List of political parties in Ontario

The following is a list of political parties in Ontario, Canada.

Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Name Founded Ideology Leader MPPs
  Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario		 1854 Conservatism Doug Ford 76
  Ontario New Democratic Party
Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario		 1961 Social democracy Andrea Horwath 40
  Ontario Liberal Party
Parti libéral de l'Ontario		 1857 Liberalism John Fraser (Interim) 7
  Green Party of Ontario
Parti vert de l’Ontario		 1983 Green politics Mike Schreiner 1

Other parties registered with Elections Ontario

Parties listed in the order they are alphabetized by Elections Ontario.[1]

NameFoundedIdeologyLeaderNotes
Canadian Economic Party
Parti Économique Canadien		2018Patrick Geoffrey Knight
Canadians' Choice Party
Le Parti du choix des Canadiens et Canadiennes		2011Libertarian conservatism, right-wing populismBahman Yazdanfar
Communist Party of Canada (Ontario)
Parti communiste du Canada (Ontario)		1940CommunismDave McKeeKnown as the Labor-Progressive Party from 1941 to 1949. Had two MPPs from 1943 to 1951, and one from 1951 to 1955.
Consensus Ontario2017Populist, consensus government[2]Brad Harness
Cultural Action Party of Ontario2016Social conservatism, anti-immigration[2]Arthur SmithermanFormerly the Canadian Constituents' Party (2016-2017)
Equal Parenting Party2014Fathers' rights, Single-issue politicsDennis Valenta
Freedom Party of Ontario
Parti de la Liberté - Ontario		1984Libertarianism, ObjectivismPaul McKeever
Go Vegan2011Environmentalism, animal rights[2]Paul FigueirasFormerly the Vegan Environmental Party (2011-2018)
Multicultural Party of Ontario
Parti Multiculturel de l'Ontario		2018Single-issue politicsWasyl Luczkiw
None of the Above Direct Democracy Party
Aucune de ces Réponses Démocratie Directe Parti		2014Direct democracyGreg Vezina
Northern Ontario Party
Nord de l'Ontario Parti		1977RegionalismTrevor HollidayRevived in 2010
Ontario Alliance
Alliance de l'Ontario		2017Social conservatism, right-wing populismJoshua Erikson
Ontario Libertarian Party
Parti libertarien de l'Ontario		1975LibertarianismAllen Small
Ontario Moderate Party2014CentrismYuri Duboisky
Ontario Party
Parti de l'Ontario		2018Social conservatism, right-wing populismJay Tysick
Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party1989Canadian nationalism, social conservatism, anti-bilingualismMurray Reid
Ontario Social Reform Party
Parti de la reforme sociale de l'Ontario		2018Centrism[3]Abu Alam
Parliamentary Freedom Party
Parlementaire Liberté		2018Consensus governmentRob McMenemy
Party for People with Special Needs
Parti pour les gens qui ont des besoins spéciaux		2007Disability Rights activism, Single-issue politicsHilton Milan
Party of Objective Truth
Parti de la Vérité Objectif		2018Derrick L. Matthews
Pauper Party of Ontario
Parti Pauvre de l'Ontario		2011Social credit, libertarianism[2]John C. Turmel
Stop Climate Change
Arrêtons le Changement Climatique		2018Environmentalism[2], Single-issue politicsKen Ranney
Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda2016Social Conservatism[2], Single-issue politicsQueenie Yu
The Peoples Political Party2011Left-wing populismKevin Clarke
The New People's Choice Party of Ontario2017Centre-left[2]Daryl Christoff
Trillium Party of Ontario
Parti Trillium de l’Ontario		2014Social conservatism, right-wing populismBob YaciukBriefly held one seat in the legislature from 2017-2018 after PC MPP Jack MacLaren crossed the floor to the party.

Unregistered parties

Historical parties that held seats in the Legislative Assembly

Pre-Confederation parties

Other historical parties

NamePeriodNotes
Natural Law Party of Ontario1993-2000
New Reform Party of Ontario1987-2016Known as Family Coalition Party of Ontario from 1987-2015
Ontario Alternative2007
Party for Human Rights in Ontario2011
People First Republican Party of Ontario2007
Reform Party of Ontario1989-2015
Representative Party of Ontario2005
Social Credit Party of Ontario/Union of Electors1945-1970s
Unparty1980-1983Succeeded by Freedom Party of Ontario

Toronto municipal parties

NamePeriod
Toronto Party2007
Civic Action (CIVAC)1969
Metro New Democratic Party1969-1990s
Civic Liberals1969

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Registered Political Parties". Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Crawford, Blair. "Here is every political party running in Ontario's June 7 election," Ottawa Citizen, May 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ Ontario Social Reform Party, "Who We Are," Facebook.com, April 25, 2018.
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