Two Manitoba Party activists want judge to oust Steven Fletcher as leader
WINNIPEG — Two activists with the fledgling Manitoba Party are asking the Court of Queen’s Bench to remove Steven Fletcher as leader, alleging the former federal cabinet minister was handed the leadership by someone who had no authority to do so.
Wayne Sturby and Joe Chan, who have served as party board members, have filed court documents that accuse former leader Gary Marshall of giving the leadership to Fletcher after Marshall had been removed from the party helm.
“He did not have to have any authority for his actions and he was well aware that he was no longer the leader,” Wayne Sturby wrote in an affidavit.
The allegations have not been proven in court and Marshall and other respondents have not filed any documents yet in response. Fletcher said Friday he had not yet been served with the court filing.