The First People's Party was a short-lived political-party in Manitoba, Canada. It focused on aboriginal issues.
The FPP contested two ridings in Manitoba's 1995 provincial election. The party's leader, former Liberal candidate Jerry Fontaine, ran in the northern riding of Rupertsland and received 541 votes. Una Truscott ran in the Winnipeg riding of Broadway, and received 262 votes. (One further candidate, Lyle Morrisseau, appears to have been at least informally affiliated with the party. Morrisseau ran in the Winnipeg riding of Point Douglas, and received 105 votes.)
During the course of the campaign, two other candidates focusing on aboriginal issues also joined the FPP: Nelson Contais and his daughter Carey Contois. This affiliation would prove damaging to the FPP's subsequent reputation, after allegations that the Contois candidacies were sponsored by senior figures in the Progressive Conservative Party, who hoped to split the left-of-centre vote in certain ridings. (It should be noted that Fontaine, Truscott and Morrisseau were not implicated in this scandal.)
The FPP appears to have dissolved following the 1995 election. Fontaine subsequently rejoined the Liberals, and ran for the leadership of the party in 1998.
The official goals of PFP, as regards to cross-strait relationships and diplomacy, is for the ROC to: participate in more international organizations, promote Chinese culture overseas and seek economic and cultural interaction between Taiwan and the mainland.
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