Independent Native Voice, also known as Native Voice, was a short-lived political party in
Manitoba
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, 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
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, and its candidates were listed on the ballot as independents. After the election, accusations surfaced that Native Voice was funded by
Progressive Conservative (PC)
Party organizers to take votes from the
New Democratic Party
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(NDP) in marginal constituencies.
The election
Independent Native Voice's leader was Nelson Contois, who contested Manitoba's
Swan River constituency. The other candidates were Nelson's daughter Carey Contois in
Dauphin, and Darryl Sutherland in
Interlake
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Independent Native Voice was one of two unregistered parties to focus on aboriginal issues in the 1995 campaign. The other was the
First Peoples Party (FPP) led by
Jerry Fontaine Jerry Fontaine is an Anishinaabe politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was chief of the Sagkeeng First Nation from 1989 to 1998, led the