The Saskatchewan Marijuana Party was an organization based in
Saskatchewan
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,
Canada
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.
History
The Saskatchewan Marijuana Party was officially registered as a political party in
Saskatchewan
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,
Canada
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, on June 7, 2006. Since that time, the party has arranged numerous events and raised awareness of
cannabis
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issues in the province of Saskatchewan. On January 13, 2007, the Saskatchewan Marijuana Party hosted its first and founding convention. The Saskatchewan Marijuana Party Founding Constitution was adopted, the leadership and executive council voted on and ratified by the membership, and a handful of policy resolutions were adopted.
A highlight of the convention was the leadership race with
Ken Sailor challenging
Nathan Holowaty
Nathan or Natan may refer to:
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, but Nathan was able to beat the opposition and received a confident majority of the members. The Saskatchewan Marijuana Party ran its first candidate for election during a by-election for the vacant constituency of
Martensville on March 5, 2007. Party leader Nathan Holowaty received 38 votes, finishing 6th out of 7 candidates. The SKMP ran in its first campaign on
November 7, 2007. They fielded five candidates who collected 509 votes (0.12%) running just behind the Western Independence Party who ran 8 candidates. In the riding where the SKMP fielded candidates all received around 1.0%.
Party leaders
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Nathan Holowaty
Nathan or Natan may refer to:
People
*Nathan (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name
*Nathan (surname)
*Nathan (prophet), a person in the Hebrew Bible
*Nathan (son of David), biblical figure, son of King David and ...
2006-2007
See also
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Politics of Saskatchewan
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List of Saskatchewan political parties
External links
Party website
{{Cannabis in Canada
Provincial political parties in Saskatchewan
Cannabis political parties of Canada
Political parties established in 2006
2006 establishments in Saskatchewan
Political parties disestablished in 2010
Defunct political parties in Canada
2006 in cannabis
Cannabis in Saskatchewan
2010 disestablishments in Saskatchewan