The Newfoundland and Labrador First Party was a Canadian

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registered at both the

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levels of government in the province of

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

. The party advocated for Newfoundland and Labrador interests.

Election results

Federal results

Provincial results

History

The provincial party was publicly launched on November 5, 2004, and officially registered in February 2006. It ran in its first election in a February 21, 2006 by-election in the Placentia and St. Mary's electoral district where the party's president Tom Hickey won 31 of 4,862 votes. After the provincial election, the party dissolved itself at the provincial level to focus on the federal platform which it felt was the most productive arena in which to advocate for fairness and equality for the province within Canada. The federal party, also led by Hickey, became eligible for registration by

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on November 15, 2007. It gained registered status in September 2008 as it entered three candidates in the 2008 federal election, where it attained 1.75% of the votes in those three districts. Hickey was the founder of the First Party,Dave Bartlett
Wayne Bennett takes over as NL First party leader
'' The Western Star'' (October 23, 2008). which was established as a party in November 2004.Newfoundland and Labrador First Party

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(accessed June 2, 2016). Hickey (who ran unsuccessfully for the party in a Placentia—St. Mary's by-election held in 2006, winning only 31 votes) led the party from 2004 until 2008, when he was succeeded as party leader by Wayne Bennett.

Deregistration

The Party Executive was given official notification by registered letter to the Chief Agent of the party that as of January 31, 2011, the party would cease to exist and would be deregistered by Elections Canada. This deregistration was for failure to comply with the required submission of a minimum of 250 signed Declarations of Membership Forms in the allotted time period given. Wayne Bennett contested the riding of

Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. Demographics Ethnic groups: 96.2% White, ...

in the 2011 federal election, as an Independent. He received 332 votes, 1.106 percent of the votes in the riding. Bennett would also go on to unsuccessfully seek the leadership of both the provincial Progressive Conservative and New Democratic parties.

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