List of political parties in Ontario
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Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly
| Name | Founded | Ideology | Leader | MPs Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada... |
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| Ontario Liberal Party Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and... |
1857 | liberalism Liberalism in Canada Liberalism has been a strong force in Canadian politics since the late 18th Century. While Canada has the same features of other liberal democracies in the Western democratic political tradition, it is, in some respects, an exemplar of liberalism. This article gives an overview of liberalism in... |
Dalton McGuinty Dalton McGuinty Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario.... |
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| Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985... |
1854 | conservatism Conservatism Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism... |
Tim Hudak Tim Hudak Timothy Patrick "Tim" Hudak is a politician in Ontario, Canada, and the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario . He also serves as member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the riding of Niagara West—Glanbrook.-Background:Tim Hudak was born in Fort Erie, Ontario... |
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| Ontario New Democratic Party Ontario New Democratic Party The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its... |
1961 | social democracy Social democracy Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism... |
Andrea Horwath Andrea Horwath Andrea Horwath , is a Canadian activist and politician. She is the Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party in Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Hamilton Centre, and was chosen as the party's leader at its 2009 leadership convention.She is... |
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Other registered parties
- Canadians' Choice Party (CCP)
- Communist Party of OntarioCommunist Party of OntarioThe Communist Party of Canada is the Ontario, Canada provincial wing of the Communist Party of Canada. In the 1940s and 1950s under the name Labour-Progressive Party, the group won two seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: A.A. MacLeod and J.B...
(founded 1940) - Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions PartyOntario Provincial Confederation of Regions PartyThe Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party is a minor political party in Ontario, Canada, the provincial branch of the now-defunct Confederation of Regions Party of Canada...
(founded 1989) - Family Coalition Party of OntarioFamily Coalition Party of OntarioThe Family Coalition Party is a small political party in Ontario, Canada that promotes a socially conservative ideology. It was formed in 1987 by members of the pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and has fielded candidates in every provincial election since then...
(founded 1986) - Freedom Party of OntarioFreedom Party of OntarioThe Freedom Party of Ontario is a provincial political party in Ontario, Canada. It was founded on January 1, 1984 in London, Ontario by Robert Metz and Marc Emery, as a successor to the Unparty....
(founded 1984) - Green Party of OntarioGreen Party of OntarioThe Green Party of Ontario is a political party in Ontario, Canada. The party is led by Mike Schreiner. It has never held any seats in the Ontario Legislative Assembly; however, the party did see significant gains in the 2007 provincial election, earning 8% of the popular vote with some candidates...
(founded 1983) - Northern Ontario Heritage PartyNorthern Ontario Heritage PartyThe Northern Ontario Heritage Party is a provincial political party in Ontario, Canada that was formed in 1977 to campaign for provincial status for Northern Ontario. No member was ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
- Ontario Libertarian PartyOntario Libertarian PartyThe Ontario Libertarian Party is a political party in Ontario, Canada that was founded in 1975 by Bruce Evoy, Vince Miller, and others, inspired by the formation three years earlier of the US Libertarian Party. The Party is guided by adherence to the philosophical ideas of Austrian Economics and...
(founded 1975) - The Only Party (TOP)
- Paramount Canadians PartyParamount Canadians PartyThe Paramount Canadians Party is a political party in the Canadian province of Ontario founded in 2011.-Platform:*To reduce auto insurance & come to the level of Quebec.*To cap all future insurances premium increase....
- Party for Human Rights in Ontario (PHRO)
- Pauper Party of Ontario
- The People's Political PartyPeople's Political PartyPeople's Political Party can refer to several political parties:*People's Political Party *People's Political Party *People's Political Party *People's Political Party of Ontario...
- Reform Party of OntarioReform Party of OntarioThe Reform Party of Ontario is a political party in Ontario, Canada. Until the 1999 provincial election, the party ran one candidate each election merely to keep the party's name in the possession of the Reform Party of Canada....
(founded 1989, revived in 2007) - People First Republic Party of OntarioRepublican Party of OntarioThe People First Republican Party of Ontario is a minor political party in Ontario, Canada, registered by Elections Ontario in 2004 as the Republican Party of Ontario. It nominated two candidates in the 2007 provincial election...
(founded 2007) - Party for People with Special NeedsParty for People with Special NeedsThe Party for People with Special Needs is a minor political party in Ontario, Canada, founded in 2007 and having contested the 2007 provincial election...
(founded 2007) - Socialist Party of OntarioSocialist Party of OntarioThe Socialist Party of Ontario, or Socialist Party, also know by its acronym SPO, was founded in 2011 by political activists, trade unionists, community leaders, feminists and socialists, many of whom were former members of the Ontario New Democratic Party . They decided to launch a new leftist...
(founded 2011)
Historical parties that won seats in the Legislative Assembly
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (first election 1934) 1932–1961
- (Independent) LabourLabour candidates and parties in CanadaThere have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...
1874-1937 - Labour-Progressive PartyLabour-Progressive PartyFor the Labour-Progressive Coalition Government in New Zealand see the Fifth Labour Government of New ZealandThe Labor-Progressive Party was the legal political organization of the Communist Party of Canada between 1943 and 1959....
1941-1959 - Liberal-LabourLiberal-Labour (Canada)The Liberal-Labour banner has also been used several times by candidates in Canadian elections:In the early twentieth century when the idea of trade unionists running for elected office under their own banner gained ground, several working class candidates on the provincial or federal level were...
1943-1970s - Liberal-ProgressiveLiberal-ProgressiveLiberal-Progressive was a label used by a number of candidates in Canadian elections between 1926 and 1953. In federal and Ontario politics, there was no formal Liberal-Progressive party, but it was an alliance between two separate parties...
1934-1940 - Patrons of IndustryPatrons of IndustryThe Grand Association of the Patrons of Industry in Ontario was a Canadian farmers' organization formed in 1890 that cooperated with the urban labour movement to address the political frustrations of both groups with big business....
1894 - Protestant Protective AssociationProtestant Protective AssociationThe Protestant Protective Association was an anti-Catholic group in the 1890s based in Ontario, Canada, associated with the Orange Order. Originally a spinoff of the American group the American Protective Association, it became independent in 1892...
1894 - United Farmers of OntarioUnited Farmers of OntarioThe United Farmers of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.- Foundation and rise :...
1918-1940
Pre-Confederation parties
- Clear GritsClear GritsClear Grits were reformers in the Province of Upper Canada, a British colony that is now the Province of Ontario, Canada. Their support was concentrated among southwestern Ontario farmers, who were frustrated and disillusioned by the 1849 Reform government of Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte...
pre-Confederation - Reform PartyReform Party (pre-Confederation)The Reform movement, sometimes referred to as the Reform Party, began in the 1830s as the movement in the English speaking parts of British North America . It agitated for responsible government....
pre-Confederation - Family CompactFamily CompactFully developed after the War of 1812, the Compact lasted until Upper and Lower Canada were united in 1841. In Lower Canada, its equivalent was the Château Clique. The influence of the Family Compact on the government administration at different levels lasted to the 1880s...
(pre-1837 ruling clique)
Other historical parties
- Natural Law Party of OntarioNatural Law Party of OntarioThe Natural Law Party of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada, the provincial affiliate of the Natural Law Party of Canada. It was established in 1993, and fielded candidates in the 1995 and 1999 provincial elections. Ashley Deans was the president of the party between 1993 and 2000,...
1993-2000 - Northern Ontario Heritage PartyNorthern Ontario Heritage PartyThe Northern Ontario Heritage Party is a provincial political party in Ontario, Canada that was formed in 1977 to campaign for provincial status for Northern Ontario. No member was ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
1977-1981, 2010-Present - Ontario Alternative 2007
- Reform Party of OntarioReform Party of OntarioThe Reform Party of Ontario is a political party in Ontario, Canada. Until the 1999 provincial election, the party ran one candidate each election merely to keep the party's name in the possession of the Reform Party of Canada....
1999 - Representative Party of OntarioRepresentative Party of OntarioThe Representative Party of Ontario was a reserved provincial political party name in the Province of Ontario, Canada. The party's request to register the name and abbreviation was submitted in early September 2004, verified late October-early November and reserved on Friday, December 17, 2004...
- Social Credit Party of OntarioSocial Credit Party of OntarioThe Social Credit Party of Ontario was a minor political party at the provincial level in the Canadian province of Ontario from the 1940s to the early 1970s. The party never won any seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...
(also known as the Union of Electors) 1940s-1970s - Unparty 1980-1983
Municipal parties
- Metro New Democratic PartyMetro New Democratic PartyThe Metro New Democratic Party was a political party in Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It supported candidates for election to the municipal councils and school boards of the six municipalities that made up Metro Toronto...
1970s- early 1990s - Civic Liberals 1969
See also
- List of Ontario general elections
- Elections OntarioElections OntarioElections Ontario is a non-partisan Agency of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. They work under the Chief Electoral Officer, an officer of the Legislative Assembly. responsible for the conduct of provincial elections.-External links:*...