Yukon First Nations Party | |
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Former territorial party | |
Leader | Gerald Dickson Sr. |
Founded | September 6, 2011 |
Dissolved | 2016 |
Headquarters | Burwash Landing, Yukon |
Ideology | First Nation traditional laws |
Seats in Legislature | 0 / 19 |
The Yukon First Nation Party was a territorial First Nations political party in Yukon, Canada.
It was registered three days before the 2011 general election was called, by Gerald Dickson Sr., a member of the Kluane First Nation. Dickson created the party with the encouragement of several First Nation elders, who felt that their issues were not being heard.[1][2] The party believed in sustaining the traditional laws of respect, honour, love, compassion, and harmony.[3] The party did not field candidates for the 2016 Yukon general election, and was thus deregistered by Elections Yukon.[4]
Electoral record
[edit]General election | # of candidates | # of elected candidates | # of ridings | # of votes | % of popular vote | % of popular vote in contested ridings |
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2011 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 81 | 0.50 | 4.50 |
References
[edit]- ^ Stasyszyn, Roxanne (September 9, 2011). "Yukon's First Nations Party". Yukon News. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
- ^ Stasyszyn, Roxanne (September 14, 2011). "Yukon Party snubs First Nation leaders". Yukon News. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
- ^ Sander-Green, Nadine (September 9, 2011). "Yukon First Nations Party established". Whitehorse Star. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
- ^ "Nominations closed: A full list of who's running in the Yukon election". CBC News.