First Peoples National Party of Canada

First Peoples National Party of Canada
Unregistered federal party
Leader	Will Morin (interim)
Founded	2004
Dissolved	2013
Headquarters	242 St. George Street, Sudbury, Ontario
Ideology	Aboriginal rights advocacy, Indigenous nationalism
Colours	orange, also red, yellow, black and white
Website
www.fpnpoc.ca
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The First Peoples National Party of Canada (FPNPC) was a registered federal political party in Canada. It intends to advance the issues of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada by nominating candidates for election in electoral districts with large Aboriginal populations. The party contested several elections between 2006 and 2011. The party was deregistered by Elections Canada on July 5, 2013.

Background

The FPNPC held its first organizational meeting in October 2004 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The similarly minded Aboriginal Peoples Party of Canada began organizing independently in the summer of 2005. Although the parties contrasted somewhat in their desire to work closely with or at arm's-length from national aboriginal organizations such as the Assembly of First Nations, it is believed that the two parties have merged their applications for registration to facilitate gaining Elections Canada recognition. One of the conditions of that agreement was a national convention in which the party's name would be put to the membership for a vote.

The party nominated five candidates in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario in the 2006 federal election.

Barbara Wardlaw, an Ojibwa from the Michipicoten First Nation near Sault Ste. Marie,^[1] served as the party's interim leader in the 2006 and 2008 elections. She was succeeded by Will Morin, who also serves as leader on an interim basis.^[2] Morin was the party's only candidate in the 2011 election, receiving 0.50 percent of the votes in the riding of Sudbury.

Election results

Election	Candidate	Riding	# of votes	% of popular vote
2006	Doug Dokis	Calgary Centre-North	206
	Guy Dumas	Sault Ste. Marie	225
	John Malcolm	Fort McMurray—Athabasca	337
	Will Morin	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing	338
	Don Roberts	Cariboo—Prince George	95
2008	Rob Ballantyne	Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River	282
	John Malcolm	Fort McMurray—Athabasca	244
	Will Morin	Sudbury	397	0.92
	Lyle Morrisseau	Winnipeg Centre	212
	Noeline Villebrun	Western Arctic	252
2011	Will Morin	Sudbury	229	0.50

See also

• List of political parties in Canada

References

1. "Saultite spearheads new national political party". Sootoday.com, June 1, 2005.
2. First Perspective: First candidate tosses hat in the ring for Aboriginal Peoples Party leader