent Labour Party". For information on these groups, see Independent Labour Party ....
1920-1943 - Independent Native VoiceIndependent Native VoiceIndependent Native Voice, also known as Native Voice, was a short-lived political party in Manitoba, Canada. It was created in 1995 to address aboriginal issues, and ran three candidates in the 1995 provincial election. Native Voice was not registered with Elections Manitoba, and its candidates...
1995 - Labour Progressive Party 1941-1959
- Labour Representation Committee (in Manitoba) 1910s
- Libertarian Party of Manitoba, 1980s-2005
- Manitoba Confederation of Regions PartyManitoba Confederation of Regions PartyThe Manitoba Confederation of Regions Party was a political party in Manitoba, Canada. It was the provincial branch of the Confederation of Regions Party of Canada, a right-wing organization which sought greater autonomy for Western Canada. Unlike the Western Canada Concept and the Western...
1984-1991 - Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth FederationManitoba Co-operative Commonwealth FederationThe Cooperative Commonwealth Federation , known informally as the Manitoba CCF, was a provincial branch of the national Canadian party by the same name. The national CCF was the dominant social-democratic party in Canada from the 1930s to the early 1960s, when it merged with the labour movement...
1936-1961 - Manitoba Grey PartyManitoba Grey PartyThe Manitoba Grey Party was a political party in Manitoba, Canada, focusing on senior's issues. The party appears to have been founded in 2002, at the same time as the Grey Party of Canada and other provincial Grey Parties....
2002-2003 - Manitoba Labour PartyManitoba Labour PartyThe Manitoba Labour Party was a reformist, non-Marxist labour party in Manitoba, Canada. It was created in early May 1910 as a successor to the province's second Independent Labour Party . Former Member of Parliament A.W. Puttee was a leading MLP organizer...
1910 - Manitoba Marijuana Party 2005-2007
- Manitoba PartyManitoba PartyThe 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...
1998-2003 - Manitoba Reform PartyManitoba Reform PartyThe Manitoba Reform Party was a right-wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It was previously known as the Confederation of Regions Party of Manitoba and had competed under that name in the provincial elections of 1986, 1988 and 1990....
1991-1995 - Manitoba Social Credit PartyManitoba Social Credit PartyThe Manitoba Social Credit Party was a political party in the Canadian province of Manitoba. In its early years, it espoused the monetary reform theories of social credit....
1935-1981 - Patrons of IndustryPatrons of Industry in ManitobaThe Patrons of Industry was initially a fraternal organization based in the United States and Canada. During the 1890s, the Canadian Patrons became politically active, running provincial and federal candidates in Ontario and Manitoba...
1890s - Prosperity for Posterity PartyProsperity for Posterity PartyThe Prosperity for Posterity Party was a short-lived political party in Manitoba, Canada. It was established for the 1953 provincial election, but dissolved before the election took place....
1953 - Progressive Party of ManitobaProgressive Party of ManitobaThe Progressive Party of Manitoba, Canada, was a political party that developed from the United Farmers of Manitoba, an agrarian movement that became politically active following World War I...
1921-1948 - Progressive Party of Manitoba (II) 1981-1995
- ProhibitionistsProhibitionists in Manitoba (provincial candidates)In the 1903 provincial election in Manitoba, Canada, four candidates ran as Prohibitionists: H.L. Montgomery, W.R. Mulock, Reuben Cross and J.F. Hunter. None were successful, although Montgomery came within twenty votes of winning in Deloraine....
1903 - Provincial Rights PartyProvincial Rights PartyThe Provincial Rights Party was a Canadian political party founded and led by Frederick W.A.G. Haultain in 1905 to contest elections in the new province of Saskatchewan.Haultain had been Premier of the North-West Territories prior to the province's creation...
1882-1884 - Revolutionary Workers League (in Manitoba)Revolutionary Workers League (in Manitoba)The Revolutionary Workers League was a Canadian Trotskyist group, formed in 1977 by a merger of four other organizations.The RWL had a number of members active in the New Democratic Party , while also maintaining a separate public organization and newspaper...
1977 - Social Democratic Party of Canada (in Manitoba)Social Democratic Party of Canada (in Manitoba)When the Social Democratic Party of Canada broke away from the Socialist Party of Canada in 1911, many Winnipeg SPC members joined the new organization...
1911-1920 - Socialist Party of Canada (in Manitoba)Socialist Party of Canada (in Manitoba)The Socialist Party of Canada was a revolutionary Marxist organization, founded in 1904 as a merger of the Socialist Party of British Columbia and related groups in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada....
1904-1922, 1932, 1945 - Sound Money Economics SystemSound Money Economics SystemSound Money Economics System was a fringe political party in Manitoba, Canada, during the provincial election of 1941.The group claimed to be a non-political and non-sectarian organization, willing to work with "any government and the people to end unemployment permanently"...
1941 - Union LabourUnion Labour (candidates in Manitoba)In 1922, the largest labour-oriented party in Manitoba, Canada, was the Independent Labour Party. In the provincial election of 1922, the ILP had to compete with other labour candidates from both the left and the right....
1922 - Western Canada Concept Party of ManitobaWestern Canada Concept Party of ManitobaThe Western Canada Concept was a Canadian political party. It was founded in 1980, and promoted the separation from Canada of all provinces and territories west of Ontario....
1984-1987 - Western Democracy PartyWestern Democracy PartyThe Western Democracy Party was a short-lived political party in Manitoba, Canada.In October 1979, two candidates stood for the party in Winnipeg-area by-elections for the Manitoba legislature. William Hawryluk received 19 votes in Fort Rouge, and Linda J...
1979 - Western Independence Party of ManitobaWestern Independence Party of ManitobaThe Western Independence Party of Manitoba was a political party in the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was formed in 1987 by Fred Cameron, formerly the leader of the province's Western Canada Concept. It is unclear if the Manitoba WIP was simply a renamed WCC or an entirely new organization...
1987-1995(?) - Winnipeg into the '90sWinnipeg into the '90sWinnipeg into the '90s was an alliance of progressive and left-leaning municipal politicians in the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It endorsed several candidates in the city's municipal elections of 1989, 1992 and 1995, including future mayor Glen Murray and future provincial Premier Greg...
1989 - Winnipeg Labour PartyWinnipeg Labour PartyThe Winnipeg Labour Party was a reformist organization in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, representing labour interests. Founded in 1896, it was based on an earlier Winnipeg organization known as the Independent Labour Party .The party initially received support from both...
1899-1903