Yukon First Nations Party
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The Yukon First Nation Party is a territorial First Nations
First Nations
First Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The...

 political party in Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....

, Canada
Canada
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It was registered three days before the 2011 general election was called, by Gerald Dickson Sr., a member of the Kluane First Nation
Kluane First Nation
The Kluane First Nation is a small First Nation in Yukon in Canada. Its main centre is in Burwash Landing, Yukon on Kluane Lake along the Alaska Highway. The native language spoken by the people of this First Nation is Southern Tutchone....

. Dickson created the party with the encouragement of several First Nation elders, who felt that their issues were not being heard. The party believes in sustaining the traditional laws of respect, honour, love, compassion, and harmony.

Electoral record

General election # of candidates # of elected candidates # of ridings # of votes % of popular vote % of popular vote in contested ridings
2011 2 0 19 81 0.50 4.50
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