Ontario Party

Ontario Party
Active provincial party
Leader Jay Tysick
President Jöel Charbonneau
Founded 2018
Split from Ontario Alliance
Ideology Social Conservatism
Right-wing populism
Political position Right-wing
Colours Sky Blue
Seats in Legislature
0 / 124
Website
http://www.bringontarioback.ca

The Ontario Party is a minor social conservative and right-wing populist political party in the Canadian province of Ontario founded in 2018[1].

History

The Ontario Party was founded in May 2018, during the 2018 Ontario Provincial Elections, by members of the Ontario Alliance leadership who left that party, claiming that the CFO and president of the Alliance were not complying with the constitution of the party or the decisions made by the board of directors.[2]

Jay Tysick, the party's first leader, is a former member of the Progressive Conservatives and chief of staff for Ottawa City Councillor Rick Chiarelli. Tysick indicated to media that he was driven to organize a new party after being prevented to run for the PC nomination in the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton.[3][4] Tysick had been disqualified from standing as a candidate for the Progressive Conservatives due to his socially conservative views.[5] Tysick had founded the Ontario Alliance in 2017.[6]

Positions

The Ontario Party sets out a process for policy development whereby the average citizen can submit policy ideas to their electoral district association (EDA) president, or regional representative, and the most commonly supported policies become the party's platform. For the 2018 Ontario provincial election, the party set forth the following policies as the official platform:

  • Opposing the carbon tax,
  • Revoking feed-in tariff contracts as means to reduce electricity costs,
  • Repealing of changes to the provincial sex education curriculum,
  • Paying the provincial debt to eliminate interest payment on that debt, and
  • Opposing the use of whipped party votes, allowing each MPP to vote according to conscience and as best represents their constituency.[7]

Election results

Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall total		 # of
candidates run		 # of
seats won		 +/– Government
2018 2,310 0.04%
5 / 124
0 / 124
 New Party Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. ↑ Elections Ontario, "Registered Political Parties in Ontario," elections.on.ca.
  2. ↑ Armstrong, Kenneth. "Local candidate Thomas Mooney switches from Ontario Alliance to Ontario Party," Guelph Today, May 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ Reevley, David. "Reevely: Carleton Tories get another new candidate — politico Jay Tysick," Ottawa Citizen, October 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ Zarzour, Kim. "Provincial Tories express anger, alienation over party leadership," YorkRegion.com, July 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ Cruickshank, Ainslie. "Disqualified candidate says Brown welcoming Liberals into the Tory fold," iPolitics.ca, December 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ Laurence, Lianne. "Disgruntled conservatives break away to form new party in Ontario," Life Site News, August 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ Ontario Party. Official Party Platform, BringOntarioBack.ca, June 1, 2018.
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